MY Possessive Mafia Men

MY Possessive Mafia Men

Chapter 158: Simple And Efficient

Chapter 158: Simple And Efficient

Angelia

"At least stay for dinner, we are making lasagna." Andy said.

Usually, the mention of his lasagna would make me feel drool. Now, my stomach tightened into a hard knot at the thought of food.

I can make the salad?"

gaze narrowed as he looked at me, seeing something wasn't right. Maybe, my smile was too stiff or my voice was devoid of my real emotions. Whatever it was, it was tipping him off that something wasn't quite right. "Stop giving me that look, I

fine." I insisted.

am fine." I

"But you are not, not really." He interjected.

Fuck me for always wearing my heart on my sleeve. I never really could hide my emotions that well at least, not from those who knew me. "Yes, I am not fine but I am okay." I relented, Tam

"A part of me is still hurt over this whole thing and while I feel it is the right decision to take a break from them, it won't be easy."

No, it wouldn't be easy, it would be devastatingly hard. He nodded, believing me, when had I ever given him a reason not to? It felt wrong keeping things from me, it felt wrong to lie but I needed him to back off. "The choice is always up to you, girly and you know I will support you with whatever decision you make but maybe you should wait a few days and truly think it through. You don't have to rush, those men will understand you taking your time." He squeezed my knees in comfort. Just the simple touch made my eyes prickle with the need to cry but I blinked them gone. Shaking my head, my eyes fixated on the slight crack in the vase beside his television to keep the tears at bay.

"I have decided, it is already as good as gone."

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to say was in that one exhale. You are making a mistake, that was what his inhale pointed at and my heart squeezed as if it was in complete agreement but my head, my head was staying strong because it knew it

are you going to

theirs as well. "Angelia, if you are sure of your decision, then you have to tell them. It is not

I wasn't ready to tell because I didn't want to take a break from them. It was all

are right, I will text them that we need

then I am afraid of what they will do. I knew meeting them needed to happen but it didn't mean it was something I looked forward to. The thoughts of being in the same room as them, knowing it would be for the last time in a long while made the knot in my stomach tighten even further. But I smiled through it, feeling Andy's eyes on me. I might be an idiot, I might be making the biggest mistake of my life but I was okay with that because it meant I was keeping those I cared about safe even while it might be a foolish

came down to selflessness or selfishness. Did I really want to take them back knowing full

done, Andy stood up from the couch and extended a hand to me, pulling me up. "Come

made me smile. While I wasn't exactly ready to

recently become a new interest of mine or rather,

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salad because the fun had come from spending time with him, not the cooking in itself. Now it was more like a chore, there was no excitement in it. I wondered if it would always be like this going forward. Would everything I did, stuff I

be thrust back to the intimate moment I spent with Kingston every time I picked up a knife to cut some vegetables? Would my bed away remind me of the night Riccardo spent the night after he had worried for hours about me being safe? Would the taste of pizza bring back the memories of my first unofficial date with Marshall? We had been together for such a short period but in that time, they had taken place in my life, in my memories and thoughts. And in the innermost secret part of myself, I could admit they had a piece of

also taken a

my lips and sucked on the sting. I had

head to focus on

Andy hurried to my side, taking in the droplets of blood staining the cutting

that bad, it feels worse than it is." Biting my teeth to

paper towel

and pressed it to the shallow cut on my

James said, he looked queasy at the sight

while Andy quickly returned to the

I can still make

couldn't

keep faking, little by little, I was falling apart. I just

first and get

accidentally amputated finger on my consciousness because I

he let me have some time alone with my best friend. Seeing some sense in what he said, I finally nodded and let him get back to cooking as I plastered my

mind found it easier to steer towards three of them instead of the unknown person that was a whole other problem.