Remember Me: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Rossi Crime Family Book 5) by J.L. Beck & Cassandra Hallman

Author:J.L. Beck & Cassandra Hallman [Beck, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

9

Grace

I can tell the moment I enter the kitchen and find Luke facing the window, the muscles in his back rippling with tension, that the visit he just had with that Xander man wasn’t a good one. Luke looks like the hulk; brooding, angry, and with more muscles, than I’m used to seeing him with. My steps flaunter directly behind him. I can see him white-knuckling the countertop, and I wonder what happened.

“What’s going on?” I chance asking. Luke whirls around, and a gasp rips from my throat. His face is swollen, and his nose has been bleeding. His hair is still damp, and water clings to the longer strands. His pale blue eyes bleed into mine, and it looks like a thunderstorm is taking place in those dark depths of his.

“Nothing. Nothing is going on.” His words are clipped, and I know instantly that I’m not dealing with the Luke I grew up with. The one I was most fond of, the one that I loved. No, the Luke before me is the stone-cold killer version. The man that didn’t bat an eye at someone dying, that could pull the trigger on a gun without thinking of the consequences.

“Are you okay?” I ask softly.

“Fine,” he grumbles, “are you hungry? We can go to the diner in town, and then maybe to the grocery store. I have some things I want to talk to you about.”

“Like the fact that you’re practically a hitman?” I blurt out, crossing my arms over my chest. Okay, so maybe there was a better way to bring it up. I can’t change what Luke does, and I refuse to be a part of it, but I do still love him. That’s something I can’t stop.

A sly grin forms on his lips, “I guess there isn’t any point in trying to hide it anymore.” I almost cringe, almost.

“Kind of hard to hide it, when I know for a fact what I saw yesterday was a hit gone wrong.” Inside I’m still shaken to the core over what happened, the blood, and death. I shiver at the thought, at the images of the dead man’s body, and the bloody puddle of mayhem I had fallen into. I hate myself a little more with each second I allow myself to stay with him. But what would I do, where would I go? If I tried to escape, he would just catch me. No matter what I’m stuck here. Stuck until I find a solution. A way out, if there even is one.

Luke visibly swallows, “You never should’ve been involved, and I’m sorry that you were. Sorry that you had to see me like that. It’s one of the reasons I stayed out of your life for so long. Why I never came for you, until now.” Color me shocked, he actually sounds sorry and even his eyes reflect his apology. My heart races inside my chest.

Now that he’s ready to give me the answers I seek I’m not sure I want them.

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