I Saved the Mafia Boss—Now I'm His Obsession.
That I could just walk up to Vincenzo, shrug, and say, nah, not today, brother, I’m domesticated now, married, eating salads on rooftops instead of stacking bodies in alleys.
She wants me to believe it too. She wants me to believe I could strip it out of myself, like violence isn’t stitched into my fucking DNA.
And for her, I almost believe I can.
My eyes found the Glock on the nightstand. Always within reach, the way another man might keep his wedding ring. My fingers twitched. I wanted to check the weight, thumb the safety, feel the oil on the metal but I didn’t, not with her asleep ten feet away.
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