Chapter 24 — That's Enough

Scott

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"I want you to marry her. I want her to bear your name so that people will think twice before even considering harming her."

It felt like he was trying to use me as a tool for settling scores for taking me in.

"Are you out of your mind, Linus?" I asked, disbelief and anger coursing through me. The very idea that he proposed was preposterous. "Marriage? Me? And Allegra Rossi? Your granddaughter?!" I shook my head in utter disbelief, hoping to make him realize how absurd the idea was. "What makes you think I would even consider such a thing?"

He gave his head a shake, "I would have never asked you something like this if I wasn't desperate. Allegra is vulnerable, she needs someone strong, not me. You don't have to stay married to her, just until all this is over. They will make her life a living hell, Scott."

"You're telling me, you want me to marry her until all this is over? That's ridiculous! I don't even believe in the concept of marriage, and I certainly won't be m