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“Why would I kill you when you’re just about to be mine?” he asks with a wink.
We walk for some time, and my mind starts wandering again. I know I want to be with him, but are we rushing things? How will Papa and Dom react? I have to tell Donna and Maya.
“I can hear your thoughts, as usual, babe. Why don’t you just share them?” he asks as we walk holding hands.
“Do you feel like we’re rushing things?” I’ve asked him this before, but I need the reality check.
“You already said yes. There’s no backing out now,” he chuckles.
“Are you only marrying me because you feel obligated to?” I ask, wondering if he’s just trying to save my reputation. These goddamn double standards suck.
“No, I asked you because I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“How do you know that, though?” I ask him seriously.
“You said yes. I could ask you the same thing.”
I took a moment to think about his words. I do love him, and I’ll never love anyone else. He turned my lonely existence into something worth living for.
“You brought me back to life in more ways than one, Nico. Before I met you, I was living a half-life. Barely existing, just getting by. I’ve never had to be anyone other than myself with you. And you accept me in every form. The heir, the outsider, the orphan, the sister to a mafia don. Natalie. Anya. You’ve awakened something deep inside me I didn’t know was possible and given me things I never thought I’d ever have.”
I kiss him deeply, thinking about the kind of future I could have with this man. Love, family, children. I pull away, needing to have this conversation.
“I know I have a lot of baggage. We still have Andrew to deal with, and I still have to finish law school, and—”
He kisses me. “You asked me if we were rushing things. I told you before. I love you now, and I’ll love you in six months, and I’ll love you forever if you’ll let me. Why wait?” He cups his hands around my head. “You can be married and go to law school. You can be married and kill your uncle. But we’re solid. You’re my forever.”
Thekill my unclepart was just as casual as he said law school. Jesus, we make one hell of a couple.
He has a point.
“You’re everything I never knew I wanted, Anya. Everything I didn’t think I could have. I always thought my fate was to marry someone who was groomed to be a homemaker and have my children because it’s our duty—what’s expected. I never thought a woman like you existed. One that’s not only intelligent but driven and strong. But somehow, I found you. And I actually want all of that with you. Not out of duty but out of my love for you. I want to create things with our love. I never thought love was a part of my path.”
I took in his words. I didn’t know what to say.
The best I can come up with is “I’m not part of the Cosa Nostra.”
I remind him like an idiot. He just poured his heart out, and that’s my response?
“You will be.”
“No. After the mission, if it’s a success, I’ll always be Triad.”
“But you’ll be mine no matter what happens with the mission.” He cups my face in his hands. “Do you love me?”
“Of course.”
“Don’t think of anything else when I ask you this. Just think of the question. Do you want to marry me?” he asks.
Yes.
“Yes,” I say firmly, with no hesitation.
“Good because nothing’s keeping me from you.” He plants a hard kiss on my lips. “Plus, you’re at least Catholic, so Ma isn’t upset in the slightest.” He shrugs, like that settles it.
I shake my head, laughing at him as he takes my hand and walks me over a few more yards.
White tents and a white carpet lines an aisle, covered in pink flower petals.
