Mafia Kings: Massimo: Dark Mafia Romance Series #3

“…and… and that’s when I went to live with her,” Lucia sobbed.

Her body trembled as I held her in my arms.

She had cried non-stop for ten minutes. After that, she was barely able to get out the details of what had happened when she was six years old.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

And as she told me…

My heart broke for her.

It shattered into a thousand pieces, and I knew I would never be able to put it back together.

I didn’t cry. I haven’t cried in years, not since I was a teenager and my mother died…

But the room was blurry as I rocked her in my arms.

“I’m sorry, Lucia,” I whispered, and I kissed her forehead. “I’m sorry.”

She pushed herself away from my chest. At first I thought it was because she didn’t want me to hold her any longer –

But instead it was so she could look me in the eye.

“D-don’t leave me,” she whispered in a shaky voice.

“I won’t,” I promised.

“P-please don’t ever leave me,” she begged –

Then she burst into tears again.

I pulled her in close to my chest and whispered in her ear, “I won’t. I’m here – I’ll always be here. I swear I won’t ever leave you.”

She finally cried herself out. When there were no more tears, she fell asleep in my arms…

Her face as innocent and angelic as a little girl.

A little girl who had lost so much.

I kept on rocking her, unwilling to let go.

I made an oath to myself at that moment.

I would never let my guard down again.

I would never fail her like I had today…

And I would keep her safe.

Forever.

No matter what.