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“You’re right. I fucked up. I should have controlled them better. I should have controlled him better. And now that he’s broken the rules, what do you think I’m going to do to him?”
My fists clench and I look him straight in the eye. “Enzo,” I grit out.
“If you care about him, you’ll let him go.”
“I’m not going to stay away from him just because you command it,” I retort.
His expression darkens. “Do you want me to kill him, Isa?”
I level him with a hard stare. “You wouldn’t.”
“Don’t try me,” he snaps. “The only reason Jason is still alive is because he’s a close friend and I owe him a lot. If it was anyone else, they would have lost their life. I’m showing mercy, Isabella. But if I catch you two together again, all bets are off. Do you understand?”
I cross my arms and stare at him defiantly, refusing to reply. My cousin pinches the bridge of his nose. He looks toward his wife.
“Talk to her.”
Rosa arches a dark eyebrow. “That’s kind of hard to do, amore, considering I agree with her. You can’t stop her if she wants to be with Jason.”
The look on Enzo’s face would be comical if I wasn’t still so pissed.
“And it’s laughable that you think she would be able to convince me in the first place,” I point out. Rosa and I aren’t exactly close.
Enzo groans, looking at me. “I don’t know why you’re fighting this hard. Jason already agreed to stay away from you.”
That gives me pause. “He did what?”
I haven’t seen Jason in days. I figured he was being held somewhere by my brother, but for some reason, I thought he’d be fighting for us. Now I’m starting to realize that was a mistake.
“He was smart enough to understand that the two of you couldn’t have a relationship. You’re a Russo, Isabella,” Enzo states.
“You say that like it’s a good thing,” I mutter, still in shock.
“Maybe not to you. But it’s my responsibility to ensure you end up with a good man.”
“Isn’t Jason supposed to be your best friend?”
“He is, and I care about him. But he doesn’t deserve you,” my cousin states.
He sighs, walking closer to place a hand on my shoulder. I stare into his brown eyes, trying to convey all the rage I’m currently feeling.
“I gave him a choice, Rosa. If he left the family for you, then I would have understood how important it was. You know me, I’m a sucker for true love,” he says with a small smile, looking at his wife briefly. “But what you two had wasn’t true love.”
It might not have been. But I thought it was something.
It stings. More than I care to admit. It stings that he just gave up. This is why I don’t give my heart to people. They always inevitably crush it.
“I’m sorry, cugina,” Enzo says softly.
He walks out of the living room soon after. Once he’s gone, Rosa steps forward.
“Are you okay, Isa?”
“Leave me alone,” I say irritated.
Before she can say anything else, I’m getting to my feet and walking out of the room. It’s not like I don’t like her, I do. Most of the time. Rosa’s nice enough, but sometimes it’s hard to watch her and Enzo and their disgustingly perfect life. They’re a perfect couple in love, and I wonder if I’ll ever find that one day.
Jason appears in front of me a week later. It’s late at night and I had been on my way to get a drink from the bar in the house when he calls my name. I turn around in surprise. I hadn’t even heard him approach. But he’s always been very light footed. I always used to tell him he’d make a great spy.
