A Mafia's First Love: Completely Enthralled

JustinFriends. She wants to be my friend. I don't want to be her friend. I want to be her man, the one she smiles at, the one she says she loves. But I'm not that person. I can only endure and pretend to hug her when inside I'm dying to hold her, tell her she's mine. Maybe if we started off on the right foot, have no misunderstanding between us, then she'll look at me. But I'm not her man. I'm only her friend.
But a guy can dream. right?LilyDream. I always dream for freedom. Justin Valenti. He's now my dream. He's now my freedom. How do I tell him that he's more than my friend? Yes, we started off on the wrong foot but each day, my lovesick fever only grows stronger and I know one day I'll snap. Maybe tomorrow I'll tell him. Maybe tomorrow I'll confess to him that I love him. If only my past didn't catch up to me.
Author's Note: This is the story of Justin Valenti, Giovanni Dente's best friend, who appears in book 3 and book 4 of Maid to the Mafia. Completely Enthralled is book 2 in Lily and Justin's love story: A Mafia's First Love. Raw and romantic, this second book ends in a happy ending.