Mafia Kings: Valentino: Dark Mafia Romance Series #6

I was stunned beyond words.

The drama that had just unfolded –

Everybody nearly dying –

And then the old lady saving her granddaughter like that?

I was bawling.

I had to cry into my sleeve so they wouldn’t hear me.

But then…

When Valentino said, “To find the woman I love and beg her to forgive me,” I lost it.

I heard his footsteps rushing down the aisle –

And that’s when I finally came out of hiding.

“Valentino,” I said, smiling through my tears.

When he turned to me, it was the most shocked I’d ever seen him.

He stared at me in amazement for almost three seconds.

I expected him to rush forward, take me in his arms, and kiss me.

I didn’t expect more than that.

I would have forgiven everything just because of what he’d already said to his family.noveldrama

He did rush towards me –

But instead of taking me in his arms, he dropped on both knees in front of me and took my right hand in both of his.

“Caterina,” he said, gazing up at me with pain in his face, “I was a fucking idiot.

“I am so sorry for everything I’ve done.

“I’m sorry for every time I made you feel second-best.

“I’m sorry that I treated you like a secret when you were the best thing that ever happened to me.

“I should have been there for you like you were for me. But I wasn’t.

“I loved you from the moment I saw you. I know that now. I was just too stupid and immature to admit it.

“I want my entire family to know that you’re the woman I love – that I’ve always loved – and that I know I don’t deserve you.

“I am so sorry for every time I’ve hurt you.

“And I am begging you… begging you… to give me another chance.

“Please let me be the man I know I can be. The kind of man you deserve.

“I will be faithful to you for the rest of my life.

“I promise to always be there for you – the way you’ve always been there for me.

“I swear to always put you first, before anything or anyone else.

“I will treasure you, and cherish you, and prove my love to you every day for the rest of my life… if you’ll let me.

“I know I don’t deserve it, but I’m asking you to forgive me – and to give me one more chance to make it up to you.

“And I know I really don’t deserve it… but please, Caterina Martinelli… will you marry me?”

By the time he got to I’m sorry for every time I made you feel second-best, I was crying.

When he said, Let me be the man I know I can be… the kind of man you deserve, I was sobbing.

And by the time he asked me to marry him, I was bawling my eyes out.

As he looked up at me, both pain and hope in his eyes, I nodded and smiled through my tears.

“…yes,” I whispered.

That’s when he jumped up, took me in his arms, and kissed me like he never wanted to let me go.