Chapter 8 - Lorenzo Gave Up His Empire for His Family—Then Asked Me to Choose a Life With HimA year passed.
The Rossi family became something different.
Mia started school again.
Lucia entered college.
Isabella opened a children's center.
Lorenzo stepped away from organized crime.
He became a legitimate businessman.
People still feared him.
But now they feared his reputation.
Not his violence.
I no longer worked as a nanny.
I became director of the Rossi family foundation.
I helped families with medical bills.
Children with disabilities.
Single parents.
People who had been ignored.
Sometimes I thought about Maison Delacour.
The place where everything started.
One afternoon, I returned.
Brenda no longer worked there.
The manager greeted me.
“You were the woman who helped the Rossi girl.”
“Yes.”
“She changed the store.”
“How?”
“We now have a quiet room for children.”
I smiled.
“That's good.”
“Your work inspired it.”
I didn't know what to say.
Then Lorenzo appeared.
He stood beside me.
“You miss it?”
“Sometimes.”
“You can have it.”
“What?”
“The store.”
I laughed.
“I don't need a boutique.”
“I meant the choice.”
He reached into his pocket.
A ring.
My heart stopped.
“Lorenzo.”
“I've spent my life believing love was weakness.”
He knelt.
“You taught me otherwise.”
I cried.
“I don't want a contract.”
“There isn't one.”
“I don't want your money.”
“You'll never have to.”
“I don't want to be controlled.”
“I would never.”
“What do you want?”
He looked at me.
“You.”
I whispered,
“Yes.”
Mia screamed from across the street.
“Karen said yes!”
We laughed.
The wedding was small.
Isabella walked with us.
Lucia stood beside her.
Mia carried the rings.
Emily cried.
My mother cried.
Even Lorenzo looked nervous.
When I reached him, he whispered,
“You look beautiful.”
“You look terrified.”
“I am.”
I smiled.
“Good.”
He laughed.
May you like
We married.
And the world moved on.
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