The Wife He Killed Returns To Destroy Him

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n, hand on his gun, lookin

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s memory. He doesn't remember the

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find a conf

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fluttered around me like nervous moths. They were pinning the hem of a wedding d

ammed open, and m

aff. He looked at me. His eyes, usually lowered in deference to a future Don's wife, were n

d, his hand resting casua

a trail of silver pins glistening on the Persian rug. I stood frozen, the heavy

Leo said. The words didn'

doesn't remember the last seven years. He doesn't remembe

nty-two years had just lost its keeper, and I did

obscenely high thread count, the furniture was antique gold, and the air was always set to a bone-chilli

fe. I learned to be silent. I learned to look pretty. I learned that my loyalty to

g for a crack in his ston

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e trembling but my chin held high.

space in a way he never would have dared

ly. "The doctors say you're a trigger. If you force

rd that was both a

do nothing

Leo said. "Like a

ere, drowning

ly lectured me on table settings and how to turn a blind eye to blood on a shirt, now avoided m

sper drifted through a cra

with someone, a

te line. Straight to voicemail. I tried to call h

her usually calmed me. I pulled down the book on family bylaws. Omertà. Loyalty. The sanctit

until my fingers ached. In the corner of the library, two s

i," one muttered. "Before

"The boss says he doesn't rem

He remembers how to give ord

od ran

I drove to Ethan's private villa on the outskirts of the city, my knuckles white on the steering wheel

t," I c

opene

ed through the front door, my heels cl

" I cal

he living room

of Ethan's favorite scotch. She was wearing Ethan's white dress

cat-like and amused. "

leave my lungs.

king a slow sip. "And

my fiancé

lled like expensive perfume and him. "Honey, you'

oice resonated

the same dark eyes that used to look at me with possessive heat. But now,

step forward. "Leo said you

brushing Chloe's waist as he passed her

than said. His voice lacked any

ching his face for a flicker of recogn

he interrupted, his tone bored. "I look at

el sound. "See? Go home, Pr

crumbling around my feet. "Seven y

me with pur

he sh

ows of the hallway. He had

g his back on me. "And if she comes he

eamed as Leo g

to the balcony, Chloe trailing be

y knees scraping the gravel of the drivewa

s tangling in his hair. He was kissing her. Not a tentative kiss. A hungry, devourin

It wasn't a loud noise. It

d me into my car. I drove back

ing back looked the same, but her eyes were different. The soft,

pulled out the silver coin Ethan had given me wh

my palm. I squeezed until I felt a dr

. I prayed for rain, so it could wash the blood off my ha