Hey Mergers,

Have you read Theo and Holly's story yet? Book one in the completed Valentino Empire trilogy is Devilish King and I wanted to share one of my favorite scenes with you all.

Check out the scene below ⬇️

My steps are quick and purposeful as I push my way through the crowd to get to her. I glare at my two guards for standing there and not doing a damn thing to stop this. They will be dealt with. But first…

“John, is there a reason you have my wife backed up against a fucking wall?” I growl as I approach them.

I notice the surprise and fear in Holly’s eyes. I fucking hate seeing that fear there. John takes a step back. The three men following me surround us, ready for a fight. I flick my gaze to the other two useless fucks who never should have allowed the bastard to get his dirty fucking hands anywhere near Holly. I narrow my eyes in their direction; they’ve just realized their mistake.

Good, let the fuckers sweat a bit before I fucking cut their throats out.

“Your wife? Funny thing. When I asked sweet Holly here who she was, she didn’t introduce herself as your wife.” The fucker runs his eyes up and down her body, while visions of gouging those same eyes out invade my mind.

Pushing myself between them, so that Holly is now behind me, I don’t miss a beat. I won’t let this son of a bitch get the best of me. “She wouldn’t have. She’s not stupid; we’re keeping it quiet. We were waiting until after my father’s funeral to make the announcements, but now you’ve gone and messed up our plans.”

“Why wait? If I had a piece of ass as hot as that, I sure as fuck wouldn’t be waiting to let the world know I owned it.”

I know he’s trying to goad me. I get it. But wives and daughters have always been off-limits in our world. No one disrespects the women belonging to a made man. This fucker just showed a huge amount of disrespect to the wife of a Don. And I can’t just let that go. For both personal and professional reasons.

My arm pulls back, and I land a right hook across the fucker’s jaw. I’ve wanted to do that for a long time. Before I know it, I’m on top of this motherfucker, laying down punch after punch. I hear Holly scream. I look around to see one of my men holding her back and out of the way. While I’m distracted, John gets the upper hand, flipping us over and bloodying his knuckles against my nose and jaw.

Then he aims for my ribs. I block the best I can in this position. I get my hand around his throat and squeeze. The problem is: I know I can’t kill him. But I sure as fuck can hurt him. I’m about to turn us back over when I hear the unmistakable click of a safety disengage. We both still and look up. My guys have guns aimed at John’s men, while John’s men have guns aimed at Holly.

Fuck, Holly… who is currently pointing the hot end of a barrel at John’s head. 

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XOXO,

Kylie