Surprise Pregnancy for Villain: Dark Anti-Hero Mafia Romance: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Possessive Alpha & Curvy Virgin by Kathilee Riley

Author:Kathilee Riley [Riley, Kathilee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Venny Books LLC
Published: 2023-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Ezio

I’m not a coward. Never have been. Ask anyone who has known me since I was a kid, and they’ll tell you how gutsy I was, even then. I still remember when I was eight years old, and Stefano bought a pet python then dared me to lift it from the tank. I remember the gasps that came from his mouth when I complied at once. Alessandro, not so much. My brother ran from the room in a fit of screams and tears.

I made my first bomb at fourteen and killed my first target at sixteen. I’ve gone into the belly of the underworld without blinking, destroying every adversary I’d gone there for. Yes, I’m far from being a scaredy-cat.

At least, that’s what I thought until I met Nicki.

Tonight made me question how brave I really am.

A brave man would stay. A brave man wouldn’t be gunning above the speed limit, hastening to put a clear distance between me and that temptress. I needed to get away from the room, away from her magnetic presence and the memory of the sweet taste of her pink lips. If I stayed there any longer, I would have risked putting myself in deeper shit than I already am.

It’s nearing three in the morning, the rain pouring heavier than before, its fat drops knocking incessantly on the roof of my Maserati as if mocking my cowardice. I turn the volume up on my stereo, rock music blasting around me until it drowns the sound of the rain. I spot the city lights ahead.

Earlier, after entering her room and seeing it empty, I experienced a terror I’d never known. Crazy thoughts cross my mind, the best being that she noticed the unlocked door and escaped, the worst being that someone took her. Right away, I disregard the latter. There’s no way Nicki would get taken without letting out a scream or two. Besides, from my place at the entrance to the property, I’d notice the appearance of any vehicles or even moving bodies. What I didn’t expect was for Nicki to sneak out the back door while I installed the surveillance cameras.

I highly doubt she’s aware of how effortlessly she’s got me wrapped around her little finger. She’s a master of her craft. Frozen and detached when I found her—after several hours and worried searching, I might add--, then burning hot and feisty by the time we got back. Whatever game she’s playing in her head, I’m afraid that I’m already losing — and I hate to lose.

I bite my lower lip. Even after so many days, I can still taste her. Our first kiss is still stamped on my memory. I’m craving for more. I’m tempted to take even more than that kiss, which is why I had to leave.

If my father caught a whiff of my sins, it will all be over for me and for her. There’s no coming back from this. The only punishment for betrayal is death. It doesn’t

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