“I know this is a crazy idea, but do you want me to take a look?”Mia asked.
“No, I don’t want you seeing any of that.”
“Is it that bad?”she asked.
“It’s not good.”
Mia sighed.“That’s awful.”
He couldn’t have agreed more.
Chapter Eight
Clarissa and Lorenzodid not leave for twenty-four hours.
At one point, Mia thought they might have to pump her stomach as the alcohol was just too strong.She didn’t, and she wasn’t sick again.Her food consisted of dry toast that only expanded to plain chicken soup.Clarissa was the same, and they both agreed no more alcohol.
Now, as Mia wandered through the house, she made her way toward the stairs but caught sight of Giovanni through the door.They had talked quite a bit, and Mia knew he had confided to her what was going on in the mafia, where other husbands might not have.Clarissa wasn’t aware of the drug.
She also couldn’t help but think about his revelation yesterday morning in the bathtub.She nibbled her lip.Mia knew she couldn’t blame it all on the drugs.She had just let down her guard, and it had allowed her to open up in ways she never had been able to before.
She took a deep breath and put her foot on the step in front of her.Giovanni was not going to make the first move.She understood why, even if she didn’t like it.
She didn’t want to keep doing this.She certainly didn’t want to live in a loveless marriage.She never wanted to turn out like her parents.
The only way to do this was to meet him halfway.Mia turned and made her way toward the office.
He was working on some paperwork, and he looked so sexy.His jacket was draped over the back of the chair.He had his sleeves rolled up, so she could see the many tattoos he had.She had no idea if any of them had any real meaning, and in that moment, she didn’t care.
Mia stopped fighting it and closed the door, flicking the lock into place.She had no idea where this willpower was coming from, she only knew she was not going to stop.She refused to keep this wall between them.
They were married.
He didn’t see her as a child.
And she was not going to behave like one.
