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like I’m some witch here to steal your soul.”
I offer a new trinket for her to add to her collection of gizmos and gadgets, and she melts.
“Because for that one day, my momma loved me out loud.”
That was the last promise I ever made her because the next morning she was dead.
Men are fucking delusional.
“Because if you don’t, I’ll kiss the fuck out of you.”
She frowns down at it and tries to pick it apart with her fingers, and when that doesn’t work, she reaches out, grabs one of the silverware roll-ups, and undoes it, taking a fork and using it to comb through the ends.
“You must be the most coldhearted bitch I’ve ever fucking met.”
She never really loves me out loud for long, even though she promises each time will be different.
Enzo’s face is all dark lines and menace, and he’s dangerous in a way I’ve never seen before. All traces of the fun and easygoing friend I’ve spent time with are gone, and in his place is E: the man the rumors are all about.
An icy chill runs down my spine because I know. I just know he’s doing this to punish me.
“I know there are many people who claim to be ‘family’ who have had their eye on something so precious. But they don’t deserve it. It’s tradition, after all.”
“In a different life…” I pause, emotion suddenly clogging my throat. “I’d love you out loud.”
“You don’t deserve the Kingston name, and you’re no family of mine.”
I’ve never been the jealous type, but I can’t stand watching other people touch her.
I’m finally kissing the woman I’m in love with.
“Venesa…” He pauses, and I brace myself for his answer. “He didn’t just kill your momma. He stole the Kingston empire out from under her entirely.”
I’ve never been someone’s choice before,
“Your dad is the one who tried to kill you, and he used Trent Kingston to do it.”
