End It All (Vitale Brothers, #5)

by Brea Alepoú

“I keep forgetting you're married,” she whispered. “How bizarre. Every time I think I’m used to it, I’m thrown all over again.” Awkwardly, I chewed my lip. "Sorry you couldn’t be there.” She smiled, patting my hand.

mother looked teary-eyed, like she was going to burst out crying again. Slowly, she reached out her hand, and Quincy bowed until his forehead touched her fingertips. "It's okay,"

"You raise your kids so that they can make their own decisions in life. Am I sad I missed the wedding? Of course. But, I'm so happy you've been protecting my son."

"And I always will. I love hi...

He keeps giving me money like I'm some kept man.

Harlow: I have to remind Benito if he tries that pampering shit, I will drain his bank account.

like when Gin buys me things.

Paolo is the same way. It's now a clear rule he isn't allowed to spend an outrageous amount on me anymore.

Lol but he still buys you stuff. Keeps you nice and pretty.

No co...

Me and Blake can take on a few nights. His mom is here and she'd probably love it if the kids were around.

It's feeling more and more like we're the wives...

And with that, I'm going to go kill something or at least stab.

pretend I didn’t see that.

The moment my husband saw me, he headed over, jogging to get to me faster. He'd missed me just as much as I missed him. "Hey, baby girl. I missed you." His smile was bright. "Missed you too. Although I saw you this morning. You gave me head in the shower."

"You sure about this?" Blake stared up at me expectantly. "Baby girl, we're in this together. Life, death, and crime." Blake pushed up on his tippy toes, and I leaned down to kiss him. "I love you." I cupped his face, keeping him close. "You're my world."

have a problem," Benito said. "Cesare has been a pain in my ass for a while now, but he's taking things too far." I leaned forward. "What's going on?" "That old man is determined to take back the business for himself. I've seen more of our family around town. Heard from them too. It feels like he's building his own little personal army." I frowned. "You think he would attack you?" "Not outright,"

"He's not stupid enough to do that. All it would do is agitate the family back in Italy. No, he's playing the long game. Putting out little rumors and games that say I'm unfit to lead. I don't expect him to come put a bullet in my head, he can’t do that to a made

but he knows how to fuck with this business. To tear it apart f...

Rafael is just his type, or at least the type that Grand Myah has been telling me he's seeing."

My father was... seeing men? I'd only ever known him to chase women. I'd watched him do it when we were out together. "That poon hound is gonna go for a man?"

"Everything's going to be okay." "Promise?" I whispered. He nodded. "As long as we have each other." Yeah, I believed that. Maybe that's all I needed right now. Hope.