Captive of My Mafia Crush
He supports me as he moves away, holding his arms steady while I find my balance and then sit up myself, moving off his lap and tucking myself into the corner of the couch next to him, watching him carefully.
But he doesn’t look at me, just down at his hands. When I’m settled in next to him, he speaks. “That’s over, Iris,” he says softly. “It was…never real, not really. Like so many mafia relationships and marriages – it was all for position and show.”
“Was it?” I ask, kind of surprised. I mean…Violetta and Christian looked pretty happy together.
Slowly he nods, still looking down at his hands.
And I can’t help it – I laugh a little. He snaps his head up to look at me, I think justifiably a