“Touch one of our women against her will and see how fairly we’ll treat you,” Ricardo growled. “Against her will?” The Abelli laughed. “I could have her begging for my cock in no time.” Hardly. Salvatore Abelli appeared almost amused at the exchange, and Ace only sat there, leaning back in his chair, not in any hurry to stop the words from being hurtled back and forth. His eyes expressed how ridiculous he thought this was, but he seemed resigned to let it play out. And I knew why: I was the perfect experiment to see how the families would react to the other’s taunts. “Keep laughing,” said
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