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“I don’t want anyone else. I want Max. I’ve only ever wanted Max, and despite your huge ass ego thinking this is about you, it really isn’t. It is so not about you. It’s about Max and me. Nobody else.”
“Do you really think he would risk his friendship with your brothers for nothing?”
“You have nothing to be sorry for. I knew what would happen if I took you there.” “But you took me anyway?” “Yeah. I’m a selfish prick.” “No, Max,”
The fact that he knew what would happen and risked it anyway makes my poor aching heart feel like it’s going to burst.
“I told you, you’re mine, baby girl. I’ll find a way to fix this, okay? You just hang tight and let me handle it.”
“I miss you too, Joey. I can’t stop thinking about how good you feel. How good you taste.”
“Max?” I moan his name. “Just a few days, baby. I promise. I can’t live without you any longer than that.”
“You’re not alone, baby girl. You’re fucking mine.”
“Whose are you?”
“Yours,”
“Okay. Can I call you later?” “Call me before you go to sleep.” “I will.” “I love you, Joey.” He hangs up before I can say it back.
“I need you.” God, I fucking need her too. “I need you too. As soon as I’ve taken care of this thing, I’m coming for you.” “Will you be safe?” “Always, baby girl. Because I will always come back to you.” “I miss you, Max.”
“Because him fucking our little sister muddies the waters,” Lorenzo says, his hands steepled under his chin.
“How can you walk away from a man who’s been your brother in all but blood just because he fell in love?”
“You think Maximo is in love with Joey?”
“You think that a man who risked everything to spend just one night with her isn’t?”
“I know you can’t forgive him for lying right now, but please, just let me see him,” I beg. “You know I’m safe when I’m with him. He would never let anyone hurt me.”
“And who will keep you safe from him, Joey?” Dante asks.
“Max would never h...
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“Do you know what me, your mom, and your aunt Anya just did, baby?”
“We just smashed the patriarchy, Gabs.”
“You took what was his, Maximo. You touched his girl. Tainted her,”
“Hey, I need to ask you both something,” I mumble. “What’s that?” Lorenzo asks. “Can I date your sister?”
“Kristin is my little sister, Joey. That kid she’s having is my nephew, not my son.”
“You are the only fucking girl for me, Joey Moretti.”
“I’m s-sorry. I d-didn’t know.”
“I know. It’s okay. But you can trust everyone in this room. I promise you that. Tell them who you really are.”
“I’m Max’s little sister.”
“I’m so sorry, Joey. I can’t imagine what you must have thought of me. I didn’t know you and he— If I had …”
“But why did you tell us you were his...
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“Why not just tell us t...
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“Because of who your father is?”
“These people are my family. There’s nothing you can’t tell them, I swear.”
“Your father may have had his reasons for not trusting this family, but you are Max’s sister, and he’s our brother. You have nothing to fear from anyone in this house.”
“I hate that you thought I’d betray you like that, Joey. The fact you could believe me capable of hurting you that way is worse than a knife to the stomach. I regret every single second that you spent hating me.”
“Baby girl, I promise you I’m not going anywhere, okay? But I need to speak to your brothers. I have to do this right.”
“Fine. I’ll wait for you in the den.”
“I want your permission to date your sister,”
“And if we say no?”
“I guess it doesn’t change the outcome. I’m going to date her anyway, but I’d prefer to do it with your blessing.” “You swore, Max. Joey was off-limits.” “That was a long time ago. We were kids making stupid promises to each other. I get that I should’ve told you first, but it all kind of happened so fast. I tried to fight it, but I couldn’t. Still, I want to do this right. You two are my family,” I say, choking up on the last word.
“A family you were prepared to walk away from? Because you knew what would happen if you...
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“I would never ask either of you to choose between me and Anya or Kat. Never. But if you make me choose, I will choos...
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“You’ll break her fucking heart. If you’re going to ask to date our sister, Max, then you will tell her the fucking truth.”
“You didn’t kill her, Max,” Joey says.
“I’m sorry he made you believe you did.”
“Shall we go to bed?” Even though the way she says the words is entirely innocent, my cock still twitches to life. I stare at her. She makes the whole goddamn world make sense. “Yeah.” I guess the past doesn’t matter so much when my future is standing right here.
Joey walks out of the bathroom and heads toward me.
“Um, clothes off, baby girl.”
“These are hardly anything, and you need to rest,”
“I can still rest while you’re naked. Now take off the fucking clothes.”
