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

with that look in their eyes.

By morning, exhaustion settled into my bones so heavily that even getting up felt like climbing a hill. Pregnancy fatigue, the doctor had warned gently. Your body is working harder now.

I understood that completely.

Even breathing felt heavier lately.

Around ten, another knock came at the door.

Panic hit instantly until I checked continue reading …