Chapter 108 Riccardo stepped forward as the gates opened and pulled her into a tight embrace. “I wanted to surprise you, Zia,” he murmured against her shoulder. “Come in! Come in!” she urged, stepping back to look at him properly, her hands framing his face. She gestured sharply to one

Chapter 107 Vee blinked. A masseuse? Nonnina moved toward the bathroom. The scent of herbs drifted into the bedroom. “What… what did you tell her?” Vee hissed the moment the bathroom door closed. “I didn’t have to tell her anything,” he said. “But I did tell her I may have

Chapter 106 Nonnina had lain in her bed, rosary tangled in her fingers, staring at the ceiling as the sounds traveled through the walls. Zuccherino’s cries, Diavolino’s voice, the rhythmic protest of the headboard against the wall. She should have been scandalized. Instead, her chest ached with a complicated joy.

Chapter 105 She giggled softly. “Did I hurt you?” he asked. The dominant in him wanted to revel. The man in him needed to know. “Yes,” she admitted, holding his gaze. “But it was a good kind of hurt p> He searched her eyes for regret. There was none. Only

Chapter 104 “I told you I wouldn’t be gentle p> She nodded weakly beneath the blindfold, breath shaky. She had known. She had wanted the intensity, the surrender of it. He moved again, letting her feel every inch of him. Each thrust tugged at the clamps. Each shift of her

Chapter 103 The blindfold changed everything. Without sight, every breath he took felt closer. He kissed her neck. The scrape of his teeth made her fingers curl. He unbuttoned her dress one button at a time, drawing out the anticipation until it throbbed beneath her skin. When he pushed the

Chapter 102 Luca arrived home later that night with a barely contained energy thrumming beneath his skin. It was subtle, but anyone who knew him would see it in the looseness of his shoulders, in the faint curve at the edge of his mouth, in the way his stride carried

Chapter 101 Tears fell freely now, tracing bright lines down her pale cheeks. Her lips trembled, jaw tight, as she struggled to form words that wouldn’t come. She had known that Luca was dangerous. But to see him like this p> Luca’s hand reached for a knife from the array

Chapter 100 And she had decided she would be the bigger woman. Or at least the braver one. She opened the door with a smile. Luca was at his desk. He was going through the club’s accounts, flipping through printed sheets. He was not technically in charge of the finances.

Chapter 99 A bruise bloomed along her cheekbone, darkening into deep violet. Her lower lip was split slightly, swelling faintly. His hands curled at his sides. It would have been worse without Nonnina. He knew that. And there were injuries he had not even seen yet. She was studying herself