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ONE
-Lilah-
The world shatters around me as people cheer.
A hand pats me on the back.
A man grabs my cheeks, turning my face to press a kiss to one.
Another says, “Welcome to the family.”
A third wraps cold, thin fingers around my own, twining them like we’re familiar.
They aren’t Dante’s fingers, which are always warm and thick, callused as if he doesn’t work in the back room of a strip club.
I should look over at who is next to me, who is grabbing my hands.
But my eyes are locked across the way on the man I love.
The man whose dark eyes are round—not in shock, but in warning.
His expressive eyes normally have a shield, hiding away the deepest secrets, but not today. Not right now.
Finally, after weeks of trying to get him to talk, to explain, to open up, weeks of promises, of not nows, of laters—everything is there.
Love pouring through them.
The fiery need to protect.
The overwhelming urge to hide me away.
The desire to give me everything I want.
All the things he’s told me over the weeks come together to form a plan.
I can see everything now—except for how the fuck this is all going to work out.
But there in his eyes, I see it.
Trust me?
And with that, I nod, turn my head, and smile at the man who is holding my hand.
Paulie Carluccio.
My new fucking fiancé.
TWO
-Lilah-
I sit in my room cross-legged, staring at the door.
Waiting.
Waiting for him.
Or maybe I’m waiting for this all to be a horrific nightmare. To wake up and look around and see we’re still in the cabin in Lake George.
