Cruelly Fated - Book 4

Book 4 of the Morelli Mafia Series. Please note you must read books 1,2,3 first.

I was lost, believed I was abandoned. That couldn't further from the truth. Stefano a boy with no identity, no memory is the son of Luciano and Eleanora Morelli.

I'm meant to be so many things to the world's largest crime family. I mean to raise into an underboss position standing alongside my youngest brother and reporting to the eldest. I fear I will disappoint. Will I ever be the Stefano Dante Morelli they envisioned.

"You're going too hard Stefano" Jasmine's voice settles the chaos in my head briefly.

My strapped-up hands cease the abuse on the punching bag and I stop its sway.

"I have trained harder than this" I remind her as I grab the towel and wipe away the sweat from my face. My time in the underground fighting rings ended with brutal beatings on both ends.

"I remember" blowing out a breath her brows knit together as she walks up to me. Closing my eyes, I indulge in the sensation her soft lips create. This woman is my world. I love her more than life itself and she loved me when I was nothing when I had nothing. I never want to fail her.

Pulling away she waits for me to open my eyes "Stop tormenting yourself. I know what you're thinking and baby are worthy"

"Not yet I'm not." Swallowing the lump in my throat, I make a promise more to myself "But I will be"