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“First off, I do not have reservations. I do want to marry her. It’s just she said something to me and it’s been bothering me since she said it.”
“What?”
“She said it would be hard to build a relationship when we don’t even trust each other.”
“You don’t trust her?” Michael asks.
“I don’t know, man. I think I do but it’s been a crazy couple of weeks. So much went down. I followed her to her family’s building. And then she found out about the weapons shipment, told her family which led to you getting shot.”
Roman nods like he understands while Michael just looks confused.
“Wait a minute. Do you think she was the one that told her family about the shipment?”
“Yeah, I’m not sure how she found out. But we were the only three that knew. It makes sense that she got the information from me somehow. Although I don’t remember telling her,” I grumble.
Michael shakes his head. “That’s because you didn’t. I forgot to tell you. The reason they found out about the shipment. Katerina hacked into my computer. She slipped into my system through a backdoor when I accessed the files on the flash drive we took. I didn’t realize until later that she would have seen all our files, which is why I went to the docks in the first place. Because I was worried they would try something.”
I stare at Michael, my mouth open. “Wait so you’re telling me she had nothing to do with her family finding about the shipment?”
“No, it was all her sister. And my fault as well for not making sure my laptop was secure. Katerina’s skills are infuriatingly good.”
I can barely hear him. I’m thinking over the past few weeks. The day I ambushed her at the house, blaming her for what happened to Michael.
I rub my hands over my face, “Fuck.”
“I’m guessing you fucked something up,” Roman says with a smirk. “Don’t worry, it happens.”
All this while I had been thinking she betrayed my trust but she didn’t do anything. Damn it.
“She’s a good person,” Michael says causing me to look up at him. “That night, after I got shot, even as I was losing consciousness, I could hear her calling my name. My memory’s fuzzy but I’m pretty sure she was trying to stop the blood, she kept calling for help. She barely knew me, T. All she knew was that I was your best friend but that was enough. She sounded so scared. But it was for you. She was scared because she didn’t want you to lose your best friend.”
My heart clenches at that. I’m completely and utterly speechless.
“If that woman doesn’t already love you, she’s well on her way,” Roman drawls.
“He’s right. Just try to do right by her, okay?” Michael says.
I let out a breath and run a hand through my hair.
“Sometimes I wonder if I even deserve her,” I state.
“You probably don’t,” Roman says. “But now that you’re marrying her, you have every day of your life to work towards deserving her.”
My chest tightens and I know without a doubt I’ll do exactly as he just said.
CHAPTER26
Sophia
Afew seconds after I knock on Tony’s door, he opens it, shirtless. I stare unabashedly at the contours of his abs and his chest.
He lets me ogle him for a couple of seconds before drawling, “I already know you like what you see, blondie. But are you going to stand there all day?”
I roll my eyes before pushing past him and heading into the room, “Put on a shirt, will you?” I mutter.
Our wedding’s in two days and I was in the house talking over some last minute stuff with Maria when I decided to come up here to see him.
He goes to grab a shirt while I take a seat on his bed. My eyes glide across the room. It’s nice, clean, filled with a lot of dark colors. Black bedsheets, black paint. The only splash of color in the room is the yellow beanbag on the floor and the desk.
