Abused Secret Half Sister Wearing Stolen Heiress Bride Gown Unaware Lethal Crime Boss Would Destroy Wall Street Psychopath Hunting Her Unborn Child
CHAPTER 2
The heavy silence inside the shadowy Westchester estate library fractured instantly into pure, razor-sharp tension as the enforcer's alarming words hung in the air.
Dante Moretti slowly withdrew his hand from Maya’s bruised shoulder, his dark ocean-gray eyes darkening into an abyss of absolute, unadulterated fury.
"Five million dollars on her head?" Dante repeated, his voice dangerously quiet, vibrating with the calm before a catastrophic storm. "Damon Cross believes he can hire Russian mercenaries to burn my ancestral home down?"
Maya huddled on the antique Persian rug, clutching the torn bodice of the $80,000 ivory lace ballgown tightly against her chest as cold sweat trickled down her spine.
"He won't stop, Mr. Moretti," she choked out, her voice trembling violently as fresh tears traced paths through the dust on her cheeks. "Damon isn't just a hedge-fund titan; he's a monster who views that baby as his exclusive property and me as a loose end."
Dante didn't spare another glance at his enforcer; instead, he smoothly unbuttoned his charcoal double-breasted jacket and draped it over Maya’s shivering, bare shoulders.
The heavy, high-grade cashmere retained his body heat, surrounding her with the comforting scent of expensive cedarwood, aged bourbon, and crisp rain.
"No one dies in my house unless I order it," Dante declared firmly, reaching down to effortlessly scoop Maya into his powerful arms despite her initial, panicked flinch. "And no psychopath touches a hair on this woman's head while she breathes under my roof."
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He carried her effortlessly across the library, his long, heavy strides echoing across the dark hardwood as his enforcer rushed ahead to open the concealed oak paneling behind the fireplace.
"Activate the perimeter automated defense grid," Dante ordered coldly into his throat mic as they descended into a brightly lit, subterranean tactical sanctuary. "Tell the frontline security detail outside that if a single Russian vehicle crosses the outer gate, they leave no survivors."
