Painted Scars: An Enemies To Lovers Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Book 1)

“Your father would never kill a man because of me, you know.”

“Well, that’s a good thing, Mom.”

“No, honey. It isn’t,”

“Honey, would you mind removing the knife? I’m trying to have a conversation here.”

The head of the Russian criminal syndicate. A drug dealer. A killer. And I managed to fall in love with him. Someone please just lock me up in a mental institution, because that’s apparently where I belong.

“Pakhan. We have a problem.”

Of course, we do.

Is something wrong with the kitchen?”

Everything is wrong with the damn kitchen. “You’ll see.”

“And why are you wearing all black? Did someone die?”

A few of my brain cells, for sure.

You are blackmailing me into marrying you. Again.”

It’s not a question, but I decide to clarify anyway. “Yes, I am.”

Marry me,” he says, “and I’ll stop the war.”

I want to scream and laugh at the same time, but I end up crying again.

I have a feeling that every part of my body would become an erogenous zone if Roman touched it.