“So, what will you do next?”, Norah asked. “It will be weird to go on without her.”, I said. Norah squeezed my hand. “We’re here when you need us.”, she said. I smiled sadly; my mom was all the family I had. “Is it weird that I’m not crying?”, I asked. “No.”, Norah answered decisively. “You do what feels right for you and let no one tell you otherwise! I think you are already accepting that she is no longer with us. Mourning is a different process for all of us.” I nodded. She was right. Lily had a normal life, with a normal family, normal job and normal friends. Focused on her career, she made no time for boyfriends. Not that the right ones wanted her anyways... But after her mom's death she is stupified when she learns that she is now the proud owner of 2 houses in Europe and a million dollar trust fund. Turns out, her life is not so boring anymore, her mom never was boring, and the job brings her into more problems than she needed. And the men, they are now fighting for her heart. Will Lily find her happily ever after, or is she already in too deep?

In Too Deep: a mafia story

After cleaning myself up a little, I crawled back into his bed where he was already. Matteo was checking something on his phone. 


“Everything okay?”, I asked him when I settled in next to him, resting my head on his chest. He hummed but kept checking on his phone. So, I pinched his nipple to get his attention. 


“Ah! What did you do that for?”, he asked, rubbing his nipple. I just laughed. 


“Is everything okay?”, I asked him again. He nodded. 


“Yes, it’s just business.”, he said, pinching the bridge of his nose with his fingers. I stroked his chest softly. 


“So, tell me. You’ll feel better if you do. I promise.”, I told him. Matteo chuckled. 


“I don’t want to bore you.”, he said and hugged me tighter. “Go to sleep, you will need it tomorrow.” 


Chapter 41