I stopped in my tracks. She stared at me for a few seconds."Back then, I really did look down on you.""I thought you were soft, clingy, and had no ideas of your own.""Roman is going to inherit the Family, and there was no way he could marry a woman like that to be his Donna.""But later I realized that I wasn't much better than you.""I acted like I wasn't afraid of anything, but in reality, I just wanted to prove that I was the one who deserved to stand beside him."She gave a self-deprecating smile that carried a hint of sadness."Thinking about it now, it was incredibly stupid."I didn't say anything else, but Clara didn't stop."That day at the gas station, I intentionally didn't remind him."I raised my eyes to look at her, and she looked back candidly."I watched with my own eyes as you pushed open the car door and walked into that crappy convenience store.""The moment he stepped on the gas pedal, I knew better than anyone else that you hadn't gotten back in the car.""But I
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