Page 57 of Beautiful Sinner

“You don’t have to say anything.” The soft kiss he gives me sends pleasure straight down to my toes.

I know I am falling in love with this man and that’s dangerous. He’s not mine and yet, he is mine. How is that possible?

A knock at the door pulls us apart.

“The maid?” I ask.

“I’ll send them away.” He slips his shirt on and peers through the peephole. I can tell my Matteo’s reaction that whoever is on the other side is not the maid. He jerks back and rushes to my side.

“Get dressed.”

“What’s happening?” I quickly slip my clothes back on. “Matteo?”

“Connor is out there right now.”

“Open up, lovebirds,” Connor says through the door.

There’s no other way out of this room except for the door Connor is standing in front of.

I grip Matteo’s hand. “What do we do?”

“You stay hidden. I’ll handle him.” He grabs his gun from the nightstand and motions me to hide behind the curtains. I do as he instructs and watch him go to the door. From this angle, I can just barely see him.

Matteo cracks the door open. “Connor. What do you want?”

“I want to know if my bride is in there.”

“Your bride?”

“Julia.”

Matteo scoffs. “Julia is not here. Now, you need to go.”

“I don’t think so.” He shoves the door open, making Matteo stumble back. Matteo has his gun pointed at Connor before Connor can do anything else.

“I will shoot you.”

Connor goes still. “Right here? In this nice hotel? You’d get blood stains everywhere that you wouldn’t be able to clean up and even you can’t get out of a murder charge, no matter who your connections are.”

“Leave.”

“Where’s Julia?”

I try not to move behind the curtain or it will definitely draw Connor’s attention.

“She is not here. So leave,” Matteo hisses. “Before I fucking shoot you.”

“She’s still here. I know it. My men watched her leave her house and come right here. They’re still outside the hotel and they never saw her leave. She’s here.”

“And? What does this achieve? Are you going to tell Viktor? Because if you do, then you have nothing to hold over Julia’s head and she’ll tell her brother how you hurt her and then you’ll be dead. Unless you came here, hoping to kill me. Is that it?”

Connor only smirks.

“That’s it, isn’t it?” Matteo shakes his head, pretending to be more calm than he actually is. “Leave. Right now.”

“I know she’s in here.”

“If you take one more step, I will shoot you.”

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