Of Desire And Deception: Neretti Mafia Book Three by Lyra Blake

Author:Lyra Blake [Blake, Lyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Publishing
Published: 2023-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

I’d found it—the perfect ring for Wynn. When I laid eyes on the round black diamond surrounded by a square frame of white diamonds and white gold, I knew it was time to make my intentions more official than moaned promises during moments of passion.

Black and white. My dark and her light. The shadowed thing that lay inside both of us, surrounded by the light of the sun. I’d purchased it on sight, hoping the size was close enough. The saleswoman had nervously told me they could size the ring up or down accordingly and breathed a sigh of relief when the transaction was over.

The little black box nearly burned a hole through my pocket as I walked down the street, my thoughts racing. How did you ask a woman to marry you?

I’d have to call Niccolò for his advice. Dante didn’t have any experience with it since his marriage had been arranged since childhood. And Romeo had, in essence, blackmailed Riona into a relationship. No, Niccolò was my best option.

Pale blonde hair caught my attention as I passed a coffee shop, stopping me in my tracks and earning me a curse from somebody who had to sidestep to avoid slamming into my broad back.

Goldilocks.

She sat across from a man who looked like he’d never exited the frat boy stage of life, wearing a grey hoodie and a backward black ballcap on his head. My jaw clenched as I fisted my hands and peered to where Wynn was halfway back in the shop. What the fuck was she doing with another man?

My blood sang with the need for violence, to eliminate the stranger from her life entirely. Perhaps fuck her in a pool of his blood. I shoved the instinct down and tried to focus.

Wynn’s body language was stiff, and she leaned away from the man as he leaned in, sliding something across the table and tapping it with his fingers.

“Back away,” I said under my breath as I fogged the window before me. I didn’t know if I was warning Wynn or the stranger, but I knew I was barely holding myself together. Jealousy was an unwelcome emotion, and it threatened to undo all the work I’d put in trying to act like everybody else in public.

I puffed out a relieved breath when the man shoved his chair away from the table and walked off, looking agitated. Wynn remained behind, and I moved to follow the man until he got into the back seat of a waiting car. There was no way I’d make it back to my vehicle in time to follow.

Wynn was tossing her paper coffee cup when I turned around, and I slipped into the nearby alley, hoping my gamble would pay off. I waited in the shadows until her black coat came into view, her head tucked under the hood, oblivious to me reaching out. She shrieked as I pulled her from the sidewalk; the squeal cutting off as I slammed her against the brick side of the building.

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