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he’d made his way through the world being the silent one, the death blow you never saw coming, until it was too late.
“I hope you find what you’re looking for Valentina,”
I saw Andi in that twirl. Felt her in the laughter. My dead wife. My Russian Mafia princess. My vodka drinking terror.
he looked exactly like Luca. Hell, the bastard even stood like him. God help me if I had to kill him, because it was like I was staring into the face of one of my mentors.
“Our father was Luca Nicolasi! One of the most lethal mob bosses in history! Frank is your damn uncle!”
Run away, I will find you. Fight it, you will lose. Listen carefully, because this is the only situation where my love for your father trumps my love for you — because I owe him, more than you’ll ever imagine — you will marry Sergio, you will join the Family. You will do it with a smile on your face because you are a Nicolasi, you are our future, and you will make your father proud.”
“You’re kind of…quirky aren’t you?”
Every moment. Every touch. I was her last. But she wasn’t mine.
I’d protect her with my life. I’d love her like I would any family member. But she would never share my bed. Or have my heart.
I’d rather he hate me than give me little glimpses of the man I thought he could be
Beasts are fierce because they protect what they love.
“I married her to protect her. We weren’t in love, not right away.
I would change nothing about you. Because you’re perfect just the way you are.”
“I promise I’ll try really hard,” she whispered in a sad voice. “To make you happy.
It was beautiful. It was like breathing for the first time.
She was at her core… Good. Innocent. Untarnished.
Every time I see you, I tell myself you’re young. You’re innocent. You’re good. I’m bad. So bad.
“And the beast was tamed. For one night, he was tamed.”
“You were mine before you even knew you were mine. So yes. I’ll be damned possessive about you.
Promise me you’ll fall in love.
Promise me you’ll have children.
Promise me you’ll try to make her happy as much as she’s going to try to make you happy. Promise me y...
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Sergio. My love. I release you. Be happy,
“May this new union provide the two of you with the love and laughter you both deserve, may God keep you safe, may God unite our families for as long as He will allow it. May you honor each other, respect one another, die for one another, live for one another. This is the wish of my family, my friends.”
“This is the final wish and will from Andi Abandonato as read by Nikolai Blazik.”
In another life, I could love her. Truly love her.
“I want you to feel everything.”
Steal his body — his heart will follow.
In order to accept her. I had to let go of Andi.
“I promise. I won’t run.”
“You’re stuck with me. Till death do we part. And it won’t be because I’m stupid enough to turn my back on you a third time.”
“You completely and utterly undo me,”
“Why would she do that to me? Befriend me then leave?”
my brother Ax has been in on this since the beginning.”
“She said to ask Phoenix since it was he and Frank who were given the instructions.” “Instructions?” I shook my head. “For what?” Sergio hung his head. “Our love story.”
“Because, my ending, my favorite ending would be one where my best friend marries my best friend.
“I love you both. Be happy.”
“Life is full of two-twirl moments — don’t allow her to settle for only one.”
“I hate that she ruined this! I hate that she left me!
“She had you, all of you! And I get the pieces! I don’t want the pieces, I know I said I’d try to make you happy and I’d work to make everything okay but I can’t function that way, I tried, and I can’t do that. I can’t live in constant comparison with a girl that up until today used to be my idea of perfection! You were married to the perfect girl, and now you have me, and I’m angry, so angry, that selfishly I hate being second best. I want to be first, Sergio. You were my first and….”
If you leave now, I’ll let you. I won’t chase you. I swear it. But if you stay in my bed tonight, you are mine.
I see myself falling faster than I should.
She’d said she loved me, but that I’d find someone who would set my world on fire, someone who would be more than my friend, more than my lover, she would be my other half. My soul mate.
Love him well. Love her well, Italy.
