Dangerous Beauty: Part Two: A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin Read Free Book Online

whispered. “I’m still engaged to someone I can’t remember. I’m trying. I really am. But you’re the only man— aside from my father— that I’ve ever truly loved.”
    Kyle’s dazzling smile lit up his handsome face, and he tugged her ear. “You’re killing me, Carter,” he said with a soft laugh. “I’m trying to be a good friend, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult.”
    Carter’s expression showed genuine confusion.
    Kyle sighed. “Things have changed, sweetheart.” He pulled her to him and spun her to face toward the enormous mansion. He sat back on his heels, his arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her into his lap. “You forgot all about poor little ol’ me when you finally found your Bubby.”
    Carter looked back at him, shocked. She had never told him about her Bubby!
    Kyle chuckled and turned her head back toward the house. “That’s your house, Carter, and behind that house is your garden.”
    Carter opened her mouth to speak, but Kyle put his hand over her mouth and held up his phone. “Silence, gorgeous. I’m making a call.” Carter frowned, then bit his hand.
    “Oww, you little brat,” he said through a chuckle.
    The asshole knew she hated when he put his hand over her mouth to shut her up.
    “Hey, Bubby,” Kyle said in a teasing tone. “You will not believe who’s sitting in your big-ass yard with me and pretty much everybody right n— . Well, I guess he’s on his way.” Kyle said when the call was abruptly cut off.
    Carter turned to him quickly. “What! Why would you do that?” she said, panic in her voice. She didn’t know this guy— it’d been nineteen years since she’d last seen Bubby, and they’d been kids! Hell, she didn’t even know his name!
    “He’s your
fiancé
, Carter. You need to see him.”
    “Kyle, I don’t even know his name. I can’t see him! It’s been nineteen years!”
    “It has not, Carter. He proposed to you a day before your head injury— a week ago. He’s been by your side every single day. I’m surprised he fell asleep— he hasn’t slept since that day. He’s been taking care of you.”
    “But Kyle, I can’t! Just take me away from here and tell Bubby I’m sorry, but I can’t marry him.”
    “Enough, Carter!” Kyle said sharply. “Listen, honey. Listen to him… and remember.”
    “Carter!”
    His voice sent shockwaves through her entire body, and her head snapped toward the house. She couldn’t see him, but she knew his voice. It was the brightest light guiding her out of her pit of darkness. Carter gasped. “H-his voice. Kyle, I know his voice!”
    She remembered it— she even remembered dreaming about it. She had dreamt he would talk to her about his dreams and his plans for their life together while she slept. She’d dreamt that he’d gone on and on about how many sons she was going to give him— and he’d told her not to argue with him because he was always right.
    “Carter!”
    When she heard him call her name again, she shot up from the ground. As if an invisible force pushed her toward him, Carter began to walk quickly toward the house.
    “Carter! Baby … I’m so sorry!” he yelled.
    She looked in every direction, desperately searching for the man whose voice made her heart pound rapidly in her chest, and then— her eyes fell upon a tall, absolutely gorgeous man with golden blond hair and the most incredibly stunning, stormy gray eyes running eagerly toward her. She knew him. She was sure she knew him!
    Remember!
    She clenched her jaw tightly as she concentrated, focused, and tried with everything she had to remember where it was she’d seen him-
    Carter gasped and abruptly stopped moving as every single memory she’d lost flooded her mind.
    She remembered! She remembered Hope Garden, where she’d first seen him. She remembered Benny’s bar, where she’d first kissed him. She remembered the beach, the beach house, the penthouse— and most importantly, she remembered their home and the