Fredrick_Udele

The hottest man I’ve ever seen is now my new boss—
and I’m stuck in a house with him…
Until one of us cracks.

I’ve got debt—yeah, I know, so does everyone else on Planet Earth.
But the bills I’m paying keep my dad and my grandma alive.
So it’s pretty messed-up for Timofey Viktorov to use them as a threat to keep me under control.

Not that he cares.
As a billionaire CEO, he takes no prisoners in the boardroom.
And as the don of the Viktorov Bratva, he takes no prisoners in real life, either.

Which is why he has no qualms about extorting me into taking his deal.
Live in my mansion…
Care for my baby…
Or suffer the consequences.

But he’s not the only one with an agenda.
Timofey has skeletons in his closet—and I’m determined to dig them out.
He’s just as determined to keep me far away from the secrets of his past.

The longer I’m in his house, the tenser things get.
Every time we brush past each other in the hallway, something sparks.
Every time we cross paths in the night, the ice grows thinner.

Sooner or later, it’s going to crack.

Whiskey Poison

I know enough about fucked-up fathers to know I don't ever want to be anything like that. Comparing me to her own is spitting in my face. It pisses me the hell off.


Then I remember the way she looked standing in front of me, my shirt drooping off her narrow shoulders and hanging low over her thighs. In some ways, it was even worse than seeing her in the barely-there tank top.


Since the moment she entered the picture, Piper has been one big wrench in my plans.


My phone rings. I answer it without seeing who it is.


"Sounds like you're in a good mood," James Rooney says.


"All the more reason for you to get to the point so we can hang up."


He sighs. "I'd hope for a little more gratitude considering I just cleaned your house."


Cleaned your house is Rooney's cheesy little codeword for "covered up a crime." I don't need to ask to know he's talking about the murder of the Albanian gunrunner last night.


CHAPTER 34