Bound By Marriage
She’d confessed her love, and he’d met it with silence, comparing her and dismissing her as too soft for his world.
Now, confined to this room, Bella felt the walls pressing in, not just the steel of the safe house but the weight of Luca’s rejection.
She wasn’t a fighter, not like Luca’s men or the women he’d known before. She wasn’t an assassin, didn’t know how to wield a gun or throw a punch.
But Bella was sharp, observant, with a mind honed from years of managing her father’s books and, later, Luca’s club.
She’d slipped into the Black Viper and overheard Petrov’s plan to hit Luca’s shipment a reckless move, yes, but it had given Luca the edge he needed.