Mariana’s Pov

“Alejandro?”

“Hm,” he answers.

“Are you ready?” I ask.

“Absolutely, gorgeous. . .”

It’s been. . .

Wait, what were you thinking? That I killed him? That I have what it takes to look him in the eye and kill him? I’m really not that bad. Of course I pulled the trigger, but I knew I had no bullets left in the chamber.

I was simply playing around.

Now, back to what I was saying.

It’s been a month since I wiped every single soul in the Denaro’s ...