Simón’s eyes held secrets that he’s been keeping from me—deadly secrets. “Is what they’re saying, true?” I asked, needing to know. Everyone around us was silent, waiting for Simón to answer my question. “It’s complicated, malyshka.” He cleared his throat, making me angry. “That’s all you have to say?! That it’s complicated?” I snapped back. “I don’t want to have this conversation in front of them.” “Why not?!” I countered, “If you have nothing to hide then you wouldn’t mine telling me what the f**k you’ve been keeping from me!” “I don’t have any bad intentions when it comes to you Caterina.” He tried to reassure me, but I couldn’t trust him. “I do need you by my side to change things, but I would never make you do anything you didn’t want to do. If you wanted to leave and nev

