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DANTE“Why would Angelo help Rick?”Because Angelo would help anyone if it hurt me enough. Because the man had spent years treating my life like a board game and everyone in it like pieces he could move around. Because June had become important to me, and Angelo always found a way to sink his hands into the things I cared about.“I don’t know how long they’ve been working together,” I admitted. “But I know Angelo. This has his fingerprints all over it.”June sank down at the edge of the bed as if her knees had stopped holding. I crouched in front of her and took both her hands in mine.“Look at me.” She did. “We’re still going to get Rick.”“But how?” She asked, and I heard the fear beneath it. “If the evidence is gone, how are you going to prove anything?”“Because whoever cleaned it up moved too fast.” I blurted, the idea just settling in my head. Her brows pulled together.I leaned in slightly. “When people panic, they make mistakes. Demolishing the building this quickly means some
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DANTEBy the time I ended the call with Enzo, the yacht suddenly felt too quiet, a few minutes ago, June had been curled against me, warm and soft and half asleep, her hair spread over my chest while the ocean rocked us gently. I had been thinking about dragging her back under me the second the sun came up, about kissing her awake and keeping her in bed until noon, about pretending the rest of the world didn’t exist for one more day.Now all I could hear was Enzo’s voice in my ear, the warehouse is gone.’Not raided, not emptied, just up and gone.I stared into the darkness beyond the bedroom windows, jaw tight enough to crack a tooth. The yacht swayed beneath us, the water outside black and endless, but all I could see was that building, the restraints on the table and the surgical equipment. The place where I found her drugged and tied down like an animal waiting to be cut open.My hand slid over June’s back automatically, palm flattening between her shoulder blades as if touching h
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DANTENobody else on the planet would call me at this hour unless someone was dead, dying, or stupid enough to deserve it.I carefully shifted out from under June, making sure not to wake her, and grabbed the phone before it rang again. She made a soft sound in her sleep and turned into the pillow, still dead to the world. Lucky her.I stepped out of the bedroom and shut the door quietly behind me before answering.“This had better be worth it.” I gritted, keeping my voice as low as I possibly could in order not to wake June, or worse have her hear what we were talking about.Enzo didn’t waste time. “Sorry boss. I have bad news.”The irritation in me sharpened instantly making my heart skip a beat. “Go on.”I heard him heave a breath before dropping the bomb. “The police were talking.”I leaned against the wall outside the suite, gaze sliding toward the black water beyond the windows. “And?”“And there’s no evidence of the warehouse at all.”My jaw tightened. As well as my fingers aro
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DANTEThe color that rose in her face had nothing to do with the steam.She bit her lip, and that alone was enough to make my hands flex at my sides. “Both,” she replied.I barked out a laugh, low and disbelieving. “Careful.”“Why?”I leaned in until my mouth was near her ear. “Because you’re really asking for trouble.”Then I bit her shoulder but it wasn’t hard enough to hurt, just enough to make her gasp and clutch at my arm, and the sound she made sent a dark pulse of satisfaction through me.“Dante,” she whispered.I kissed the spot immediately after, soothing the sting with my mouth, then reached for the body wash before I did something stupid.“Turn around.”She obeyed, and I squeezed soap into my palm, working it into her skin slowly. Her shoulders first, her back then the line of her spine. My hands slid lower, reverent in one second and hungry in the next, and June’s head tipped forward slightly as if the sensation was undoing her all over again.Neither of us spoke for a whi
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DANTETonight we were sober and drunk at the same time, no alcohol, no haze and no excuse, just her.Just June in my arms, breathless and trembling after what I had just done to her against the dining table, and me feeling more gone than any bottle had ever managed to make me. Lust had a way of clouding the edges of everything, but this… this wasn’t just lust, it was sharper than that, it was dangerous, it made me reckless and possessive and absurdly gentle all at once.I carried her through the yacht like I had all the time in the world.June’s arms were looped around my neck, her cheek warm against my shoulder, her breathing still unsteady where it touched the side of my throat. The hem of her dress brushed against my wrist with every step, and every time I looked down at her, I had to fight the urge to turn around and take her right back to that damn table. She’ll remember everything I do to her tonight. The captain was somewhere on the lower deck and a sane man would have cared,
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JUNEWe finished dinner slowly after that, talking about everything and nothing. He told me ridiculous stories about Enzo that made me laugh so hard I nearly choked on wine. I told him Maya would absolutely blackmail me if she found out I had had sex in a car before my actual date even started. He looked entirely too pleased about that fact.But as the night deepened, I noticed something else.Dante was growing quieter again, not distant this time… intent.The air between us changed, turned heavier and charged, the kind of shift you could feel against your skin.I set down my glass. “You’re doing it again.”His gaze slid to mine.“This time,” I said slowly, “it looks less like thinking and more like plotting.”The corner of his mouth lifted. “That obvious?”“A little.”He stood and I followed the movement with my eyes, pulse already beginning to misbehave for no reason other than the way he was looking at me, then he came around the table and stopped beside my chair.“Is it okay that
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JUNEMy stomach dropped when I saw that smile. I should have known Rick wouldn’t stop. The call to the dean’s office should have been proof enough.I didn’t understand what part of me refusing was unclear to him. He was trying to force my hand, make me submit because he wasn’t used to this side of
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JUNEI was breathing hard by the time I was done talking. I was mad. At Rick for doing that to me but more at myself.First because I was so foolish back then. And second? Why the fuck was I even crying? Neither Rick nor Diane were worth my tears.The dean shifted his disappointment and now anger o
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JUNEWhen I woke up this morning, I was certain nothing was going to ruin my day. Yet, just a few hours in and it was already a bad day.I couldn’t get a break from these two, it was starting to piss me off.The dean looked at me with disappointment, waiting for whatever excuse I had.I straightene
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JUNEHis mouth opened and closed. Diane nudged him a few times, hoping he would fight for her. But Rick was smarter than that even though still dumb. His company had just started to gain recognition, he wouldn’t want the media to get a whiff of this or even have a criminal record on his name.“Fine
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