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My second one spawns from the hand size red mark on her cheek. I am going to kill that son of a bitch. He fucking hit her. Rage like I've never felt before turns my vision red.
What cannot be changed must be endured.
"I am like my mother," I say. "Too good for a disgusting monster like you."
"You are so pathetic you have to hurt the women you know are better and smarter than you. We are stronger too. You could never have survived what you put mamma through." I don't know where the words are coming from. I've never spoken to my father like this before. But I am not done. "You are the weak little bitch, not me."
"I will not tolerate disrespect." I let the authority of my position bleed into my voice. Showing not the slightest bit of fear or acknowledgement of wrongdoing, Catalina lifts her chin. "Neither will I."
If she were a man, I would crush her in this moment. If she were any other woman, I would do the same. But this is my wife. I want Catalina to rule in strength at my side. I am King of New York and she is Queen.
"If you are not the center of my thoughts, you are close by. I'm jealous as hell. I need your body like air. And you are the first thing I consider when I make decisions, not la famiglia. You. I'm negotiating a blood alliance with the fucking Irish because it means you will be safer."
"Do you love me, Severu?" Will he admit it? "Is love the inability to see you hurting without fixing it? Is it craving your body even when I'm so physically spent I can barely move? Is it finding time to spend with you regardless of responsibility? Is it wanting to be a better man? Is it trusting you more than any other person?"
I can't answer. My throat is too clogged with tears. "If that is love, then yes, I love you, Catalina. But it feels like something bigger than such a small word." I swipe at the wetness on my cheeks. "I think love is bigger than the stars in the sky." "It's the birth of a new galaxy in m...
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"I love you beyond death, Catalina."
"I know you need heirs." Her expression says it's not the same thing. "Yes, but I want a family with you, the wife I love." Her smile is blinding. "I love you so much, even if you are a bossy don." "You wouldn't want me any other way." And we both know it's true. Still, I'm a little surprised when she says, "No, I wouldn't."
Because I am her devil, and she is my sweet beauty. Together we are perfect.
