Lust for Danger: A Mafia Romance -- Book One: The Family [Erotic Mafia Romance Book]
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Authors: Angela Jordan
LUST FOR DANGER:
A MAFIA ROMANCE
Book One: The Family
(24,000 words)
by Angela Jordan
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
His words cut through her like a knife.
She froze, her breath catching in her throat, the hair standing up on her neck. Her body was reacting as it would to a physical wound, and for a brief, uncertain moment Jessica felt her knees weaken beneath her.
She regained her balance, looked Tyler square in the eye, and summoned every ounce of strength within her to address the man she’d thought she loved.
“What did you say to me?”
She spat out the words in a fury, feeling the corners of her mouth tremble just a bit – but somehow, thank God, her voice was strong. The fire in his eyes had abated somewhat, and she was furious for it because that meant he knew he’d hurt her.
She didn’t want his pity. She just wanted the truth.
But for all the steel and resolve she was feeling, she knew she couldn’t trust herself to say anything more to him now. She didn’t want him to hear the slightest hint of a quaver in her voice. For some strange reason, even after all she and Tyler been through together, she couldn’t bear for him to see her now at her weakest, most vulnerable moment. It seemed important, even after everything, that she hold onto every last shred of pride.
So she kept quiet, staring at him, barely recognizing the face she’d been kissing just hours before – an image that now had her reeling with disgust. He stared back at her mutely, and she saw the guilt and the heartbreak in his eyes. She knew he just wanted this moment to be over. He was waiting for something, some action or gesture from her that would let him off the hook for what he’d done. But she could play this game forever. She needed him to say it, and she was forcing him to be man enough. He was the one who’d cheated. Now he owed her the truth.
She saw a flash of uncertainty darken his brow for a moment, and his eyes flicked away from hers for the briefest instant. But when he returned his gaze to meet her eyes, any trace of doubt on his face was gone.