Corrupted by the Saint: A Dark Mafia, Secret Baby Romance (Kingdoms Book 4) by Aria R. Blue

Author:Aria R. Blue [Blue, Aria R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

21

ARMANDO

My heart is twisted into a knot.

It’s not easy trying to separate myself from the only woman I’ve ever loved. The only woman I’ll ever love.

But I’m not good for her.

I can’t even keep her safe.

I own more ammo than most small governments, but none of it will be enough to save her. She already took a bullet that was meant for me. I need to let her go before something like that happens again.

Both of us are in too deep.

The only way I can walk away from Hazel is by making her walk away first.

I need her to hate me. I need her to see the ugliest parts of me. She’s an intelligent woman. She’ll figure out that she could have so much more from life.

All she’ll have to do is walk away and never look back.

The thousand cuts over my heart will heal. It’s okay, even if it takes a thousand years.

I swirl the whiskey in my glass before taking a sip. An unlit cigar hangs from my other hand. None of these vices comfort me after I got a taste of the sweetest high.

But I can’t seek pleasure in her.

I don’t deserve to.

My phone rings. I glance at it. It’s about time.

I place the phone to my ear. “Do you have anything?”

“Are you sure it wasn’t one of your own men?” Damian Innocenti asks.

“Don’t make me regret agreeing to work with you,” I say.

“You make it sound like you’re doing me a favor,” he says. “We both know you need this alliance as much as I do.”

“It couldn’t have been one of my men,” I say. “I have a close-knit team here in New York, and frankly, I find it insulting that you’re even insinuating that.”

“You never know,” he says. “Anyway, I called because I have an invitation for you.”

“For what?”

“There’s a meeting,” he says. “All of the families I’m working with will be there.”

“How do I know this isn’t some trap?” I ask.

“You trusted me until this point,” he says. “I think you can find it in you to trust me again. It’s not mandatory to attend, of course, but I think it will benefit you to meet everyone.”

Considering how the Innocentis are the biggest threat to the Monte family at the moment, I know he’s right.

“Where is this meeting?” I ask.

“Paris,” he says. “Tomorrow. Midnight.”

“Why Paris?” I ask.

“Most of the families I’ve formed alliances with are located in Europe,” he says.

“Right.”

“There’s something else I wanted to talk to you about,” he says. “Your brother. He hasn’t been answering his calls.”

I knew it was only a matter of time before people came to me asking about Nico.

“He’s going through a thing,” I say.

“Any news about when he’s going to get over this thing?” Damian asks. “It’s not very professional of him to ignore phone calls.”

“Then you don’t know my brother as well as you think you do,” I say.

“If your brother is speaking with you, tell him to give me a callback,” Damian says.

There it is again.

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