One Filthy Kiss

“Like this.”

That’s what he said before he kissed me. A stranger.
In front of cameras. In front of the world.

I didn’t know who he was. But I learned fast.

Giovanni Sabatelli. Billionaire. Mafia king.
The kind of man who builds empires in the shadows and ends wars before they start.

He wasn’t supposed to notice me.
Until his actors couldn’t get the scene right.

He crossed the set.
Stopped inches from me.
Took my hand.

The studio went silent.

“Let’s show them how it’s done.”

His fingers lifted my chin.

“All you have to do is kiss me back.”

One kiss.
One viral mistake.

Because what he doesn’t know?

I’ve spent five years hiding my little sister from a monster powerful enough to burn cities to drag us back.

So I grabbed her and ran.
We almost made it.

Until our cab slammed to a stop — and Giovanni Sabatelli sprawled across the hood like he owned the street.

Not angry.
Not apologetic.
Possessive.

He thinks he scandalized me.

He doesn’t know he exposed me —
and claimed me.

If he could find me that fast, the monster hunting us could too.

And Giovanni takes that personally.

His penthouse becomes my refuge.
His protection becomes my weakness.

For the first time in five years — I sleep.

Then I find the note waiting for me.

I’M WATCHING YOU.

The monster didn’t come to threaten.
He came to take what he thinks is his.

And Giovanni Sabatelli doesn’t lose.

By the time he understands what this war will cost him —
it’s too late.

One Filthy Kiss is Book One of The Sabatelli Empire Duet. Giovanni and Megan’s story concludes in Filthy Sins, now available.