His Vindictive Denial

What fluttered past my lips was basically a death wish. “Sounds like, to me, you’re just a sore loser.”
A muscle in his jaw ticked.
Yep, I just successfully angered the most dangerous man in the city.

She’s daring.
He’s dangerous.

When a well-dressed man with a picturesque smile flirts with Sera at the Blackjack table, she’s more than keen to follow him into an empty bar… Only to find out that he’s Vincenzo Di Salvo, the notoriously vicious mafia boss, and she’s just been caught card counting in his casino.

As she boldly suggests a game to wager for her life, she discovers a twisted delight in pushing his buttons. Anything to humble this arrogant man who believes he always wins. Swept up by her daring taunts, Vin tries to unnerve her—with a filthy bet that he’s confident she’d lose.

Tension sparks between their attempts to provoke each other as Sera denies her attraction and Vin denies his obsession, their pride clashing until one of them has to give in.

Turns out there’s a limit to his patience.