UNDRESSED BY THE MAFIA LORD
The words landed exactly as intended, a reminder of history, of promises, of everything Eve was disrupting just by existing.
Eve took a sip of her coffee, let the silence stretch.
"He told you about me," Isabella said finally. Not a question.
"He tells me everything."
"Does he?" Isabella leaned back in her chair, crossing one long leg over the other. "Did he tell you that I've loved him since I was nine years old? That I've spent fourteen years preparing to be his wife? That our fathers arranged our engagement to unite the two most powerful families in the organization?"