[Elena's POV]

My phone vibrated in the center console after ten-minute silence. A rapid-fire barrage of notifications lit up the screen.

I glanced down while stopped at a red light. The messages were all from Nicole.

I hated him. I spent weeks plotting how to poison a mafia boss.

But then he threw his entire gang into a suicide mission just to save you.

He actually backed down from a gang revenge for his family.

And it is genuinely infuriating how ruthless and responsible he is.

Also, his ...