“You going to stand here and stare at me all day, or are you going to move?” However, it was bright enough to see the flicker of impatience behind his gaze. Some large potted plants blocked our view from the main hall, and a green glass lamp on a side table cast the area in dim light. This hallway was more of an alcove made of arches behind the staircase. He had a cell phone in one hand at his side, so I assumed he must have been making a private call. He regarded me like someone would watch Animal Planet-like I was another species and possibly dull entertainment. Or maybe this hall was just small? No, it looked like a normal-sized hallway. He stood there in a gray suit and a smooth black tie. I took another step back as if to get some footing, but it was mostly just to put myself out of his reach, some kind of survival instinct kicking in. It was so quiet I could hear my heart beating in my chest. We were no longer in a foyer filled with people, but completely alone. Unease drifted through my body like a kindled flame. I knew who I’d run into before I had to look. A breath escaped me as I was forced a step back.

I was downstairs, turning a corner in the hall near the library when I collided with something warm and solid. right?This is a standalone forbidden romance.Health Insurance for Students in Australia: Detailed Discussion Having already escaped one scandal, however, she can hardly afford to be swept up in another.Besides, even if he were hers, everyone knows you don't fall in love with a Made Man. Elena may be the Sweet Abelli on the outside, but she's beginning to learn she has a taste for the darkness, for rough hands, cigarettes, and whiskey-colored eyes. Making her feel hotter than any future brother-in-law should. After his and Elena's first encounter ends with an accidental glare on her part, she realizes he's just as rude as he is handsome.She doesn't like the man or anything he stands for, though that doesn't stop her heart from pattering like rain against glass when he's near, nor the shiver that ghosts down her spine at the sound of his voice.And he's always near. His reputation stretches far and wide and is darker than his black suits and ties. A Made Man, a boss, a cheat-even measured against mafia standards. In the murky waters of New York's underworld, Elena's sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. or was.Now, all she can see in the mirror's reflection is blood staining her hands like crimson paint.They say first impressions are everything. She's the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa. Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Elena smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything. She's a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds.

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