Ruined by The Mafia Heir
Just raw, brutal facts.
I lick my lips as I set the fork down carefully, my fingers trembling just a little.
“I know,” I sigh.
Ares pushes off the counter, moving closer, hands braced on the island across from me. “No,” he says, voice rough. “I don’t think you do, bambina. You jumped into a pool, fully clothed, intoxicated, in the middle of the goddamn night. If I hadn’t heard you...if I hadn’t found you—” He breaks off, jaw grinding like it physically pains him to finish the sentence. “You wouldn’t be sitting here right now. Do you understand that?”