Red Hot Dragons Steamy 10 Book Collection by Lisa Daniels & Mia Taylor

Author:Lisa Daniels & Mia Taylor [Daniels, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-09T23:00:00+00:00

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“She could be calling DiMarco right now!” Angela grumbled, pacing around the room, but Val waved her hand dismissively.

“She’s not calling DiMarco,” she retorted. “If she did, she’d be turning herself in and a lesbian at the center of operations is not going to look good for the Menottis. No, she’s just off cooling down. Trust me. I know Tanya.”

Angela didn’t miss the affectionate tone to Val’s voice but it was hard to appreciate under the circumstances. She wasn’t sure she shared Val’s confidences but she could do little else than accept her cousin’s assurances.

She did all this for love, Ang thought, the mixture of emotions making her dizzy. The absolute fool. What the hell was she thinking?

“You’ve lied to her for five years, three of which you have been living with her,” Angela reminded her. “That can’t be easy to forgive.”

“She is pissed,” Valentina agreed. “But she’s not stupid. And she does love me.”

Inadvertently, Angela thought of Luca. The parallels between what she had done and what Val had were not lost on her.

Tanya will tell him the truth about me. There will be a mob hit on me after I leave here. I have to get out of Miami. There is no future with Luca as Teresa Milano or anyone else for that matter.

Angela was consumed by a physical sense of loss which almost brought her to her knees. She had lost Luca after barely finding him and the feeling was too much to bear.

My protector, my lover, my friend… he’s going to see me as someone who betrayed him. Unless I get to him first and try to explain…

She wondered in what world he would ever forgive her. What could she possibly say to make any of it right?

“You’re sure that Duggan doesn’t know you’re here?” Valentina asked for the third time. “How long have you been under?”

“Only a few weeks, Val. The only reason I’m under is to find you.”

She scoffed, her mouth firming into a frown as she turned away.

“You aren’t the first who has come looking. I can’t believe he’d stoop to recruiting my family. Christ, Ang, you were supposed to be back in California, working for the police department. How did you ever let yourself get roped into this?”

“He wants to know what happened to you!” Angela snapped, shaking her dark hair in disbelief. “How could you just up and disappear without a word to anyone? What about your mom? Your partner?”

Val whirled and looked at Angela as if she had spontaneously sprouted another head.

“Are you kidding?” she gasped. “You’re asking me why?”

Angela stared at her blankly, her own anger mounting at the dubious expression on Val’s face.

“Because you’re in love?” she snapped. “You let your mother think you’re dead because you’d rather she didn’t find out you’re a lesbian? That’s cruel and if you can’t see that, you’re not the same woman I thought you were.”

“You can’t be that naïve, Ang.”

Valentina inhaled shakily while Angela waited, wondering what she was missing.

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