~Lianna Black~“What do you mean, Lian?” Alexa had been pacing our living room back and forth for about twenty minutes now.Ace agreed with my plan before we came back to my place. Our baby’s safety comes first and the more people who know about my pregnancy, the more danger there is for us.“It is what it is, Alex,” I said calmly.Alexa glared at me, seeing a glimpse of the heartless assassin that she is sending shivers all over my body. I’ve seen her like this once, when she was in Ace’s captivity. Just a look from her would have anyone cowering away.“You,” she snapped towards Ace, who was sitting calmly beside me on the loveseat couch.

~Lianna Black~Ace let out a snit when we heard a loud knock on the cabin.“Let the kids be, Arthur,” an unfamiliar voice sounded on the other side of the door.“I will kill your son for hurting my daughter!” my father growled angrily.Holding Ace’s hand, I flinched when another sound of gunfire reverberated outside the cabin. “Let me handle him,” I whispered to Ace.“No, he can’t take you away from me,” he stubbornly responded. We were whispering like we were the ones invading privacy instead of our fathers.“No one will take me away from you, Ace,” I cupped Ace’s face and pecked his lips. Reaching for

~Lianna Black~It was safe to say that I got my father to work with the Italian mafia. He had his own condition, though. And I’m regretting ever agreeing with him on this.One by one, Dad’s men came to the Romano estate. Most of them looked like normal human beings and not the assassin kind that I was picturing in my mind. I thought they’d be as stiff as my father, but they got along so well with Ace’s men. It made me happy that the alliance between Dad’s Black shadows group and the Italian mafia is finally happening.It caused a fuss in the underworld, of course. We prepared ourselves for this, but what I didn’t expect was Dad’s last condition.~~We gathered in the great room after my heart to heart talk with my father. I managed to make Eugene Santino and Arthur Black sit across from each other without burning the Romano estate down.Standing in front of the Italian mafia underbosses and capos, to

~Ace Romano~Lianna’s smooth palms were resting on my chest. Ashy locks sprawled on the white bedspreads, luscious lips slightly parted. Her breath fanning my jaw, urging me to seal the distance between our lips with one simple move. Cheeks tainted light crimson, which must be from the intense activity we had on this bed or just the glow of happiness that mimics the ones in her golden chocolate eyes.Tangled in each other’s arms. This is how I picture waking up beside her for the rest of my life. I can’t believe she’s wearing the ring I asked a friend to make. She’s my fiancee and I won’t let this chance slip away from me again.Kissing the top of Lianna’s head, I untangled her body from mine and stood up from our bed with a heavy sigh. I wanted to stay with her, but work is

~Lianna Black~Watching Ace sleep with remnants of tears on the side of his eyes is making my heart swell with worry. No matter how strong he poses himself in front of everyone, in front of his men and friends, he’s still a man who had his heart broken by the person he valued.How Luka and Ace ended up this way is saddening. I knew in my heart that Ace will be able to forgive Luka, he just needs time. Their relationship is stronger than this, it’s more than friendship. They are brothers who fell in love with the same woman, as unworthy as me.I never wanted this. All I want is to be happy and live my life in peace, but what can I do? I am not worthy of their love.No matter what Luka does, it’ll always be Ace. It shatters my heart at the same time. Luka became one of the most important people in my life. He was kind and giving since the beginning, one of the few that didn’t see me as a threat but as a friend. One look at him and he