Arthur
Ihated myself for what I’d done to her, but it had been necessary. This thing with Gaia had gotten entirely out of hand. I hadn’t thought I was capable of love until she’d come into my life. She was all fire and brimstone, and nothing I did or said scared her. She was perfect for me in every way. A woman who could stand up to me, call me out when I was an asshole, and love me despite my flaws. She’d taken a cold heart and cracked the ice around it. I would always love her, but I had to do what was best for her.
I had to let her go.
I had attended that event at the club because I knew she would be there. I watched her, laughing and carefree with her brother, and I knew that I had to do something that would break her. She’d opened her heart and soul to me, and tearing it apart was my only option.
And tonight she would truly be free. We were going to kill Russo and all his men. My men were ready, and Gabe knew the plan to get his sister away. Now if I could just stop my heart from aching, my mind from seeing her smile. It had taken everything in me to stay away from her this week. She hadn’t been to work. They school said she’d called in sick, but I knew her. I knew she was curled up in her bed, crying her heart out for letting a man like me in.
You may think I’m heartless; for a long time I did too. But she’d shown me that I did have one, and it would only ever beat for her.
She could never have a normal life with me. She was too beautiful for the chaos that surrounded me. She was too perfect for the imperfection that was my life. Gaia was my only weakness.
