"Emerald Maree Pearce, a 25-year-old psychologist bestowed upon with an out-of-this-world beauty, screams the concept of elegance with her voluminous and bodacious features. 
Jordan Calix Kale, a 34-year-old man, however, wasn't considered just an ordinary man. Having been the almighty J.K, the Mafia Lord of the J.K empire, which happened to be the biggest, most prestigious, and most indomitable Mafia gang in all of the US and even more, he was insurmountable and the most feared human alive. But all of that is about to change when these two worlds clash over a rather spontaneous meeting, dangerous and erotic sparks are sure to fly."

Behind Their Veneers

　　She shut her eyes tightly on hearing that he had called her by her name instead of the usual 'Gem'. "I–I. . ." she hesitated, not knowing what to say.


　　Seeing that she wasn't going to speak, Jordan pushed further, trying to pry her arms off him. "Wait!" she sighed. "You are important to me, Jordan. Really important, actually," she confessed solemnly.


　　With an accomplished grin on his face, Jordan tried to remove her arms to turn to her again but still, she was having none of it. "I mean it, Jordan, I really do. I'm sorry for making you waste your time, money and efforts on apologizing to me when I am the one really at fault," her voice turned wobbly as it grew smaller and smaller until it was almost a whisper of shame.


CHAPTER 97