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Dom needed to leave me alone with all his concern and wise words. “You’re not my consigliere. You’re the son of—” His face morphed from weariness to pure anger. “Don’t fucking say it, Montanari.” He pointed an accusing finger at me. “I get it, you’re hurt, you hate yourself, but don’t make me hate you too, and if you say it—there won’t be any turning back.”
Ah, he too was giving up on me, just when I needed him to tell me to go to her. When I needed him to convince me I could get some forgiveness from her. “What happened to you thinking she was good for me?” I sneered. “Wasn’t it why you pulled that stupid stunt?” Dom nodded. “It’s true. I still think she is good for you, but I forgot a crucial part. “ I crossed my arms on my chest. “Which is?” “You’re not good for her.”
with a scrutiny that made me self-conscious. “You have nothing to hide,” she said gently. “The only thing beastly about you is your attitude.” I let out the breath I was holding.
“You’re amazing, you are perfect, and I feel a strong attachment to you that is unfamiliar and unsettling. I feel like you’re family and it’s again all new to me. Be grateful that it is not romantic—be grateful that all I want from you is your friendship and your trust.” “Grateful?” I asked, my cheeks warming at the kindness of his words. It was not crazy though; I felt the same from the first day and I was glad to have a friend now. I’d been so alone for too long. He nodded. “Yep, otherwise Luca would have killed me.”
“Cosa c'è di sbagliato in te, stronzo?” I asked my head of security who looked more like an ugly oversized woman at that moment than the cold mafioso killer he was supposed to be. Dom's lips quirked up. “We’re having a girls’ night.” “Ah.” I nodded. “You finally grew a vagina? It was to be expected.”
“Mia piccola guaritrice, non lasciarmi innamorare di te. Spezzerebbe i nostri cuori. Ci farebbe male a entrambi,”
“I have nothing to wear for it.” I’d have to spend more of my savings and I was not too overly keen on that. “When is it?” “Next Friday and don’t worry about having anything to wear, I have you covered, Boo.” “Boo?” I asked, arching an eyebrow. He cocked his head to the side. “I was trying something new… No?”
sei più bella di mille stelle.”
anima mia.”
One, even if I wanted to free her, Cassie was now on everyone’s radar because I was as smooth as an elephant in a china store, and secondly, I was way, way past caring for her. This woman cared for me despite the darkness; she followed me there and took my hand, and it would cost me too much to say goodbye.
what you were so generously offering, made me miserable and I think it made you a little miserable too.” “Luca…” she whispered, taking a tentative step forward. I raised my hand to stop her in her tracks. We could not play this game any longer. This back and forth was dangerous for her and me.
“Why should I stay?” I gave her a tired little smile. “You know why. Of course, you do. And the thing is in this life we don’t know how much future we have left. I witnessed that front row by taking the future of two people I loved more than life. What’s gone is gone and in my line of work nothing is guaranteed, the future even less and I crave to have you in it. Is it fair? Absolutely not. Do you deserve better? Undoubtedly. But, Cassie, anima mia, there’s only you.”
I let out a humorless chuckle. “I’m going to go get really, really drunk with Dom and the wannabe Tony Manero and when I’ll come home, either you’ll be here or you won’t, but either way, Cassandra West, I’ll never regret meeting you. Because you showed me that even a sinner like me could love, that despite everything I was not dead inside, that my heart could still feel, and just for that it had been all worth it.”
“Yes, I know you do and I trust you, but this…” I pointed at the lawyer's door. “No matter what, a lot of it is outside of your control.” He gave me his cheeky grin that made my girlie parts quiver. “It’s cute that you think so. Tesora, I’m using the legal route, for now, but should it not work.” He shrugged. “One way or another, we’ll get our boy back.”
“I’d like to adopt your brother, take away the stigma his name is causing him.” “I see… Because Montanari doesn’t come with any preconceived stigmas?” He laughed. “Yes, it does, but at least it comes with the type of stigma that will keep him safe no matter what.”
I shouldn’t have wanted you and because of the way I feel for you—fuck, woman, it scares me in ways I can hardly comprehend. You deserve a fairy tale, and this love we share, baby, it’s not the fairy tale you want or you dream of.” “You are my Prince Luca; the dark armor doesn’t scare me.”
Lo giuro su Dio e sulla famiglia. Il mio cuore, il mio amore e la mia lealtà sono tuoi. Ora e per sempre. Faccio questo giuramento col sangue, nel silenzio della notte, e sotto la luce delle stelle e lo splendore della luna. Tutti i tuoi segreti saranno miei, tutti i tuoi peccati saranno miei, tutto il tuo dolore sarà mio. Sono tuo completamente.”
