Serena's Dagger (Hidden Realities #1)

The big scary Mafia leader uses his hand to cover his face and I note the blush crawling up his neck. "Fuck. Don't say my name."

"I feel like i've expressed how much i hate that rule. I'll say it as much as i want to." i spread my arms and do a turn for the empty room. "Emilio. Emilio. Emilio. Emilio. Emi-"

"Cállate," Emillio yells, essentially telling me to shut up-before pinning me to his desk. His office supplies that he cares so much about get knocked over and i gasp. He doesn't even stop staring at my face.

"Cállate." he says it again but quieter this time. He lifts his hands and i feel his thumb run across my lips. Heat flashes through my body and i remember him telling me not to touch him.

It's a damn good thing rules are meant to be broken.

"Dios mio," i mutter quietly. Emilio looks up at my eyes. I smile at him, "i really like where your hands are right now, but if you don't stop, i'm going to touch you." He looks back down at my lips like they are an odd specimen. "Emilio."

His grip on my waist tightens and a soft sound escapes me. He grumbles, "stop fucking saying my name."

I frown before placing my hands on his chest. I move them up to his neck and he actually shudders under my fingers. My frown dissipates as he drops his hands from my face and to the desk. He lets out a curse and just closes his eyes while I run my fingers over his collarbone and neck.

***

Serena has no memories at all. She doesn't even know who she is, besides the names carved onto her legs. Serena and Emilio.

Emilio Reyes is infamously known as darkness personified, the leader of New Phoenix's Dark Souls and he works best alone. Always has; always will. This amnesiac woman that was dumped on his proverbial doorstep has done nothing but cause problems and test his self-control.

Serena starts gaining memories, and realities begin to unravel. Confusion stirs just as much as the chemistry between them. A war is brewing, and somehow Serena is caught in the middle.