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Epilogue. Dante
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HIS INNOCENT ADDICTIONΒ Β Β 1. Emiliana
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"... marriage" I must be deaf. I want to be deaf and dumb and probably dead so I don't have to hear what my father is saying. Damn my rotten luck. Should have known he was going to find out about us being in Vernetti territory. I know Danillo didn't tell him. He wouldn't rat me out even though he was pretty pissed when he got back. He gave me an earful about what happens to girls who don't listen then went on to explain what would have happened to us if we'd been caught by Vernetti assholes. That was three days ago. I've spent most of the time thinking about him and what we did. My fucked up brain even managed to convince me to go back to that strip club and see if I could find him. I don't know who he is or even how he looks but I'd totally be on board if he was the guy I'm marrying. Not that old fucker Romeo. God, I hate him. And of course, I didn't go back.I remember the first time I met Romeo. I was ten and the way he looked at me made me shiver. Not in
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HIS INNOCENT ADDICTIONΒ Β Β 4. Emiliana
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"I, Emiliana, take you..." I stop because I don't know what his name is. What is more ridiculous than marrying a man old enough to be your grandfather? Marrying a stranger. I don't even know his fucking name. Right after he killed Romeo, my father asked him who he was and what he wanted. Angelo even tried to take out his gun but in a flash, he had more than twenty barrels pointed at him. The morons from Barnacle Bay didn't bat an eyelash when this man killed Romeo but the second my brother takes out a gun, they react. What the fuck is going on? I feel like we're missing something here. Also, why would he want to marry me? It's not like we know each other. I've never seen him before. "Dante" "What?" I ask blinking up at him. "My name is Dante" "Right. I take you Dante to be my lawfully wedded husband" I slip the ring on his finger and look into his eyes. I expect him to be mad because I didn't finish the vows. So imagine my surprise when I see amusement dancing in his eyes. Ugh,
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"Can you tell me what happened during the time you were locked up? Rico and Valerio have hinted at some things but they wouldn't explain anything" I won't either. She's too pure to be tainted by that shit. Some of it is buried in the deepest, darkest part of my mind. Never to see the light of day again. No one will ever find out. But I know what it means to tell her these things. It's a sign of trust. She needs to know that I love and trust her enough to open up. So I tell her bits and pieces. Things that might be dark to her but are only the tip of the iceberg for me. "I mostly remember living in the dark. He blocked all the windows and would only turn the lights on when he came down. He'd torture and kill someone in front of me then leave them there for days. The first time was the hardest. I was so scared and freaked out about staying in the same room with a dead body. The darkness made it creepier. I'd imagine the guy getting up and trying to kill me for not helping him. It was
HIS INNOCENT ADDICTIONΒ Β Β 86. Emiliana
He walks towards me, undoing the cufflinks on his wrists. Letting them drop to the floor with a thin clanging sound, he shrugs off his coat and untucks his shirt. His fingers move with precise movements as he starts unbuttoning it. My heart beats faster as I stand beside the elevator, frozen, the anticipation of what is going to happen next rooting me in place. Didn't he just kick me out a few minutes ago? He said he was fine without me and that hurt. Because I'll never be fine without him. We both made mistakes. He shouldn't have let himself be photographed with her and I should have told him where I was. I shouldn't have let Mama hide me from him. When we left through a secret airstrip, I knew what she was doing and I let her do it because I knew she was hurting. If keeping me from Dante alleviated her pain, it was a small sacrifice to pay. He knew that, and understood I needed to do it but still had the nerve to be angry. If the tables were turned and I was the one seen around wit
HIS INNOCENT ADDICTIONΒ Β Β 85. Dante
She looks stunned but I don't know whether it's from finding out Luisa is my therapist or that I was so fucked up I needed one. It hadn't been easy accepting her help. I was against the idea because of some misconceptions I had about masculinity. That sitting down and telling someone how I was struggling made me look weak. While I don't care about what people think of me, I was raised to be a leader and leaders handled their own shit. They didn't find some quack, especially a woman, and expect them to help them sort through their feelings. The idea of even bumping into one on the street was repulsive. But Luisa was sneaky. She didn't approach me as a doctor but as the daughter of Dr. Mendes. I was surprised he had a family and I thought maybe he was training her to take over from him. I let my guard down, talked to her, and all too soon, I'd told her things I'd never told anyone. She asked me to take her to dinner and consider it her payment. That way, things wouldn't be too formal b
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Soraya is Dante's mother. I'm still processing that. This explains why Gisella never cared about him. I thought it was odd how she never made an effort to support him and the reason was that she wasn't his mother. I talked to Soraya some more and she explained that she hadn't known Romeo had him or else she would have done everything in her power to save him. It's her greatest regret. I asked her about the woman Dante is dating and her reply was, "I can't tell you about their relationship. It's not my place to do that. But I can assure you, they're not together that way. My son adores you. He would never look at another woman" Contradicting much? He would never look at another woman but he would let himself be seen and photographed with her. Why do that if she didn't mean anything to him? I've tried to figure out what their supposed relationship is but for the life of me, I can't. Why wouldn't Soraya just tell me the truth once and for all? I asked Elena what she thought. Her reply
