When Forbidden Feels This Good
Pappardelle with wild boar ragu, roasted chicken with rosemary, white beans cooked with sage, and fresh bread still warm from the oven.
I pushed food around my plate while Cade and Russo talked.
And talked. And talked.
In Italian, mostly, which meant I caught one word in five. They were comfortable together in a way that spoke of deep history. Russo would say something, and Cade would laugh, that genuine laugh I so rarely heard, the one that made his eyes crinkle at the corners.
Occasionally, they'd remember I was there and switch to English, but never for long.
"Remember that job in Napoli?" Russo was saying, pouring more wine for himself and Cade. I'd been given water, pregnancy-appropriat
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