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“You started a feud with the Volkov Bratva.”
“You are going to beg for forgiveness, Eve. You are going to make this right by giving Ivan whatever he wants.”
“We will offer peace in exchange for your hand in marriage.”
“Isn’t marriage worse than murder in this case?” I ask. “Benedetto would hate to see his daughter married to his rival’s son. He would hate to see her pregnant with his enemies’ seed. Marrying Eve could be a punishment worse than murdering her. It would cause lasting, long-term grief.”
“Marrying Eve gives us control over Benedetto and the Furino family,” I continue, lobbying for the idea I still can’t believe was my own. “If he dares to challenge us again, we have his daughter in our hold. We can punish her, harm her, even kill her if we want. Killing her now will anger him and cause a war. Holding her hostage gives us time to formulate a better plan.”
The wife of a Bratva boss is supposed to look beautiful and live a life of ease. If your wife has to work, you must not be a good enough boss. So, my years of culinary school will be down the drain, and I’ll be living the life my father always wanted for me, spending my days cooking for my husband and, probably, children. The idea makes me sick.
“Marry me, and you’ll be safe. You won’t be attacked in parking lots and insulted by men. You’ll be respected. You’ll be the daughter of a don and the wife of a don, and you’ll be the most powerful woman in this city.”
I plan to do my best to make things right for Eve. To care for her and treat her with the respect she certainly never got from her father. I may not be a man capable of love, but I understand loyalty, and I will be loyal to Eve.
“I was supposed to kill you,” he whispers, his breath hot on my skin. “My father wanted me to slit your throat and leave you on your father’s doorstep as payment for what he did to our lab and what you did to him in the restaurant.”
“We are willing to spare your life, however, if you do one thing for us,” Ivan continues as if I haven’t spoken. “Let Luka impregnate you.”
Wife and child. Eve is pregnant. Eve is pregnant with my baby and someone has her.
