he mistress while the fiancée dripped mudd

ently. He stripped off his jacket and wr

did he l

rmth. There was no apology

liana," he said, his voic

ng so hard I thought they mig

her face against the silk. "I slipped! I

Jax didn't care about the truth. He cared about

smissing me like a disobedien

whispered, the words tasting like chlo

alpable. He was the son of the Underboss, a man who ha

Eliana," he said, loud enough for

nside my ch

everance. The tether that had bound me to him fo

ry. I didn

round and

up with-people who were now witnessing my social execution

b, but I dialed the number I had saved for

favor. The favor you promised my mother. The transfer t

ugh with sleep and confusi

lights of the city that was no longer m

before he

my empty room.

t. I moved like a robot, p

he dried corsage from junior prom. The silv

ies into the c

f the Chicago Outfit. I was done b

isciplined me. He thought

d put me exactly wh

f his