Sasha & Andriena #1 (Lovers & Sinners) by Marita A. Hansen Read Free Book Online Page A

you
sheltered until your uncle took advantage and sold you?”
    She didn’t reply, since
she had been sheltered, first by her auntie, then her sisters. Her
mother had given her up due to severe postpartum depression, allowing one of
her aunties to raise her. Her auntie had protected her from the family
business, bringing her up as though she was a normal child, not the daughter of
one of the most notorious Dons in Italy. Tragically, her auntie passed away
when she was fourteen, which meant she had no choice but to return to the
family fold. But her sisters had rallied around her, doing their best to
protect her from the harsh world she’d been thrown into, a world full of crime
and perversity.
    “I guess that’s why
you’re so naive,” Sasha said. “You trust people far too readily. And as for
Jagger and your sister saving you—they won’t. They were captured, along with the
D’Angelo Don, me, and several other people. We’re all the Black Russian’s
prisoners, just some are being treated better than others.”
    “I don’t trust people
as readily as you think, especially after what my uncle did to me, but I do
trust my sister with my life and she said I was getting out tomorrow.”
    “Again, believe what
you wish, just don’t scream and wail when you find out I’m right.” He rolled
back over, facing away from Andriena.
    “Why do you have to
be such a stronzo all the time?” she snapped, having had enough of being
patronized. All she’d done was try to be nice to him, yet every single time he
treated her like she was a simple-minded fool. She might not be bright, but
she’d said nothing that deserved his condescending attitude.
    He looked over his
shoulder. “I know stronzo means asshole , blue eyes, and you
should be more careful with what you say to me. After all, no one will come to your rescue if I decide to shut you up permanently.”
    “Stop threatening
me!” she yelled, not understanding how things had deteriorated so fast. The man
was impossible, turning every positive to a negative. It made her want to
throttle him.
    “I’ll stop
threatening you once you stop talking incessantly.”
    “No!” She crossed her
arms over her chest. “I have a right to speak my mind just as much as you do. And
I don’t get why you have to be so mean when all I’ve done is help you.”
    He sneered at her. “I’m
in a particularly mean mood, because while you were out, I was told
today’s the tenth anniversary of when I was sold into slavery. So, excuse me for
my ill-mannered language, cyka .”
    Her eyes widened.
“Did you just call me a bitch?”
    “ Da , I also
called you one earlier, but I guess your birdbrain has already forgotten about
it.”
    She clenched her
hands, wanting to do more than throttle him now. “You’re the rudest, most
infuriating man I’ve ever met!”
    “Then don’t talk to
me. Problem solved.” He flicked his hand dismissively. “Now, go play in your
fantasy world, because I’ve had enough of listening to your whiny voice.”
    “You bastardo! ”
Furious, she shot forward, shoving him off the bed, cursing him in Italian. She
was sick of people stepping all over her. Ever since her accident, she’d been pushed
around like a dumb bimbo, constantly patronized and belittled. But she wasn’t
going to stand for it anymore.
    Not one second
longer!
    Sasha jumped to his
feet, his murderous expression making her back up fast, all her bravado gone in
the blink of an eye. Her mind screamed at her to run, but she couldn’t, because
there was nowhere to bloody run!
    She held out a hand.
“Don’t—”
    Before she could get
another word out, he leapt over the bed, making her shriek. She hit out at him
as he went for her. He grabbed her arms and swung her around, pushing her onto
the bed. He climbed onto her torso, his weight bearing down on her, causing her
panic to rise even more.
    “Get off me!” she screamed,
trying to get free.
    He gripped onto her
arms tighter. “I thought