THE MAFIA BOSS WAS SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS AS HE DIED—UNTIL AN 8-YEAR-OLD MAID’S DAUGHTER CHECKED UNDER HIS PILLOW AND EXPOSED WHAT HIS FIANCÉE HAD BEEN HIDING THERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

hummed quietly around them.

“Vincent,” she said softly. “Is she going to be in danger because of what she found?”

The question cut straight through him.

Because the truthful answer was yes.

He forced himself to meet her gaze.

“Not while I’m breathing.”

Elena’s expression tightened.

“Men have said things like that before.”

“I’m not most men.”

“No,” she replied continue reading …