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CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
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2026-03-31 11:12:47
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HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO
"Sometimes the best part of a long day is the person waiting at the end of it."SOFIAVivian talked me into it and through it and out the other side of every insecurity I walked in with and by the end of the afternoon I was standing in front of the boutique mirror feeling something I have not felt about my body in a long time.Proud of it.This body that carried Isabella and survived a warehouse and a poison and is currently growing another person and has been through more than I sometimes let myself fully account for.It deserves to be in a beautiful dress without apology.Vivian was right.She usually is, which is one of the most useful and occasionally most infuriating things about her.I hear Dante's car before I see him.I have learned the sound of it — the particular engine, the way it pulls up to the compound, the pause before the door. I am in the kitchen when it happens and something in me that has been slightly low-key tense all day without fully acknowledging it releases.H
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE
"The best friend is the one who shows up, slightly disheveled, and tells you to stop hiding the best parts of yourself."SOFIAI feel immediately and completely out of my depth.Which is not how I expected to feel.I expected to feel excited. I am excited — somewhere underneath the other things I am definitely excited — but standing in a bridal boutique at seven months pregnant with a bump that precedes me into every room and a body that I am currently in complicated negotiations with, the excitement is sitting underneath something more uncertain.Vivian was supposed to be here.She texted at nine this morning — something came up, she would be there as soon as she could, she was so sorry, go ahead and start looking and she would be there before I made any decisions.Something came up.Which is not an explanation.But Vivian not explaining things is not new so I said fine and I came and I am here and I am trying.The staff are lovely.That is the thing that makes it complicated — they
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
"The most dangerous thing about the wrong person is how right they make everything feel."VIVIANThe kitchen is quiet and calm, exactly what I needed to get awya from the noise and overwhelming exhaustion.Everyone is still in the sitting room going through venue photographs and arguing about chair arrangements and whether the ceremony should face the garden or face the house and I slipped away to get water because I needed thirty seconds of not being in a room where Nico Barbieri is sitting four feet away from me pretending to read something while I can feel his attention on me like a second temperature in the room.I fill a glass from the tap.I stand at the counter and drink it and breathe and give myself the small speech I give myself with increasing frequency these days which is that this arrangement is under control and I am under control and everything is fine.Then a hand slides around my waist from behind and I startle so hard water goes everywhere."Nico." I spin around. He
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE
"PLANNING A WEDDING WITH A SIX YEAR OLD IS NOT PLANNING A WEDDING. IT IS NEGOTIATING A PEACE TREATY WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS VERY STRONG OPINIONS AND NO INTENTION OF COMPROMISING."SOFIAI am not sure how the wedding planning comes up exactly, even though I have been married once, that marriage wasn’t something I had wanted to do and now that my dream of getting married to the only man I have ever loved every decision feels like it would take a lifetime to actually think about. One moment we are eating and the next Isabella is looking between us with the expression she gets when something has occurred to her and she has decided to pursue it immediately without waiting to see if it is an appropriate moment."When is the wedding," she says.Dante and I look at each other."We haven't decided yet," I tell her."Will there be flowers?” she says."Probably yes," I say."I should choose the flowers," she says. Very matter of fact. Like this is simply the logical conclusion and we are wasting ti
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT
"Some nights stay with you forever — not because of what happened in them, but because of how full they made you feel."The garden erupts the second Dante stands up and kisses me.Luca is first — practically launching himself across the space, pulling Dante into a hug that nearly knocks him off balance."FINALLY," he announces to everyone "Do you know how long I have been carrying this secret? I have been holding it for WEEKS. I am the worst secret keeper in this entire family and I did it. I did the impossible.""You told three different waiters here while we were setting up," Nico says, appearing behind him with far more composure but an expression that is unmistakably warm underneath it."That is not the same as telling Sofia," Luca says with dignity.I am still looking at the ring.I cannot stop looking at the ring.It catches the warm overhead lights every time I move my hand even slightly and something about that small movement of light keeps pulling my attention back to it like
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN
"Some moments are so full that the heart doesn't know whether to laugh or cry so it does both at once." SOFIA I cannot move. That is the first thing. I am standing in the middle of this garden with lights strung overhead and flowers everywhere and my daughter in front of me holding a chalkboard sign and I cannot move a single part of my body because everything has stopped working simultaneously. Four words. Mommy will you marry Daddy? In chalk. In careful letters. Held by small hands that I have kissed every night for six years. My eyes fill before I give them permission to. Isabella is watching my face with the focused attention she gives things that matter to her — reading me, checking me, waiting to see what I do next. She is so serious about her task. So committed to it. Both hands on the chalkboard, chin slightly up, giving me the full presentation. She practiced this. The thought arrives and does something to me. She practiced walking across this garden holding this si
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT~~
“LET MY TONGUE EXPLAIN HOW BADLY I CRAVE YOU.”SOFIA.The kiss breaks and we’re both breathing hard. His hands are still on my waist, mine are still tangled in his hair. We should stop. I know we should stop. But when he says “Bend over the table, baby,” in that rough, commanding voice, I find myse
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN
“EVEN IF YOU ARE FIRE, I'M READY TO DROWN IN YOUR FLAMES.”SOFIA.I'm walking toward the back rooms. The area where the fighters go after their matches. I shouldn't be back here. Shouldn't be seeking him out.But I need to see him. Need to know he's okay.The hallway is dimmer, quieter. I can hear
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER SIX
“I HATE THAT I AM STILL HOPING.”SOFIA.The car ride was suffocating.I sit in the passenger seat of Marco's Mercedes, my hands folded in my lap, staring out the window at the city lights blurring past. He's driving in silence, both hands on the wheel, his jaw tight. The only sound is the low hum o
HIS BUTTERFLY (BETWEEN TWO DONS) CHAPTER FIVE
“IF I CAN’T BEND HEAVEN, I WILL RAISE HELL.”DANTE."The Arena?" Rico sounded intrigued. "That place is legendary. Heard stories about it even down here.""Yeah, well, it's where the old guard goes to pretend they're still relevant. Perfect place for politics." I finish my whiskey and pour another.
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