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Chapter 144: What He Asked
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2026-07-08 19:04:30
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The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride. Chapter 144: What He Asked
The question hung between them long after Lucia had asked it, and Andre just let it sit there, letting her hear the echo of her own voice in the quiet kitchen before he answered."Yes. He said it exactly like that," Andre said finally. "And there are no conditions attached to it, he just wants to know if you'd want to see him."Lucia's hands, still resting against the counter's edge, curled into a ball, her knuckles whitening. She didn't speak right away, rather she stood there, breathing it all in, her gaze fixed past Andre's shoulder that held nothing at all, and when she finally looked at him again, her eyes were glossy and unsteady."Say it again," she whispered."He asked if he wanted to meet you," Andre repeated, gently now, "so would you even want to see him?"A sound that was a mix of a laugh and a sob caught painfully in her throat, she pressed the back of one hand to her mouth as though she could hold the rest of it in by force. Andre didn't move toward her. He'd learned ove
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The silence stretched for so long that Andre almost thought she wouldn't answer him at all. Lucia's hand stayed loosely folded in his, trembling faintly with her gaze past his shoulder at nothing in particular, and when she finally pulled away it wasn't sharp or sudden, just the slow and deliberately careful retreat of someone putting distance back between herself and something she'd let get too close."I should finish the bread," she said, turning back to the counter."Mother.""It'll burn if I leave it much longer.""The bread isn't even in the oven yet." Andre's voice stayed gently but firmly, his patience had finally run its course. "You're not walking away from this conversation because of bread."Lucia's hands stilled against the counter's edge, she didn't turn around, and Andre watched her shoulders rise and fall like someone steadying themselves before they said something they'd rather not say at all."What do you want me to tell you, Andre?" she asked finally, still facing th
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