LOGINHe was forbidden. My brother's best friend. The most dangerous man in the country. And I signed myself over to him. Eve Thorne had one rule: stay away from Dimitri Valentino. It shouldn't have been difficult. He was ruthless, feared, and devastatingly beautiful in the way that only truly dangerous things are. The kind of man who owned nightclubs, commanded armies, and made grown men weep with a single look. The kind of man her brother Mike trusted with his life. The kind of man she had absolutely no business wanting. But one shattered marriage, one bottle of whiskey, and one catastrophically bad decision later, Eve wakes up in Dimitri's bed with a signed contract on the nightstand and six months of her life no longer her own. Her body. His rules. No exceptions. The contract is iron-clad, the penalty clause suffocating — fifty million dollars she doesn't have. And Dimitri Valentino, the Wolf of the Italian underworld, has absolutely no intention of letting her go. He says he'll ruin her for other men. He's not lying. Because beneath the cold control and the thousand-dollar suits is a man who has wanted her for seven sinful years — who has memorized the curve of her smile, the sound of her laugh, and exactly how to take her apart piece by piece until the only word left in her vocabulary is his name. Eve came to him broken, looking to feel wanted. She never expected to feel owned. She never expected to love it. Undressed by the Mafia Lord is a scorching dark romance about forbidden hunger, dangerous obsession, and the catastrophic moment a good girl stops running from the wolf who has always been hunting her. Some contracts change everything. Some men are worth the fine print.
View More"It will take a few hours.""You have a few hours." Antonio rose and went to the window. The olive grove stood very still in the late sun. "And the depot in Naples. Move what is in it. Not far. Somewhere we can reach.""Understood.""One more thing. I want to know who Luca has been speaking to. Everyone. Phones, meetings, favors he's called in.""That will be difficult.""I did not say it would be easy." Antonio turned from the window. "I said I wanted to know."The aide bowed his head slightly. "I'll begin now.""Go."When the door had closed, Antonio stayed standing at the window. His hands were clasped behind his back. His breathing was even.He allowed himself exactly one moment to think about the girl.She had been sixteen when it began. Pale and anxious, with a mother who watched her too closely and a father who had gone looking for help. Antonio had seen the opening and taken it. It had seemed, at the time, like a small and necessary thing, a thread to hold. He had never intend
"Then who?""I don't know. Not yet. But I'm going to find out."She was quiet for a time. Her breathing slowed."You're still not telling me everything," she said."No.""Why?""Because you can't stand up yet, and I'd rather you were standing when I do." He pulled back far enough to look at her. "I will tell you. I won't keep it from you for long. I swear that."She searched his face. It was a tired face, an honest one. He hadn't tried to soften what he'd said or dress it up as anything else."Is it dangerous?" she asked. "What you're not telling me?""Not for you.""For you?"He didn't answer."That's what I thought," she said softly.She lay back against the pillow. The window had gone from gray to pale gold. Somewhere outside, a bird started up, thin and clear."The medicine you gave me," she said. "Will I need it again?""Yes. For a while. A doctor will bring you down slowly. Weeks, maybe. Until it's out of you.""And then?""And then you're free of it."She nodded slowly. She was
Dante carried her to the bedroom. He laid her on the bed with her head turned to the side and pulled the blanket up over her shoulders. Then he pulled a chair up beside the bed and sat in it, and put his hand over hers.He did not look away from her face for the next two hours....Luca arrived at one thirty-four.Dante heard the car on the gravel and was at the door before the engine cut. Luca came up the steps fast, a plain black bag in one hand. He stopped when he saw Dante's face."She seized," Dante said.Luca closed his eyes briefly. "How long?""Under two minutes. It's over.""Is she....""She's breathing. She hasn't woken." Dante held out his hand. "Give it to me."Luca gave him the bag. "The drop was clean. A locker at a rail station. Nobody followed me. Nobody saw me.""Did you see who left it?" Dante asked. "No. It was already there." Luca hesitated. "Boss, the bottles. Nothing on them. No label, no seal, no lot number. Whoever packed these knew how to leave nothing.""Yes
"Weight?""I don't know. Light.""Is she able to swallow?""She drinks a little.""Pulse?"Dante crossed the room and knelt beside the couch. He took her wrist and counted against the clock on his phone. "Fast. A hundred and twenty. More.""Her breathing?""Shallow.""Listen to me carefully," the doctor said. "The medicine won't reach her for some hours. Between now and then, there is a real chance she'll have a seizure. If she does, this is what you do. You move anything hard away from her. You put something soft under her head. You turn her onto her side. You put nothing in her mouth. You do not hold her down. And you time it.""Understood." Dante said. "If it runs past five minutes, or comes back, you call an ambulance. I don't care who you are or who is looking for you. Do you understand that?"Dante looked at Isabella's face, gray against the cushion."Yes," he said."Good. I'll stay on the line.""She hasn't had one yet.""I know," the doctor said. "Stay on the line anyway."..
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