My Mafia Mate
“Ella, it’s not as simple as you make it out to be. This isn’t about one guy, one tenant. There’s a web, a hierarchy. This tenant might be small, but he’s linked to bigger sharks. If I cut him off, I’d antagonize people who can make life very unpleasant for me.”
“So what?!” My voice rose, echoing off the surrounding buildings. “You just turn the other cheek, become a puppet?”
“It’s about keeping the peace, Ella,” he murmured, almost pleadingly.
I laughed bitterly. “You mean being a coward.”
Logan’s jaw tightened. “Was I a coward when I jumped in front of that falling billboard for you?” He lifted his shirt sleeve slightly, exposing the still raw, healing scar, marked with stitches. “This has
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