Emma. The words came like a knife to my heart. A deep cut that I knew would never heal. Luca stood before me with tear-filled eyes and said he was letting me go. "We still have four months," I protested, and he ran his fingers through his hair. "We wouldn't if those bastards had succeeded and you had died. Please understand, Emma. You have to leave. I am cutting off from you, and I will make a public show of it so they will know you are no longer connected to me, and they will stay away from you. This is my cross to bear alone, not yours," he said, and against my better judgement, I began to cry. I knew I promised to close my heart, but it was easier said than done. I couldn't. My emotions were all over the place. I cursed everything. We shouldn't have gone on that vacation. If we had remained home, nothing would happen. "Luca, I will stay indoors. I won't go out. Please don't do this," I pleaded. I was desperate. I knew he needed me just as much as I needed him, and his heart was
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