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Couture Criminals

Cheeky owner of a struggling fashion boutique, Poppy Fields dreams of having her designs rocking the couture runways in Paris and Milan. While fantasizing about the glamorous life, her world is about to collide with the devil himself in the form of a dangerous mafia leader, Roman D’Amico, out for revenge for his dead brother. Often mistaken as the future wife of one of Chicago’s most notorious crime bosses, and Roman’s rival gang member, everyone who enters Poppy’s little shop believes they are doing a favor to the Gambino family. When her doppelgänger waltzes into her boutique, the women are shocked to find they look like twins. Leaving her identification behind as a ruse to flee the country, Claudia switches lives with the unsuspecting fashion designer. When Luke Gambino falls for the ploy, he believes Poppy is his runaway bride, forcing her to take on the persona of the real Claudia Ricci. Following the murder of his brother, Roman D’Amico is looking for revenge. When he suspects the Gambinos are behind it, he plots to kidnap the rival gang member’s wife. Unknowing that the women have switched places, Roman kidnaps the wrong couture diva. With Claudia missing, Poppy must keep up the ruse, and convince Roman to keep her alive or fall into the hands of the murderous Gambino family.

LorettaKAuthor · Urban
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159 Chs

Chapter 56

Following the ambush, Roman and Luke stayed long enough to get information to the police. Lucky for them, many were on Roman's payroll and took things with the traumatic event at face value. Late into the night, they managed to get to Roman's mansion to get some much-needed sleep.

Entering the guest room, Luke set down on the bed, just glad to be alive. He never expected it to be this hard. Nor expected the Serpent would come calling so soon.

"Will you be all right in here?" Roman asked as he headed back out.

"Yeah, thanks."

"Why did you agree so easily for Rick and Tate to guard you tonight?"

Unbuttoning his blood-stained dress shirt, Luke shrugged. "I guess because I just want to set things right. Sometimes, that's just what you do."

"You saying that I don't?"