“She’ll forgive me. Someday she will understand the depths I’ve reached to keep her safe.” I hum under my breath as Harley flexes his hands, probably to rein in his temper. “She will. But first you have to stop treating her like a delicate princess and remember she’s been waging her own war for years. She can handle your empire, better even than you can, if you’d just cut your shit out.” He shakes his head at me like I’m dense. “It’s not about handling it. It’s about surviving it. What kind of a monster would I be if I asked an eighteen-year-old girl to step into a criminal empire?” I give him
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