Do you ever really get over your school crush when he never once glanced your way?I was the only daughter of the Italian American Mafia Boss on the east coast. After my mother was murdered, he made sure the world forgot he had a daughter. I had to pretend to be the girl I've never been: meek. There is not one submissive bone in my body, but I had to look and act the part.Matteo De Salvo is the only person that has ever made me nervous. My skin itched around him and my throat closed up. I watched him from a distance, the defiant part of me hoping he'd catch me.He did.But to him I was a creep. To the girl he knocked up our senior year of high school, I was a nuisance who threatened her claim on him. Spoiler alert: she didn't get him either.Six years later, Matteo is a single dad and boxing champion. And me? I'm a full-fledged member of the family. I no longer hide, despite my father wishing I did. I run multi-million dollar businesses. I couldn't care less about what Matteo is up to these days. I'm over him.So, when I walked into a dive bar to save my friend's life, why did I save Matteo's instead?
Do you ever really get over your school crush when he never once glanced your way?I was the only daughter of the Italian American Mafia Boss on the east coast. After my mother was murdered, he made sure the world forgot he had a daughter. I had to pretend to be the girl I've never been: meek. There is not one submissive bone in my body, but I had to look and act the part.Matteo De Salvo is the only person that has ever made me nervous. My skin itched around him and my throat closed up. I watched him from a distance, the defiant part of me hoping he'd catch me.He did.But to him I was a creep. To the girl he knocked up our senior year of high school, I was a nuisance who threatened her claim on him. Spoiler alert: she didn't get him either.Six years later, Matteo is a single dad and boxing champion. And me? I'm a full-fledged member of the family. I no longer hide, despite my father wishing I did. I run multi-million dollar businesses. I couldn't care less about what Matteo is up to these days. I'm over him.So, when I walked into a dive bar to save my friend's life, why did I save Matteo's instead?
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