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Maybe the forbidden is what draws me to him. I don’t know but it’s not like my lady parts care one way or another. Truth is, I don’t know what my body thinks it’s doing getting hot and bothered over a man I’ll never stand a chance with. I mean, come on. He’s got Bratva ties generations thick. Seriously, everyone knows he’s Russian-blooded and as dirty as a mafia man can be. And the exact kind of man I have sworn to never get involved with.
And he’s filthy rich. Probably with blood money, too. I’m no fool. It’sdefinitelyblood money lining his coffers. It’s not the wealth that draws me, though. Money doesn’t make a man good or bad.
I roll my head a little to the left and take in another drink of his gorgeous jawline and dark eyes as the newscaster continues his report on some new charity Novak most likely is trying to wash his funds through.
But damn if he isn’t pretty eye candy. Nothing wrong with fantasies, right?
I sit up from where I am sunbathing and spray on another layer of coconut-scented lotion. Two things I don’t get to do very often these days. I reach for the strings to my bikini top and secure them in place around my neck as I say, “I know you think I’m crazy, but there’s no harm in throwing my silly desires out to the universe, right?” And since I know it’s safe to say it will never come true, I add, “Hand to God right now, Serenity, if he were to walk out of the water right this second, I would throw him on this beach chair and…”
I shimmy my hips and dry hump my chair and make sexy sounds until my friend is laughing so hard I think her large belly will bust through the seams of her one-piece bathing suit. She’s going to welcome her new bundle any day now and I swear the second she pops that one out her mobster hubby will slide another one in. With five beachfront properties spread across the globe and literally a private island to fill up, I don’t see them stopping anytime soon.
I fall back laughing just as hard as Serenity. When we finally come up for air I add, “I said what I said. Those Hercules-like muscles, those strong capable hands. The way he prowls wherever he walks. I swear to the heavens above me every time I see him on the news my ovaries ache for the massive dick I know is hanging between his legs.”
“My God, girl! You have no filter!” she squeaks around a mouthful of pickle. “You do realize he’s exactly what you said you would never do.”
“And therein lies the temptation my friend. There’s something about a dark, broody, dangerous mafia man that makes my girly parts want his manly parts doing dirty things to me. You should know.”
She purses her lips. “Touché.”
“You know, I bet he can make a woman hit an orgasm in less than five seconds.”
Serenity’s soft giggle makes me smile in return. “I could have Lucas introduce you. They are friends.”
Yep. A detail I work hard to forget.
Serenity lets the offer hang between us and I curse myself but I let it evaporate in the summer heat instead of unleashing my libido to do its worst. My partying days are behind me, but man maybe in another lifetime things could have been different.
“Thanks, babe. But I’ll just let him live in my fantasies. I can’t imagine I’ll ever get back on top if I saddle myself with bad-boy bedfellows.”
Serenity boos. “No takers, huh? The party-girl Vannah I know would have jumped at that.”
“Yeah, that girl died and a bone-tired woman has taken her place. Maybe for good.”
I take the strawberry she offers from a tray of fruits and dip it into some freshly whipped cream. It’s been two and a half years since she met her husband and I still marvel at her good fortune. Back then she was a mafia princess trapped by her father’s will and I was the bad influence willing to risk his wrath for her freedom.
Sure, he kidnapped her as revenge for her father killing his, but it all worked out.
For her.
She married her soulmate and built her loving family from the ground up and I could not be happier for her. She deserves all she can handle after the hell her father put her through.
As for me, I’m still waiting for a happily ever after with someone who can make me blush and scream at the same time.
First, I need to untangle the mess my life has become.
But no one will hear me complain. I’m alive and that means I have three hundred and sixty-five chances a year to correct the course of my dumpster fire of a life.
You see, my father is—err was—the top lawyer for Serenity’s father who is the most powerful man in Chicago’s underworld. Two years ago, I was freshly out of law school looking to have my name on a law firm’s wall within twelve months. I was that good. I had a strong name backing me, true, but I knew my job and I had clients most people my age only dreamed about fresh out of law school. I was lucky.
Nice dream, right?
Well, I thought so too and then it all went up in roaring flames before the ink on my degree had a chance to fully set.
Being the legal adviser for such a powerful man came with a lot of perks for my father. Astronomical wealth, power, expensive penthouses, and cars. When he spoke, everyone hung on his words as if they were written from the dew of God’s breath. No one did a damn thing without his approval. He made shady deals look legit on paper and forged connections with anyone Serenity’s father needed.
He was the perfect man for the job until he wasn’t and he became the fall guy.
With all the money blinging in his eyes, my father forgot to take notice of the massive pitfalls. One wrong step landed him and his ego at the bottom of a bottle with his name ruined. In the process, he took me along for the ride to the ground level because of our shared name and office.
