#Chapter 144 - A Long Talk Part II

Aldo Layla stared back at me with those heart-melting doe eyes and a desperate look that was seconds away from starting a whole new argument. “Then I guess that makes me selfish too,” Layla said firmly. A short laugh escaped the back of my throat when, really, all I wanted to do was break down. I was both angry and relieved that I still had her in my life. I was anxious and hopeful. Scared and desperate to keep things together. I’d never say it because that would be beyond unfair and cruel. But I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I ever ended up losing her. Her or Eli. I had barely managed to survive walking away from her all those years ago...There was no chance in hell that I would survive losing her a second time. Both of us knew it too. “The Marcello family legacy is its own poison,” I said coldly. “It seeps into the best kind of person and destroys them from the inside out.” Layla vigorously shook her head. “You can’t say that!” she cried. “It’s true,”