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In love with a criminal, just like my mom.
but mama im in love with a criminal
“I not only forced Blake to marry me, I also set her house on fire so that she’d move in with me.” Rafe makes a surprised huff. “I didn’t realize this was a competition, but all right, you win.”
“You can be mad at me,” he says in a low voice. “You can hate me. You can wish me dead. But you will never threaten to hurt yourself again. If you do anything to put yourself in harm’s way, I swear to God, Blake, I will build a cage and lock you in it.”
“This one killed one of our guys by shooting him in the back. Nothing I hate more than cowards,” Alessio explains. “Sure. Makes sense.” It doesn’t make any sense.
What is this? The mob version of The Devil Wears Prada? Alessio Ferraro is a fucking diva.
Alessio pops the apple core into his mouth. What is he, a fucking horse?
im crying cause wtf
“So that’s what you have to resort to in order to get a woman within five feet of you?” “At least I didn’t need my daddy to arrange my marriage for me,” Nero responds without missing a beat.
he’s such a diva
“I know you look down on this life, Blake, but it saved me and my mom. And my stepdad taught me that the labels society assigns things—the good and the bad, the moral and the immoral—are made up. There are no absolutes in life. Only once you accept that can you find true freedom.”
“I’ll talk you through it. Tell you just how pretty you look with your fingers stuffed inside your dripping pussy.”
“I want you to stop denying that there’s still something here. Something that’s worth fighting for. I was willing to die for you, Sunshine. Do you really think I’m just going to give up on us after I got a second chance to make you mine?”
“That dress fits you like a second skin. Will you let me peel it off you when we get back home?” “I’m not a piece of fruit,” she grumbles. “Your pussy sure tastes like one.”
“I was prepared to love the world, but no one understood me, so I learned to hate.”
“When are you going to understand that other women don’t exist for me anymore? There’s only you. There will only ever be you.”
“But, Sunshine, the more I see you fight the feelings that are trying to burst out of you, the more determined I become. I will wait for you for however long it takes. I’d rather face your scornful looks and your righteous anger than exist in a world where you’re not mine.”
“Believe me, I know. But I also know that as long as my heart beats, I’m going to keep trying to find a path back to you. Back to us.” Her shining eyes pierce through me as she sobs. I press my forehead to hers. “You’re it for me. You are my first love. And you are my last.”
“That’s it. You’re almost there. I told you it would be even better if I talked you through it. You look so fucking pretty with that cunt dripping all over my hand. You’re doing such a good job. Let me see it.”
“Breathe through it, baby. You’re doing so well.”
“You’ve done it before, and you can do it again. Your body remembers me, Sunshine. You just have to let go. Can you let go for me?”
A fallen god walks among us.
Don’t go. Please don’t go. Choose me. I know I’m not perfect, but I will spend the rest of my days loving you better than anyone else ever can. I’ll make all of the darkness that comes with me worth it. I promise.
But maybe love is simpler than that. Maybe it’s just doing the right thing for the other person, even if it tears you apart.
But what I realized is that it’s not about shutting out the darkness completely. It’s about finding a way to shine your light, even when the darkness is all around you.”
“Drink this.” Something clanks against the coffee table. I crack one eye open. Alessio brought me water. “Did you spike it with arsenic?” “You have a morbid sense of humor.” “I thought you of all people might appreciate it.”
I huff a breath. “I don’t need to torture myself with false hope.” “Have a little faith.” “You know I’m a fucking atheist.”
