Greed

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>If the first cut is the deepest then I'm scarred for life.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>TOXIC</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. As the ink ripples across Anton Tirelli's forearm it reminds me exactly what we are together. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Never again Maya.</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And believe me I wouldn't be standing on his doorstep if I didn't really </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>really</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> need him. I'm a big enough girl to take care of myself usually.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I screwed up - again. My line of work always comes at a cost and this time it's going to be my freedom. Unless Anton can help.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'd forgotten how regal he's always looked. How </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>wild</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Those ice blue eyes and creamy skin have always betrayed exactly who he is - the son of a Bratva princess and a formidable leader of the Corsetti crime family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I know he's dangerous but right now I need someone who understands danger to get me out alive.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet even as our denied lust engulfs our better judgement the greed of those to whom I've been beholden for so long looms large - and threatens to consume us both.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Go to nikkirome.com for a full list of content warnings.</em></p><p></p>