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“Maybe you are blind to the truth, Angel. But I am not. Maybe you cannot see or won’t see that our son is a monster. I don’t have to
turn him into one. He’s messed up and I’m trying to channel his monster before it goes rampant in a way none of us want. For fuck’s sake, look at him.”
“I fear what you’re capable of. I fear for the people who’ll cross your path in an unfortunate moment.” “That’s how nature works, you know?” he murmured. “There’s dark and light, there must be. Maybe it’s the same with twins, but it wasn’t split evenly between us. I got all the darkness and you got all the light.”
“I won’t ever run from you, Nevio. I’ll always be at your side, no matter what.” “You swear?”
“I love you, Dad.” Dad pressed a kiss to my temple. “I love you more than life itself, Mia Cara. Never forget that.”
It was only fitting that I should fall in love with a man who was just as bad, as brutal, as cruel as the men who’d raised me.
“Love is for dreamers or weaklings. I’m neither.”
She was content becoming a future Capo’s wife. But Greta wasn’t a girl who deserved to be an affair. She was a woman who deserved to be someone’s number one, their one and only queen.
“Thank you. Your shirt smells good.” “It smells like me,”
Her eyes settled on my face. “I never thought about kissing someone. But I think with you I could imagine having my first kiss one day.”
Dad thought I was perfect. He didn’t know how my heart picked up when I thought about Amo.
I was bound to marry Cressida, and quite possibly falling for Greta Falcone.
If Greta were mine, I’d want to be faithful too.
“Amo, have you lost your fucking mind?”
“This doesn’t hurt as badly as you not choosing me.”
I’d grown up among cruel men. But fate was so much crueler than any of them. Amo Vitiello was my soulmate… …and now married to another woman.
“Greta doesn’t need to marry to be a queen. Only by existing, she’s shining brighter than most ever will,” Remo said in a harsh voice.
“You’re too good for this world, Greta.”
“You are mine, only mine.” “And are you mine?” Amo touched his forehead to mine. “Every part of me that matters, my soul, my heart, my love, is yours. It’ll always be yours.”
“The end result is the same. Love can be as destructive as hatred.”
“Greta, you aren’t a dark secret. You are fucking everything and I want everyone to know. I want everyone to know you’re mine. I don’t ever want there to be someone other than me.” “There’s always only you.”
“I love Greta. I’ll still love her if she can’t ever dance, even when she can’t give me children. I love her and I want to be with her.
Nothing will change that, and you won’t stop me from being with her either. This time absolutely nothing will stop me.”
“I won’t be without you again, Greta. You are mine until I take my last breath. I love you more than everything else in the world.”
I realized that I couldn’t fucking live without Greta.”
“Greta, I don’t want to spend a single day without you. I want you by my side. I’ve always admired my parents’ bond and their unwavering love, and I know our marriage will be like that. Will you marry me?”
“I’m glad you two found each other even if the way to be together was painful.”
“Now I’ll have to make sure New York is a safe place for you.” Greta smiled and hugged him.
“I really want to cling to my dislike of Amo. But sometimes when I see him looking at you with that sappy adoration I can’t help but tolerate him.”
“But I respect your choice, Mia Cara. You aren’t a little girl anymore. I want you to find happiness in New York, but never forget that a loving home is always waiting for you in Las Vegas if you ever choose to return.”
don’t think this is necessary, but I’ll tell you anyway. Treat your wife like a queen tonight. The Famiglia is the place to lose control and allow the monster to come out, never your marriage or family.” “You don’t have to tell me, Dad, because you showed me all my life.”
This was it. The moment I’d waited far too long for. I was marrying the woman I loved with every fiber of my being.
“Since the first time I saw you in your tutu, I’ve wanted to do this,” I rasped. “You desired me back then already?” “Oh yes. I was completely obsessed from the first second. I never believed in love at first sight, but you converted me.”
Amo linked his fingers with mine. Our love had burned stronger than any enmity.
