The Pensive Gentleman
Marciano’s hand suddenly tightens around her waist, pulling her back against him, deliberately, his gaze never leaving mine.
“Did you need something?” he asks, his voice calm, bored…like I’m an interruption.
For a moment, everything slows around me.
I never expected him to defend me, but to publicly disregard me like this?
Earlier today, Marina had told me about how keeping up appearances is important not just for their family but for the mafia as a whole, and that’s why no one ever gets a divorce…yet my husband—
As if things can’t get any worse, the atmosphere grows heavy and claustrophobic, as the stares of everyone closes in on me. My ears ring, my lungs close up and I suddenly can’t brea
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