She faints in a grocery store—but the mafia boss who catches her notices hidden bruises and uncovers a truth that changes everything

the first time since she had known him, Nikolai looked entirely without armor.

“Are you happy?” she asked.

“I am terrified,” he said. “And happier than I have ever been in my life.”

Their daughter arrived in September after seventeen hours of labor and one very composed drive to the hospital during which Nikolai approached childbirth like a tactical situation continue reading …