Second Marriage, The Billionaire's Planned Love novel Chapter 70

Ivy’s POV

y friends stared at me like I had completely lost my sanity when I confessed that I ad slipped away from Caleb’s penthouse before dawn, leaving nothing but a handwritten farewell note on his silk sheets.

“So now that I’ve delivered that final goodbye, he’ll probably cut his losses and forget I ever existed. Meanwhile, I’m drowning in misery worse than before I stepped foot in his territory,” I finished, feeling my chest constrict with the weight of my own words. “Madonna mia, Ivy! Listen, what went down between you two was brutal, but honey, you don’t just stumble across a Don who flips your entire universe like that every day,” Gemma shot back, her voice sharp with frustration as she gestured with her wine glass.

“Anyone with functioning eyes can see what you two have is pure dynamite! The way that man devour

with his stare, sweetheart, he’s completely obsessed with you!”

celets jangling as she waved her hands dramatically.

Ruby jump

ng to hold this grudge against the head of the most powerful ver?” Nora pressed, leaning forward with concern etched across

t know if I’m capable of letting it go,” I admitted, the words tasting ight about the Thorne empire and everything that came with loving its der.

vy! I’m pissed that I have to say this, but Finn might actually be onto ing,” Zoe muttered, rolling her eyes as she took another sip of her drink.

at the hell are you talking about?” we all demanded simultaneously, our voices oing through the private dining room of the upscale restaurant.

oe launched into the story about her dinner with Caleb and Xavier at the famiglia’s exclusive restaurant, describing how Finn had been pushing her to see that Caleb

could be the great love of

this dangerous world

explaining how

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pable of making me truly happy in

d me in on the details,

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messenger between himself and Caleb, feeding information back and forth between the inner circle.

“Maybe Finn hit the nail on the head, considering how completely wrecked you are after dropping that goodbye bomb, facing the cold reality that it’s actually finished now,” Zoe cont , swirling the wine in her glass. “Maybe you should give him

nly after you make him crawl through broken glass for it.”

another shot

“Ivy, men

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ld are walking disasters! They screw up spectacularly because ing everything with bullets and bloodshed. But I think you two can You just need to make him grovel until his knees bleed,” Gemma ked satisfaction, her eyes gleaming with the kind of cunning that of navigating mafia politics.

hotheaded and under crushing pressure from rival families and internal at he did was reckless and stupid. But I know him inside and out, he never same mistake. And it’s written all over his face in permanent ink that he’s ut you,” Nora said firmly, squeezing my hand. Her husband was one of Caleb’s she understood the pressures of leading a criminal organization. “I seriously e’s going to wave the white flag because of one goodbye note. Caleb fights and nail for what matters to him, especially when it comes to protecting his ory.”

ink about it, you could try seeing his perspective. In that moment, every single ce of evidence pointed to you being guilty of stealing from the family coffers. Flip he script. What would you have done if someone told you he was betraying the amiglia and all the proof was stacked against him?” Ruby challenged, forcing me to really consider the brutal realities of our world.

“You’re absolutely right. I would have thrown punches first and asked questions later,” I said, allowing myself to consider for the first time that maybe, just maybe, I could find it in my heart to forgive the Don of the Thorne family.

“Honey, I know you better than anyone, you’re incredible and your heart is enormous. You’re going to forgive him. Actually, you’ve already started forgiving him, or you never would have shown up at his fortress,” Zoe concluded with knowing certainty. My friend could read me like an open book. “Plus, he and Max have this incredible connection, and you have to admit that counts for something major in a world where blood loyalty means everything.”

I nodded, unable

In the mafia world, family bonds were

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