The Mafia Devil’s Wrong Bride
“You’ll be tested. You’ll want to push, to remind her of the past, to claim what you think is yours. Don’t. Not until she chooses to let you in.”
I take a sip of the whiskey, letting it burn, letting the weight settle. The past will stay where it belongs. The future… I will approach carefully, deliberately, patiently.
“Step one,” I mutter to myself, “is surviving this. Step two… is seeing her again without breaking myself, or her.”
Mackenzie smiles faintly, closing her notebook. “Exactly. Now, get some rest. You’ve got work to do, and patience doesn’t come easily, but you’ll need it.”
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