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Her fingers lace with mine, her voice soft but sure.“Two halves of a whole.That’s what we are.And no matter what comes, no one can take that from us.”
I tighten my grip on her, my heart steady for the first time in years.“Forever,” I vow.
And as the night wraps around us, I know it’s true.Whatever battles remain, whatever storms are still to come, we’ll face them together.Not as weakness.Not as risk.But as strength.As love.As fire.
Two halves.One whole.
Forever.
Epilogue
Forever Cammareri, Cammareri Forever
Stefano
Two Years Later
The hospital hallway smells like antiseptic and panic.My boots slam against the tiles as I run, cursing under my breath, my heart hammering harder than it ever has in a gunfight.My chest burns, my throat dry, but I don’t stop.I can’t.Not when the call came that Andrea was in labor, not when the life we created is ready to come into this world.
I’ve stared down gun barrels, stared death in the face, but nothing—nothing—has ever terrified me like the thought of missing this moment.
My men tried to hold me back, told me the meeting with our allies couldn’t wait, that the family business needed me.But when I heard she was pushing, I dropped everything.Business can rot.Power can wait.Nothing matters more than her.
I shove through the double doors just as a nurse rounds the corner.“Cammareri?”she calls.
I nod, breathless, barely able to form words.
“Room twelve.Hurry.”
I sprint, each step like a countdown.My heart pounds so hard I swear it might break free from my chest.What if I’m too late?What if she needed me and I wasn’t there?The fear is suffocating.I’ve never missed anything important for her before, and the thought that I could’ve failed her now rips me apart inside.
But when I throw open the door, the world stops.
Andrea is propped against the pillows, her hair damp with sweat, her skin pale and glowing all at once.Her body trembles with exhaustion, but her eyes—God, her eyes—find me instantly.And in her arms, swaddled in a pale blue blanket, is our son.
My knees nearly buckle.
