My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 611

Chapter 611

Fuck, this discussion wasn’t ending anytime soon.

“You people keep creating disasters faster than I can clean them up,” his eyes snapped back to Silvio, “You hard out escape routes,” then to Adriano, “You encourage risks because they’re entertaining,” then to Luca, “You solve everything by reaching for violence before your brain,” then to Dante, “You think every situation is a game.”

Finally…

Me.

“And you.”

His stare held mine.

“The most logical man in this family. The one I could turn to in every situation. The one who calculates every possible outcome before making a move. And somehow… you’re sleeping with your stepsister.”

Dad let out a sharp sound of disgust under his breath. I heard it and ignored it.

Vincenzo didn’t even acknowledge him.

“I don’t care what name either of you puts on that relationship. I care that the second your judgment started answering to your heart instead of your head…” another pause, “…you stopped being objective.”

I held his gaze, “I didn’t.”

“No?” he took another step, “When she disappeared. You stopped thinking like Raphael Capone, instead, you started thinking like a man whose entire world had just vanished.”

Claire quietly stood from the couch. She crossed the room without interrupting him. When she reached Vincenzo, she rested one gentle hand against his forearm. He didn’t look at her but she squeezed his arm anyway.

“Vince…” she said softly. “Nobody here doubts why you do what you do. You carry this family on your shoulders every single day. We all know that.”

She looked around the room before meeting his eyes again.

“But you can’t punish yourself every time something goes wrong. Mistakes are going to happen,” she continued, People are going to make bad decisions. Sometimes they’ll make them even after you’ve warned them not to. You can’t control every choice this family makes. The world isn’t perfect. And no matter how hard you fight for this family… it never will be.”

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