Wicked Mafia King: A Spicy Billionaire Mafia Romance (Red Letter Syndicate Book 1)

"This is either the most efficient thing you have ever said or the beginning of a very expensive legal problem."

“Please tell me, little dove.” His voice is velvet over gravel, the kind of voice that could convince you to do terrible things and thank him for the privilege. He stops close enough that I have to tilt my head back to meet his gaze.“Tell me, and I’ll bring you the heart of the person who has caused your tears.”

“I am not asking for his blessing, little dove. I am informing him of reality. You belong to me now. Any claim he thinks he has is void. And if he tries to challenge that claim, I will end him, Genesis rules be damned.” She is quiet for a long moment, her fingers tracing the lines of ink across my arm. “You would kill for me.” It is not a question, but I answer anyway. “I would burn the whole fucking city to the ground if that is what it took to keep you safe. I would destroy everyone who ever hurt you and build you a throne from their bones.

I wait until her breathing evens out, until I am certain she is asleep, before I press my lips to her hair and whisper the words I am not brave enough to say when she can hear them. "I am falling in love with you, little dove. And I have no idea how to stop." Her only answer is a soft sigh and the instinctive way she burrows closer, seeking my warmth even in sleep. I hold her tighter and stare at the ceiling, wondering how the hell a man like me is supposed to deserve a woman like her. The answer, I suspect, is that I do not. But I am going to spend the rest of my life trying anyway.