All Chapters of Consumed by the Mafia: Chapter 231

Michael POVShe didn't run, and for the life of me, I'll never understand why.When I dropped to my knee, her eyes widened, lips parting in a breath I think we both forgot how to take.The chain still dangled in my hand, her fingers warm where they brushed mine, and I swear the world stopped spinning just long enough for me to bleed everything I was."I didn't come here to ruin your life," I said, and my voice cracked just enough to feel human. "I came because I finally figured out I don't know how to live mine without you in it."She didn't answer. Didn't move. Just swallowed, slow and hard, like her heart had lodged itself halfway up her throat.But I saw it in her eyes, the war I'd put her in. The one she'd never asked to fight.I kept going, because stopping would've been worse."I know what you're thinking. I know what they'd all say too. That I'm selfish. That this," I lifted the chain slightly, the weight of the ring pressing into my palm, "is just another way to tie you to a