Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine
I wanted the man who made the world feel a better place.
Every time I found a scrap of happiness, every time I thought I finally had a solid floor beneath my feet, the universe seemed to find a way to rip it out from under me.
"This is exactly what I was afraid of," I choked out, the words muffled by my sleeves, "Every single time. I get close to something good, something real, and then it just... it gets torn away. It's like I'm not allowed to have peace. I can't find him," I whispered, "He’s the only thing that made sense of all this madness, and I can't find him. What if he’s gone? What if I never find him again?"