Ruthless Saint: An Arranged Marriage Romance (DeSantis Mafia Book 1) by S. Massery

Author:S. Massery [Massery, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-17T18:30:00+00:00

21

Amelie

It’s funny how my parents operate. Page Printing, Inc. owns a newspaper that pretty much operates freely on its own. It doesn’t need my father’s oversight. He just collects his share of the royalties each month. The paper was acquired from the last CEO who, if memory serves correctly, had a gambling problem and a women problem. As in, he liked women who weren’t his wife a bit too much.

Anyway, that was how the New York Star came to us. We were already printing the newspapers for a few of the other weekly papers, those too small to have their own press like the New York Times. It seemed like a natural acquisition.

The magazine is my mother’s pet project. A glossy, thick thing full of too-thin models and those folded-page perfume adverts. The monthly run usually has a spotlight feature on a few people. Headliners that sell it.

And the councilwoman, with an impressive résumé and fresh off a win, seemed like a natural choice.

But now I’m thinking the only reason Mom picked her was because of her agreement with the DeSantises. If every single decision from the last three years can be traced back to them.

I hate it.

I hate their influence.

Wilder’s death peeled my eyes wide open to what goes on in this family. They want absolute control—of course. They’ve got their fingers in everything.

I need to go back to Luca’s office.

Maybe Jameson’s, if I can manage it…

They’re hiding something.

No—they’re hiding everything. I’m no better off than an outsider, but my hunger to know them drives me on. The glance into Luca’s work has piqued my curiosity.

The councilwoman closes the door behind me, and I pass the receptionist’s desk. It’s empty, and I don’t spot Luca at the elevators. Maybe this move wasn’t enough to rattle him, and he’s home. Or downstairs, having a laugh with Aiden.

For all I know, his brother warned him we were coming.

A hand wraps around my mouth, yanking me backward.

If I wasn’t two steps outside the councilwoman’s office, I would be alarmed. But my spine hits a chest that seems way more familiar than it should, and I don’t put up a fight.

Luca drags me into a small room, dark except for the light seeping in under the door. A supply closet, if I had to guess. He flips me around, and his hand slips from my mouth to my throat. His fingers curl around, digging into my skin.

It might be a warning, but I’ve never been more turned on.

“What are you doing here?” He leans in and touches my hair.

I smile. “You’re the one who wants to play games, Luca.”

He squeezes suddenly, cutting off my air supply. My mouth pops open, and I grab his wrist with both hands. My lungs sear.

Fuck our vows. I’m going to kill him for this.

I bring my knee up between his legs as hard as I can manage, and his grip loosens. He lets out a pained wheeze, and I shove him away from me. He hits the metal shelves and stares at me like he’s never seen me before.

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