I Saved the Mafia Boss—Now I'm His Obsession.
he asked, tilting his head.
"I'm telling you to be smart," I corrected him instantly, my eyes hard. "Ruthless is what you do for power. Smart is what you do for survival," I corrected him, refusing to shy away from the truth I was handing him. "I can handle the monster, Adriano. I can handle the dark, the deals, and the blood. I proved that when I shot that man for you but I cannot handle the grief. I can't do the funeral."
I reached out and placed both hands flat on his chest, "I need you to be ruthless for Nero. I need you to be indestructible for me. Whatever you have to do out there, whatever you have to be, do it and walk back through that door every single night."
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