WANTING MY STEP—BROTHER
“So… she’s the reason you’ve grown a backbone. Stepping out of your father’s shadow at last, are you?”
“I was never in his shadow,” I shot back.
“Of course you’d say that,” he sneered. “You think pushing barrels through underground routes gives you a name? Please. Like you said, we're not here for words.” He leaned closer, his tone lowering into a taunt. “We’re here because Dante Alonzo decided to take a liking to my former bride.”
Melanie flinched, and I saw the way his words gutted her.
“She loved another once,” Dario went on. “She wanted to run away with him, didn’t you?” His gaze traveled to Melanie and she gulped.