Smoke curled through the night as Lorenzo stepped forward, a half-smoked cigar dangling from his lips. He whistled low, amused. "Well, well, look at me doing actual mafia work now."Cassian drew his gun, aiming squarely at Lorenzo. "You dare approach her without my permission?"I immediately stepped in front of Lorenzo, shielding him. "If you ever loved me, let me leave with him!"Cassian froze, disbelief and inevitability warring in his gaze."You always defy me, Aria," he muttered.Funny, once he had ripped me from that club like a prize, and now he watched another man do the same."Yes," I said, voice steady. "We are like fire and ice, Cassian. Two worlds that can never collide.""Your refusal to check the security footage, to confirm anything with me… forcing me to apologize to the woman who humiliated my mother!""my disgrace, that’s your epitaph!""And when I saw you save Demi from the scalding water… that’s when I finally understood. I am not the love of your life."Cassian
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