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He backs up then, putting a void of space between us that my heart can't handle with his admission still fresh on my mind.
My hand, independent of my will, flashes out, catching his arm... "Stay," I half-plead.
Watching the heartbreak in his eyes at that simple word is almost too much, but the reward for my forwardness... "I'm not leaving, love. But I have to do a couple things first, okay?"
I nod, still not wanting him to walk away when he does.
I try to relax back into my pillow, but it doesn't work with my anxiety still rushing through my head when he leaves out the door... what if he doesn't come back?
Its not until the door opens again that I calm down, that I can relax.
And even then, my body remains taut until the lights are turned off, until the covers shift to let him in on the other side of the bed...
Until he pulls me into him, tangling our limbs and burying his face into my neck.
He didn't leave me.
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Ghost has been alone since the day her parents died. Taken in by a mafia don and his two sons, she was made into a doll, put into a corner, only let out from her cage to attend an obligatory gala or luncheon.
Now, nestled in a safe house in a small, coastal town in Washington, she has two options; find a way to survive her gruesome flashbacks and crippling loneliness, or let them consume her. And she's set on letting them consume her... until.
Until a strange string of incidences crumble her quiet life's foundation, forcing her into a war between her father and a man she doesn't know, but can seem to stay away from.
(This story is recommended for 18+ audiences for explicit content and mature situations. Check TW list.)
"You have to tell me everything," he said and released my hand. Stupid man, he did that on purpose.
"You have no power over me. I don't owe you shit," before I could say anything more, he pinned me onto the bed and wrapped his other hand around my neck.
"Are you sure about that?" he asked and I tried to move away from him but he draped his left leg over my right leg and squeezed a bit harder on my pipes.
Without thinking about anything, I grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him closer to me.
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Willow gets married to the third top mafia leader from Roseedge. She had her reasons for agreeing to the marriage. The top one was for something that her father, the American-Italian mafia leader couldn't provide her with. Protection.
She didn't expect to fall in love with the mafia leader, who is leading the third party. No one did.
But then the word love gets thrown around in her life.
What happens when she starts to have target after target on her back? Will her husband protect her, or will he let her fend for herself?
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Started: 10/11/20
Completed: 17/03/21
Fully edited:12/10/22