Luciano (Belles & Mobsters, #1)

by Eva Winners

“First of all, you have no right to tell me what I can or cannot do.”

“And second, I’m scratching my back. Unless you volunteer to be my pool boy and scratch⁠—”

I was behind her in one heartbeat, two seconds, and three strides. “I volunteer,” I rasped in her e...

deeply.

centuries.

“No one touches what’s mine. No one looks at what’s mine. And Grace is mine, you motherfucker.”

“You touch another man… and

I think my husband is psychotic. And God help me, I might be too, because when Luciano claimed me as his in the middle of the nightclub, every inch of my skin warmed, his burning gaze sending a warm shiver down my spine.

“Say it.”

“Yes,”

“Say it, ...

“I’m y...

love me, stay with me. Forever.

trying.

I buried my head in her hair, my hand against her chest. Under my palm, her heart thundered hard. My heartbeat followed hers, beating only for her. Just like my life was only hers.

saw

We

possession.

offering.

meaning.

“Wife,”

“What are you doing to me?”

“That’s it, my love.”

his.

“You’ve been mine from the moment you took your first breath. And you’ll be mine when you take your last.”

“I love you, Grace,”

“My wife. My life,”

Three years ago, I told my husband I loved him. He sent me away. Today, he gave me those same words. Now, I would run away.

fundraiser.

“I swear, Luciano. You are the most brilliant man I know, but when it comes to your woman, you’re blind as fuck.”

was

“Shut up, fucker.”

“Just you

Grace never betrayed me. Matteo was mine. I hurt my wife and could have cost my son his life.

“Which

husband.

tes...

And whether she liked it or not, I would be right there at her side. She was my family. My life. My everything. She might not need me anymore to survive, but I needed her. And Matteo.

We created the most beautiful life though, our

love you, Grace Vitale, and life without you is impossible for me.”

“Don’t leave me.

“Grace Vitale, I love you. I loved you back then, and I love you now.”

“Grace

not seeing the real you, but still I loved you. I wanted all of you. There hasn’t been a woman for me since you left.

strong, brave wife.”

“You are brave, and I don’t deserve you.”

“But I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you. You gave me a son, named him after my father, even after I majorly fucked up.”

“I loved...

“And I still do. I didn’t betray you. I’d never betray you, although I can understand your ange...

But don’t ask me to move on and forget it all.” He nodded somberly. “Their trespasses ...