Painted Scars: An Enemies To Lovers Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Book 1)

“Your father would never kill a man because of me, you know.”

“Well, that’s a good thing, Mom.”

“No, honey. It isn’t,”

“Marry me,” he says, “and I’ll stop the war.”

It’s like the sun had suddenly broken through the dark clouds, hitting me with its warmth, and I find myself wishing that this was real and not just an act.

“Then we’ll burn them,”

“But the drapes will have to go, honey. That shade of brown is so depressing. My fengshui guru says we should always throw out the things that depress us.”

“I expected you to be eighty.”

“So what, we’ll hire her to paint us a family portrait?”

And you do not want to agitate a crazy person, Nina. Believe that.”

“What the hell happened to that extremely composed man you claimed to be?”

I decide to plead the Fifth, and wisely keep my mouth shut.

“Honey, would you mind removing the knife? I’m trying to have a conversation here.”