Rafaella Dutra

“What did you say?”
“I said that if you won’t touch me and make me yours, then maybe someone should.”
To my surprise, Archie smirked at me and his gaze drifted to my lips.
“No one’s ever going to touch you but me, Rosie.”

***

Rosie Fay is the daughter of the mafia, so she is used to being surrounded by guns, sulky men, and dangerous deals. But her father thought she shouldn’t lead things after he was gone, so he made a deal and offered her hand in marriage to Archie Donovan.
The arranged marriage wasn’t the problem though—Archie was. He treated her well and took care of her, but that’s all their relationship entailed. No romantic strings attached. But they clearly liked each other, so why did he always push her away?
As the tension between them intensified, the dangers around the family increased. Was happiness even a possibility for them? Or would the mafia life take that away from her?
Daughter of the Mafia is created by Rafaella Dutra, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Daughter of the Mafia

I was already in the hallway, so close to my bedroom that I could even see my nightstand from where I was standing. Only a few more steps and I would have reached the drawer, grabbed my gun, and be back in the office in less than a minute.


But before I managed to do that, I saw Royce appear at the end of the hallway like a f*cking ghost. For a brief moment, I thought I was imagining things. There was no way he could be inside the house. No way he could have passed through everyone.


His lips stretched into a grin and I felt my entire body act on instinct. I forced my legs to carry on, my heart pounding hard in my chest, and I ran as fast as I could toward my bedroom, fumbling to lock the door behind me. This wasn’t the safest place for me to be, but there was no time for me to return to the office anymore.


Not with Royce standing on the other side of the hallway. He would get to me before I got to the office for sure. 


Chapter 49: Past and Present