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

was no longer afraid of losing power.

He was afraid of losing his family.

That night, he brought me back to New York.

Not by force.

Not with orders.

He simply looked at me in the SUV while snow and city lights streaked across the dark windows and said, “I can protect you better there.”

I wanted to argue.

I wanted to tell him I had survived without him before.continue reading …