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One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 77
I wasn't expecting company especially not in the middle of a honeymoon that was finally beginning to feel like something out of a fairy tale. Ruben and I had just returned from a peaceful walk along the lemon grove paths behind the villa when a familiar laugh echoed from the front garden.I turned, confused… then froze.“Daph?”She stood there grinning in oversized sunglasses and a crop top that screamed confidence, pulling a bright yellow suitcase behind her like she owned the Amalfi Coast.“Oh my God!” I rushed forward, nearly tripping over the gravel as I ran into her arms. “What are you doing here?”“You think I’d miss a chance to crash your honeymoon?” she teased, squeezing me tight. “Ruben told me you missed me. So I hopped on a plane the moment I got the greenlight.”I turned to Ruben, who was now standing at the doorway with that faint smirk he wore when he wanted me to know he’d done something good.“You did this?” I asked.He just shrugged casually. “You’ve been smiling more
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 76
Lia’s POVThe airport was more quiet than I expected.No flashing cameras. No stares. Just Ruben’s hand warm around mine, our security detail shadowing us from a distance. Ruben had arranged everything with surgical precision: a private jet, a quiet terminal, a car waiting for us on the other side of the ocean.This wasn’t a vacation.It was an escape.A new chapter.A pause between storms.“You’ve been quiet,” he said, adjusting my seatbelt gently after we boarded. His fingers brushed my collarbone. “Still nervous?”“Kind of. I’m waiting for someone to wake me up and tell me this is just a fantasy.”His eyes searched mine.“It’s not,” he said.As the jet took off, I stared out the window, the city shrinking below us like a memory I was trying to outrun.We landed in Positano, Italy.The villa Ruben booked sat on the cliffside, like it had been carved into the sun-kissed rock just for us. White curtains danced with the breeze, and the scent of lemons and sea salt clung to the air like
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 75
Lia’s POVI closed the distance.Because I knew in that messed up, confusing, terrifying moment that I didn’t want anyone else.“I don’t want to lose myself trying to be okay with everything,” I whispered, placing my palm over his chest. His heartbeat thundered beneath my fingers.“Then don’t,” he murmured, his hand covering mine. “Let me carry the weight. Let me do what I’ve always done, protect you. Even if it’s from the truth.”“But the truth is mine now, Ruben.”He nodded slowly, stepping closer, until we were nose to nose. “Then tell me what to do… and I’ll do it. Whatever it takes.”I didn’t answer. Instead, I leaned up and pressed my lips to his.Not out of passion.Not out of lust.But out of pain, and hope, and the sick, twisted feeling, that maybe we were both too far gone.His arms wrapped around me instantly, like he’d been waiting for permission. The kiss deepened, but not like the others. This one was slow, burning like kindling catching fire.But I was the one who pulle
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 74
Ruben’s POVSomething had changed.She still smiled at me. Still laughed when Daphne made ridiculous jokes. Still ate dinner beside me at the table, legs brushing mine underneath, like she always used to.But it wasn’t real. Not all of it.I could feel the shift in her.A man always knows when the woman he loves is drifting silently, secretly, like sand slipping through the gaps of your fingers no matter how tightly you hold on.And I was holding on.Desperately.Lia had been quieter since that morning she went out alone. She claimed she was meeting a friend. I didn’t ask who I already knew. Ken.I could smell it on her skin when she returned.Not perfume or cologne. But the scent of hard truths. Of broken illusions.Now, she sat across from me in the reading room, legs tucked beneath her, pretending to be absorbed in one of the novels I’d hand-selected for the home library.But her fingers hadn’t flipped a page in over ten minutes.“You’re quiet,” I said, voice low.She looked up, st
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 73
Lia’s POVI hadn’t seen Ken since that day… since that almost-moment when I had nearly given in to something I knew was wrong.Since I saw the pain in his eyes the pain I put there.But today, none of that mattered. My guilt would have to wait.I needed the truth, and I needed it now.The café was almost empty, barely six customers scattered across the polished wooden floors. The air smelled of strong espresso and cinnamon, the peaceful hum of soft music making it feel like the world hadn’t started unraveling yet.Ken sat by the window. Alone.He looked... older. More tired than I remembered. He wasn’t smiling. He wasn’t teasing. He wasn’t even pretending. Just sitting there in all black, sunglasses pushed up on his head, one arm resting along the back of the booth as if he'd been waiting for me for years.I approached slowly.“Hey,” I said, unsure if I should sit or stand.“Sit, Lia,” he said calmly, his voice quieter than usual. Almost… cautious.I obeyed.There was silence for a mo
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 72
Lia’s POVThe villa had always been silent.But now, it was too silent.The kind of silence that clung to your skin like static, like the moment before lightning strikes. The walls were whispering things I could no longer ignore.The names. The codes. That single mention of the Delvini Cartel.I wasn’t naïve.My husband wasn’t just powerful, he was dangerous.But it wasn’t just that. It was the way he looked at me lately. Like he was trying to protect something. Or hide it.I paced the hallway, barefoot, wrapped in my silk robe as the late afternoon light spilled through the stained-glass windows. The scent of leather and cologne still clung to the air from his earlier departure. He was always leaving now. Calls he wouldn’t explain. The doors closed when I walked in.He thought I wasn’t paying attention.He was wrong.I dialed Daph.“Please tell me you’re not still walking around that place barefoot like a haunted princess,” her voice joked over the call.I gave a weak laugh. “You know
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