My foolish Godfather husband led me back to conquer New York Chapter 08

My foolish Godfather husband led me back to conquer New York Chapter 08

Nico apologized to me on the third day after the purge was over. 

He had just come back from the interrogation room. 

There was a faint scent of blood clinging to him. 

I was in the herb garden, sorting medicinal plants. 

He stood at the entrance for a long time in silence. 

I didn’t turn around. 

“Something you need?” 

He walked closer. 

“Yes.” 

I thought he was going to explain again. 

But suddenly-he dropped to one knee. 

My hands paused. 

“What are you doing?” 

He held out a small box to me. 

Inside lay a silver hairpin. 

It was the one he had bought for me with his allowance back when he was pretending to be a fool. 

That night at Elysium, in all the chaos, I had lost it. 

I thought it had long been crushed underfoot. 

But now, it lay clean inside the box-the small pearl at its center carefully reset. 

“I found it.” 

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“That night, after we cleared the hall, I had people search every corner.” 

I stared at the hairpin, my throat tightening. 

That night had been chaos. 

He had to hunt down traitors, interrogate the assassin, take control of the family. 

And yet- 

he still remembered to find something so small. 

Nico looked up at me. 

“Evelyn, I lied to you for four months. You have every right to be angry.” 

He paused. 

“But my feelings for you aren’t fake.” 

The wind moved softly through the herb garden. 

The leaves of the huangqin swayed gently. 

I looked down at him. 

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He was no longer pretending. 

But the sincerity in his eyes was the same as when he had held wildflowers and nervously asked if I liked them. 

“I don’t know how to make you forgive me,” he said. “So I can only put everything in front of you.” 

He took the gun from his waist and placed it at my feet. 

“From today on, the De Luca family’s guns will fire for you.” 

Then he placed a black ring into the box. 

It was the ring of the De Luca matriarch. 

“And the De Luca family’s power-half of it is yours.” 

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“Do you know what that means?” 

“I do.” 

“You’re not afraid I might use it against you?” 

He smiled faintly. 

“If one day you do, then I’ll have deserved it.” 

I stayed silent for a long time. 

Then I reached out and picked up the hairpin. 

“Get up.” 

He didn’t move. 

I frowned. 

“Nico.” 

He looked up at me. 

I slid the hairpin back into my hair. 

“My husband doesn’t kneel to me.” 

Something lit up in his eyes. 

I added, 

“Whether you’re a fool-or the heir of the De Luca family.” 

He gripped my hand. 

Tightly. 

“Then… are you still leaving?” 

I looked at him. 

“That depends on how you behave.” 

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He smiled. 

For a moment, he looked like that foolish Nico again. 

“Then I’ll behave well.”