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I kneould marry Ferro Fetulli before I even knew my multiplication table And since this was how my mom and dad, my aunts and uncles, my cousins, and most of the other people I was permitted to be around lived, I didn’t know any different Sure, I’ve read and heard about those who marry for love I’ve seen TV shows andtheir happily ever after But to e In fact, it sounds a bit exhausting So not a single question was ever uttered from my lips when it was time to o, the day I turned twenty-one

We consuht, just like my mother had told me And a week out of every etchip just like me

But what he doesn’t know… and what I would be punished severely for if he were to ever find out… is that I’m on birth control—one of my very few acts of rebellion

I know my place I may act in my role as the perfect mafia wife I may not be familiar with any other lifestyle But in no way do I want to carry on the Fetulli bloodline Because I would never wantcycle of rules and fear Especially if I were to have a daughter ould be matched with a man like Ferro

Thankfully, I only have to deal with hihts a month The rest of the time, he’s God knohere My penthouse is my own He doesn’t live here with me My ivory tower He has mistresses, his own home in a skyscraper on the other side of the city, and runs his fauised as high-end tanning salons—with an iron fist

I had hoped, in the beginning, that our ed one that turned into a friendship that blossomed into actual contentment Not necessarily love, but they’re happy in their coave us the chance for that to happen I barely even know the man, and I’ve been around hiood person

But I’h theI can’t coht surveillance, of course I’m not told “no” often I have an endless bank account, the opportunity to study whatever I want if I were to go back to school for a fourth degree, can get into any hobby I could possibly desire But…

I think I’m lonely

I have my parents, and Ferro whenever he comes to sow his seed I have my security team But I have no friends Hell, I don’t really even have any acquaintances Even uru I found on the internet, not an actual person I knoho’s livestrea I’m completely isolated Like I said, Rapunzel in her tower

Myto take me from this place, or sometimes he just stays here with ination is liht take me But in every one of those fantasies, we fall in love True love built from a foundation of friendship and admiration, just like my mom and dad

It’s those drea job in a dangerous city While I shouldn’t wish harm on anyone, I secretly hope for the day he either h to land him in jail for the rest of his life, or that death co salon doors Because then I’d be free

I have no idea what I’d do with that freedo set free itself It feels too taboo to even fantasize what reat I’d e instead of taking online classes,peers Hold conversations past polite greetings—

“You know, nant by now if you didn’t work out so ed with an Italian accent cohips,’ which you barely have any to hold onto with all this… yoga you do”