CHAPTER SIXTY

RICARDO

I knew she was coming.

The moment Ginevra rode her bike into this province, I monitored her through all the security cameras I had set up around every corner I could find.

True that I had left the mafia behind, but I was still as security conscious as ever.

I had prepared for Ginevra's arrival. Over a month and two weeks, that was all I could think of. What I'd say, how I'd run into her arms and bask in her warmth, how I'd scream at top my lungs and tell her how much I'd missed her, but now that she was so close, all I wanted, was to run as far away from her as possible.

She was danger.

A thing never to contend with.

I hurried to the kitchen to make us dinner as that was the only reasonable thing I could think of at that moment.

The door beeped a few times and I knew she was imputing the security code that'd allow her gain access into the house.

And I fucking froze.

My back was turned to her but I could tell how frozen she was when she saw me. Same baby, same.

It wa