Bound by Temptation (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #4)

by Cora Reilly

She tilted her head in greeting and stepped back. Where had the blushing, flirting girl gone? I had to admit I was sad that she wasn’t giving me her flirty smile, though it had always bothered me in the past.

One day a man would be very lucky to be married to her. The idea didn’t sit well with me but I didn’t linger on my inappropriate reaction.

And then I wondered if maybe she was pregnant, if maybe someone had broken her heart, and the idea made me furious. I wasn’t supposed to want her, I shouldn’t want her, and yet…

He didn’t even know about the kiss Lily and I had shared in the graveyard.

“You know,” he said in a strangely rough voice. “If someone found us like this, they might get the wrong idea. An idea that could cost me my life, and you your reputation.”

“Fuck,” he murmured, turning away from me and leaving me to stare at his back. “If I was a good guy, I’d tell you exactly that. I’d fucking lie to you for your own good. But I’m not good, Lily.”