Poisoned by His Love novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: Her Choice
I tilted the ring to the lamp and read what was cut inside the band.
"For Ivy, if she wants it."
Behind me in the doorway Sandro stood very still, with his hands in his pockets.
"The one on your finger came from my pocket on the church steps," he said. "I bought it that morning because I had to."
"I know."
"This one I took to a jeweler in Little Italy the Monday after the wedding. I sat there while he made it."
"Before you knew me."
"I knew enough." His mouth moved. "I didn't buy the first one for you. I bought this one for you."
I held up the cancelled note.
"You've been holding this over me for two weeks."
"I held it as long as I needed you inside the walls," he said.
"My uncle was watching the house."
"If you had walked out the first night, he would have taken you next."
"You never told me that."
"No."
"You let me think it was a lease."
"It was a lease, at the start."
"I won't lie to you."
He didn't look away.
"Now it's a gift."
"You're free, Ivy."
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