Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine
he cut in, “You left like I meant nothing and everything I did for you, and your family meant nothing to you. You made me feel so insignificant, no one has ever made me feel as insignificant as you, Alessia.”
His breath hit the receiver, heavy, furious in its sadness.
“So yes,” he said, “I said I’d kill you if I ever saw you again. I said the cruelest fucking thing I could find.”
I pressed my lips together, swallowing hard. The room tilted just a little, or maybe that was just my heartbeat slamming in my throat.
“Because you hurt me,” he whispered. “More than prison ever did. More than losing my life did.”
My heart stuttered painfully.