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2024-10-29 19:42:56Cleo
It was the day before Ellie's wedding and as much as my brother was in denial about not being in love with her ; we finally talked and he saw that it was better to let go of Ell. I had told him that if it was meant to be it will not pass you by and it will come back . My own brother told me to take my own advice and go back to Angelo and tell him the truth before the five days were up . I wanted more days to digest what I did, only family knew except for Angelo.
We decided to have Ellie and Max's party before they get married at a secluded restaurant that had unsigned singers singing. They both didn't want to have a bachelor's or bachelorette party. We had arrived first and the boys followed . Within five minutes I was arguing with Marc. It was an argument about him kissing me the other day when I hadn't given birth to Ava and how Angelo is undeserving of me. I defended Angelo and he pointed out the fac
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AngeloI cannot believe it . I am married to Cleo . She has my last name . She is; Cleopatra Massa and she is all mine . She is officially off the market and I don't have to feel insecure about who she is loyal to. Once we get Ellie and Maxwell's wedding out of the way we can focus on us . I was slowly coming around after an eventful night. She has always chosen me and I've been to blind to see that . I need to show her that she is worth the fight and sacrifice... She agreed to take me as her plus one for the wedding and while the Twins are at her mother's house, Ava was going to Daniel's for the day . I opened my eyes and took a deep breath . The sheets smelled of Cleo. When I reached out to touch her all I felt was one of the many pillows on the bed.I heard the main bedroom door open and as I tried to sit up my back hurt just a little bit from all the fun I had with Cleo . I really missed her and I
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AngeloI cherish the days when; I wake up next to a sleeping Cleo . She is always up before me or anyone because in the house for that matter. Even our own son has taken after her and he also still has trust issues.Daniel was away on family business and I needed someone to talk to. He had told me to to talk to Salvatore even if I don't like him because he too likes Cleo . He had also warned me about my friends who were ladies that think it was okay to make Cleo feel insecure and I unsure of her decision to take my last name , when he mentioned Mia I knew what he was talking about.On the day of Maxwell's wedding after the ceremony I called my mother to tell her that ; I was married to Cleo . She went quite for a second and asked me if ; I was sure about her being my one and only ? ... I told her yes and that she should stop being antagonistic towards Cleo. She went on to give her reasons as to why she was against
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