Mafia Kings: Valentino: Dark Mafia Romance Series #6 by Olivia Thorn

Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 113

The priest started reading Bible verses. All about God making man in his image, then creating woman…

There was other stuff, but I tuned it out.

All I could think about was Cat and how I could’ve married her back home.

About how she knew I’d said ‘no’ when Dario offered me a chance…

And how that must have broken her heart.

But she still stuck by me.

She risked everything to come to Sicily to be with me.

She’d begged me, over and over, to run away with her –

But I’d always said ‘no.’

Why?

Because I had to do it ‘for the family.’

We didn’t know if Massimo and Lars were alive or dead.

And if Roberto didn’t come through, we’d be too broke to fight Fausto.

But Massimo was alive. He was right behind me.

Lars was alive, too.

And Roberto had gotten the money.

In short, all the reasons Niccolo had arranged this marriage –

of them applied

still going

and Roberto all got to choose the women they

Not me.

had decided that for me

hated him for

But…

there listening to the priest drone on

realized that it

Not really.

arranged it

kept blaming him because

had the chance to marry

chance to run away

had the option to say No to

I love her, and I want to be with her, and I’m not marrying Isabella, and that’s

But I didn’t.

Because…

In the end…

the piece of shit in all

dinner with Don Vicari, I’d stood up to the fucker when he

was an

stick up for his woman is a piece of shit, unworthy

And yet…

hadn’t stood up

stood up for

that I loved her until it was too late

But I’d known.

I’d always known.

just like

treated her like a dirty little secret