Kindle Notes & Highlights
To the girls who think love can fix him—some men don’t heal because their pain is the only thing that makes them feel real.
Healing wasn’t just physical. It was quiet, lonely work.
“Do you still have my key?”
“Mr. Hot,”
“I mean, Mr. Cassian.”
“Mr. Hot, huh? That’s what you call me?”
“It was a mistake,”
“You kiss...
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“Then you stole my bike.”
“I—I was escaping... mafia guys,”
“I didn’t...
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“Conven...
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“That kiss branded you to me, Charlotte. You’re mine now.”
“Yours?”
“I’m engaged to your brother....
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“You s...
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“You don’t belong to Luca. Y...
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“You, Charlotte, are mine—to ruin, to shatter, to destroy. Your last breath will be mine to take. Remember that.”
“You don’t think about him when you’re with me. You don’t think about anyone else. You kissed me, Charlotte. That makes you mine.”
“Tell Luca you’re not marrying him,”
“What?”
“You hear...
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“Why would I d...
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“Because you’r...
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“You’ll wear my ring. You’ll be my wife—w...
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“Cancel the wedding,”
“Declare you’re mine, or you’ll see what I’m capable of.”
“...
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“Luca won’t let you touch me once I’m his wi...
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“You’ll pay for what your mother did to me,”
“With your body, soul, and spirit.”
“Her sins... they belong t...
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My heart stops. My mother? “What are you talking about?” I choke out, confu...
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“I’ll take you as I please, my wife.”
“There’s a bomb under the altar,” he murmurs, his voice a low, chilling promise. “You’re marrying me, Charlotte, or everyone in this room dies.”
“I vow to ruin you with every breath you take beside me. To turn our marriage into your reckoning—slow, deliberate, and unforgettable. For the mother who shattered me, I will not forget. I will not forgive. You will not find comfort in my arms. You will not find safety in my name. Only the echo of what I’ve lost, And the weight of everything you owe. You’ll be mine, until I’ve taken back everything your bloodline stole.”
His name. Cassian. Tattooed into the ring’s inner curve. Burned in. Not engraved—branded. And beside it: Mia per sempre. Mine forever.
“You’re mine now, wife.”
“You touched my wife,”
“She’s mine now,”
“How long will this marriage last?”
“Forever.”
“You hate me,”
“You don’t even pretend otherwise. This... can’t last.”
“You’re bound to me. Irrevocably. I’ll only be done with you after your final breath.”
“Good girl,”
Other mafia bosses had bodyguards. Cassian was the bodyguard. No security detail. No men flanking him. Just one man, a bike, and a reputation that made entire crime families flinch.
“I’ve known her since she was in diapers. You think claiming her with a ring changes that?”
“I knew her before you were born.”
“What the hell does t...
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