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He gave her a ser Your lover and his cronies are I’ve rigged this place to blow sky-high as soon as I hit the detonator in my pocket"

Oh, God She sed, stricken to hear hiuessed He was here to kill Vito Massioni

And she could not let that happen

Because if Massioni died, he had pro fahter carried frorowing restless soon She’d already been gone too long She couldn’t risk anyone co Ettore the chance to carry out what he’d co her head as she took a step away from him "I’m sorry… Ettore, I have no choice"

Before he could stop her--before he probably even guessed what she was about to do--Bella screas

Chapter 3

There was barely a second of silence between the sound of Bella’s scream and the pandemonium that followed

Male voices shouted froan to thunder frohts blinked on, illu daylight glow

Holy shit

He couldn’t believe she’d done it--betrayed his presence to the entire ain, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise He had certainly earned her scorn Arabella Genova owed hi anymore, not even an explanation for how she’d ended up on the arm--and possibly in the bed--of a criminal scum like Massioni

No choice, she’d said

What the hell did she mean by that?

"Bella--" He reached for her, but she jerked out of his grasp, putting several paces between them

"Get out, Ettore" Her soft brown eyes were desperate beneath her furrowed brows And outside the closed door of her quarters, it sounded as though several of Massioni’sup the stairs to the second floor She threw an anxious glance over her shoulder at the pounding of approaching feet in the hallway Her voice was a tight, fearful whisper "Please, go Get out of here while you still have a chance!"

Jesus, she was terrified

And it wasn’t directed at hiround out a curse, feeling precious seconds tick by He had a ht--and he would--but not until Bella was safe and secured Whether or not she intended to cooperate with that plan

"Co her wrist