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Don, You Were the Stand-In Chapter 11
I waved the bodyguards back.I could bet my own life, but I couldn't gamble with Luca's.He was my only weak spot."Fine. How do you want to play?"Vera pulled out the revolver with her other hand, laughing like a madwoman."Russian roulette. We swear whoever wins walks away unharmed."I looked at her. "Why does it have to be this?"She clenched her jaw."I want everyone to know there's more than one La Bella Pazza on the East Coast."With that, she put the revolver to her own temple.Click.Empty.Then she handed the revolver to me, the other gun still pressed against Luca."No tricks, or I'll shoot him right now."I took the revolver and looked her in the eye.She was still smiling, but her eyes kept darting toward the car parked at the curb.She was already thinking about how to get away.Anyone truly willing to bet her life wouldn't be planning her escape ahead of time.I doubted there was a bullet in the cylinder.But I couldn't be sure about the gun pressed against Luca.Play alo
Don, You Were the Stand-In Chapter 10
We arranged to meet at an Italian restaurant.When I walked in on Luca's arm, Vito shot to his feet and knocked over the water glass at the edge of the table.I hadn't seen him in a month, and I almost didn't recognize him.He was gaunt. Stubble covered his jaw, and his eyes were bloodshot."Serafina." He held his hand out to me, his voice shaking. "You finally agreed to see me."I didn't take it. I set the divorce agreement in front of him."Sign it."Vito looked down at the papers. The small smile on his lips faded."You're my Donna. Always."He pushed the papers back. Veins stood out on the back of his hand. "I'm not signing."I pulled out a chair and sat down."Without your signature, I can still get a default judgment. What's the point of dragging it out?"His lips moved.I didn't give him a chance to speak."Or would you rather the whole East Coast know that the Donna of the Marcello family sleeps beside Luca every night?"Vito looked at my hand, laced with Luca's.His breathing
Don, You Were the Stand-In Chapter 9
Vito went down at the foot of the steps.I lowered the gun and signaled for his men to come carry him off.Luca whistled at me. "Five years without a gun, and you've lost your touch?"I rolled my eyes at him. "As if."He glanced at Vito, then back at me. His smile faded."Then why didn't you kill him?"He paused and took my hand."You didn't actually fall in love with him in those five years, did you?"That stopped me for a second.The answer that came to me surprised even me.I had loved him, at least during those five years when I didn't remember.Until I found out about Vera.The pain of being betrayed kept me awake for several nights in a row.It also slowly pieced my broken memories back together.The front of a car racing toward me, a wedding dress soaked in blood.And Luca, waiting for me on our wedding day.I finally understood what the man whose arms I'd fallen asleep in had stolen from me.Once I remembered, every bit of love I had felt for him curdled into twice as much hatr
Don, You Were the Stand-In Chapter 8
Vito's POV:Vera's hand froze in midair."I'm not good enough?" Her smile turned more and more unhinged. "You came after me first, and now I'm not good enough?"Vito didn't answer.Her voice shot up. "What does she have that I don't?"Vito scoffed. "Everything."He pointed at the bandage on her wrist."Her knife only ever ends up in an enemy's heart. She'd never turn it on her own wrists."As he said it, he suddenly remembered the first time he'd seen Serafina.They'd been negotiating at the docks, and he'd planned to double-cross her.Three guns were trained on Serafina. Vito had thought he'd already won.Then she pulled the pin on a grenade, held it in her left hand, and pushed the contract toward him with her right."Sign it, or nobody leaves tonight."Her voice was calm, and her hand didn't tremble at all.She stood there as if she could hold back a storm.Or maybe she was the storm itself.Vito had loved that side of her more than anything.He loved how she could be wild and utter
Don, You Were the Stand-In Chapter 7
Vito's POV:Vito had his men search every corner of New Orleans.The docks, the airport, the hotels.Even the yachts moored along the river.There wasn't the slightest trace of Serafina.She'd vanished as completely as a drop of water in a river.All Vito could do was watch the estate's security footage over and over again.It showed a man in a fedora leading Serafina away.Vito couldn't see the man's face, but the reckless way he'd stormed the estate was unmistakable.The sight felt like a slap across the face.It was Luca.Only that lunatic would treat a battlefield like an amusement park.Vito went pale.Serafina really had gotten her memory back.And the lunatic she'd forgotten had finally found her.Vito braced himself on the edge of the desk. The movement tugged painfully at the wound in his side.Until then, he'd believed that once she cooled off, everything would be fine.Jewelry, money, affection. He could give her all of it.But now, she hadn't even left him the chance to mak
Don, You Were the Stand-In Chapter 6
Once Margaret and the guards backed out, I tossed the broken bottle aside and stuffed my last shirt into the suitcase.I didn't take a single thing Vito had given me.After five years, what I chose to take with me filled only half a suitcase.I'd just zipped it closed when the door opened.Margaret stood in the doorway with the keys, her legs shaking so badly she could barely stand.Behind her was a man with a gun.He wore a fedora, the brim pulled low over most of his face."Get out!"He lowered the gun, and Margaret scrambled away.The man walked up to me and took off his hat.He had deep-set gray-green eyes, a straight nose, and a faint scar along his jaw that hadn't been there before.The scent of bitter orange and tobacco washed over me, bringing back every embrace from five years ago."Luca.""Nice livestream, sweetheart."His voice was low."But next time you dance, make sure it's with me."He kissed my forehead. His lips trembled, and he stayed there for a long time."Especiall
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