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I knew we were both angry for a lot of reasons, but it wasn’t directed at each other. It would take more than a day. More than a week. Right then, I was positive our discussion would involve a painful round of fucking, but he knew it was what I needed, because he needed it too.
EPILOUGE
Marrying Pierce Serban had been a fantasy of mine since I was a girl.
Who knew the reality of getting his last name meant getting kidnapped, finding out we had freak shows for families and burying a few people in our backyard.
It was so worth it. He was worth it. If I had to do it all over again, I would, shovel to the head included.
I inhaled a deep breath of salty sea-air and smiled to myself.
“Your happiness is gross,” Abbi teased from the lounge beside me, poking me in the side. I laughed and slapped her hand away.
She didn’t know everything. I’d agreed with Pierce when he said it would be best if she didn’t. We still had no idea where she came from, but it was clear she wasn’t Seth’s daughter either. I let her believe the best of him, his loss covered up by a lie. I didn’t want her to have the questions I once did.
No matter what, she was still my sister. We were practically inseparable these days. We’d cried together, got pissed together, and eventually got drunk and hysterical about how insane the last year had been.
I never had time to be depressed about it because Pierce was always in my face telling me to cheer the fuck up, doing anything he could to make it better.
I looked towards the parking lot where he and Jax had gone to talk ‘business’ with a different set of Remmingtons, and found his eyes on me, like always.
I smiled at him, and even from a distance, I knew he gave me his signature little smirk back. He was still an immoral asshole. That would never change, but now he was officially my immoral asshole.
Her smile made up for all the secrets I kept. I found her happiness to be worth every single one.
I didn’t deserve her, but I damn sure wasn’t giving her up. Willow had been mine since she looked at me with her pretty brown eyes in that strip club.
Now that we were together openly, there was a shift in our dynamic. One for the better. She didn’t seem to care about the whispers or the stares people gave us. She was content with me—just me. Not my money, last name, or what I truly did for a living.
I reluctantly looked away from her to focus back on D’Angelo and Elias Remmington. These two would be my partners in building a criminal empire unlike anything before. Seth had been one more small obstacle to remove before things took a drastic turn.
He had no idea I’d invited him over to die that night. He thought Willow would be confessing to what her father did with his property deeds and money.
He even took it up a notch by confessing to Cassie’s murder. We both knew my father was responsible for that. He was a gullible idiot. Willow had never met her father, so how the fuck he thought she knew where he kept his property deeds and money was beyond me.
Of course, I knew though. Her father gave everything to me and his daughter when he met with me to bless our marriage, right before I killed him.
He deserved it.
They all deserved it.
I got what I wanted and I’d spend forever making sure Willow had everything she deserved. She was going to be happy with me. I would keep her naïve enough to never carry the weight of this world on her shoulders, even if that meant hiding bodies and keeping secrets until I went to my grave.
PLAYLIST
Lana Del Rey—Doin Time
Billie Eilish—Bad Guy
Weeknd—The Hills
Camilla Cabello—Senorita
NF—Time
Drake—Trust Issues
BANKS—Till Now
BANKS—Stroke
Ellie Goulding—Hate Me
Drake—I Get Lonely
Sam Smith—How Do You Sleep?
Lana Del Rey—Hope Is Dangerous
The Weeknd—Call Out My Name
Marshmello—One Thing Right
