Arden's POV
“Well…” Jamie began, shifting uncomfortably like the rest of the Morettis except the patriarch. “When you put it like that, you make it sound like we are… bad people.”
“Why do you care?” I asked. “We are not good people.”
“You make it sound like we are criminals,” Vanessa said.
“Money laundering is a criminal activity. So is everything we do here,” I told her flatly. “But I understand. You all love to pretend occasionally that this is a very normal family, and you love having a moral high ground where you give excuses for each one of your terrible actions.”
Carlotta’s face twisted in rage, but it was masked quickly. “So what are you now? A saint?”
“I am not a saint,” I answered honestly. “I just do not waste my time with pointless pretenses when we all know the truth anyw
