THE MOMENT CLARE SAW DAMEN MORETTI KISS ANOTHER WOMAN, SHE RAN WITH HIS UNBORN CHILD—BUT THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN NEW YORK FOUND THE BROKEN PREGNANCY TEST, FOLLOWED HER INTO THE SNOW, AND PROVED HE WAS MORE AFRAID OF LOSING HIS FAMILY THAN LOSING HIS EMPIRE

matter.

Men like Damen Moretti belonged to women in silver gowns and diamond earrings. Not exhausted florists from Queens who still checked grocery prices before buying coffee creamer.

But the lie tasted bitter now.

Because somewhere along the way, I had started believing the way he looked at me meant something real.

A black SUV rolled slowly along the continue reading …