Broken by Sin: A Dark Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel

Author:B. B. Hamel [Hamel, B. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Nico

The rain comes down hard in Phoenix. The sky doesn’t open up much over the desert, but when it does, the ground is like a hungry animal drinking it all down and slurping it into its soil. Everything’s a muddy, sodden mess, and I stay in my car as I sit out in front of a rundown building that sprawls along an entire block on the southern edge of town called the Knights Motel.

Things with Karah are beyond fucked and I can’t stop obsessing about it.

I keep seeing her face in my mind. Her lips pulled back in breathless orgasm. I keep tasting her, feeling her. I want to storm back to Villa Bruno and hunt her down like a crazed predator, but I resist the urge to do something stupid.

She moved on.

Not that I can blame her.

I gave no indication that she could rely on me and practically begged her to go choose someone else.

I can’t be angry over her doing exactly what I wanted.

And yet I am.

Fucking hell, am I angry.

Alfonse won’t bother her again. Even if she decides to marry him, he won’t do it. He’ll never forget the pain of my fist smashing into his nose and mouth, and he won’t have the balls to step up and take Karah for his own.

Even if the Don agrees to let her, it won’t happen.

I want to pretend like I’m fucking with her because I hate her. I can almost believe that breaking Alfonse’s face was an act of sabotage and retribution and not a jealous man lashing out with violence. I have to whisper it, over and over, so I don’t forget:

I hate Karah Bruno. I hate the Bruno Famiglia.

They stole my life and I’ll steal theirs.

But another voice knows the truth. It’s that demon again rolling around my guts. It knows I hit Alfonse and warned him away because I want Karah all for my own, even if I’m too afraid to marry her.

It’s selfish and wrong, but I’m a monster.

I’ve never pretended otherwise.

Ahead, on the second-story balcony of the Knights Motel, a figure steps out of a room and closes the door behind him. He’s got a dark rain jacket on with the hood up and he hurries toward the staircase.

He disappears around the corner toward the staircase and I have to wait ten breathless seconds for him to appear at the base of the building again.

He walks past the cars and onto the sidewalk. He’s coming closer and I stare and stare, heart racing in my chest. He turns to the side as he passes, looking left, then right, and I catch a single glimpse of his face.

It’s Rinaldo.

I found the little rat bastard and he’s really here, right here, still in Phoenix.

He’s either more insane than I thought or he truly has a death wish.

Possibly both.

My stomach twists into ropes of anxiety and I grab my door handle, ready to jump out and run him down. I can catch him, right here

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