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“I’m still very upset with you. I know you don’t like people to be polite to me. But you have to understand that everyone doesn’t have to like me.
We know that, love. But we’re not obliged to listen to someone calling you fat.
“Max, I am fat.” They both growled.
“We know that, but he called you fat as an insult. We won’t allow it!
“You don’t have to allow it! I know people, I know how mean they can be to each other. I can fight back, but violence won’t solve everything.” They both snorted.
“If they don’t want to settle it in a dialog, we’ll settle it in violence. Listen to me, Hilary.” This is the first time Dominic has called me that. “You’re our girlfriend, if that son of a bitch never defended you when you were humiliated, he really was a piece of shit. And he still is. But we’re not going to stand by and watch you being humiliated, even if you don’t like it, we’re going to keep defending you in our own
way.
I sighed, already tired of this subject.
“I really appreciate you defending me, you’re right. He never defended me while I was being humiliated, but I don’t want you to always be
beating someone up for being an idiot.
They crossed their arms, their expressions serious.
So you mean we have to let someone humiliate you because you don’t want us to beat them up? “Máximus asked, raising an eyebrow.
“It’s not like that, nobody likes to be humiliated. But what I mean is, you don’t have to beat up all the people who are being idiots to me. I don’t want you to get hurt. You’re the most talked about businessmen in Italy, I don’t want your image ruined because of a fight.” I try
to explain.
“We don’t care about this shit, Hilary! Can’t you understand that it’s more important than our image?” I couldn’t believe it.
“Are you serious, Máximus? Can’t you understand that I don’t want you to be ruined, just because we’re in a relationship. You’ve built all this without me, you’ve become famous men, incredible men. Are you going to throw it all away because of me?” I asked incredulously.
”
You’re our wife, Hilary. What man would choose your business over his wife?” Dominic asked seriously.
‘Shit! You don’t understand me! I don’t want you to give up everything you’ve achieved because of me! 1 just don’t want you to fight with everyone who’s mean to me! Not everyone is going to like someone! I’m sure there are people who don’t like you, and that’s not why I’m going to beat them all up. That’s what I want you to understand. Don’t ruin your image because of me.
If that’s what you want, fine, Hilary. But bear this in mind, anyone who says anything about you in front of us will spend the rest of
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their life in jail.” Máximus said seriously.
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We understand your side, Hilary. We thank you for being concerned about us. But we’re not going to let society speak ill of our wife, we
promised your father that we’ll protect you, and that’s what we’re going to do. You’re important to us, do you think we like hearing people
talk badly about our wife? No man likes it when they talk about the woman they care about. We can try not to hit, but jail will do for
them.
I don’t know what else to say, I’m very grateful that they’re defending me. But I’m afraid of their careers falling apart because of me, I
don’t want them to be in the papers for beating someone up for defending me. I don’t mind being talked about by people, I care about
them.
All right, nothing I say is going to change your mind. I’m tired, my head hurts, I just want to take a shower and go to sleep. I’m going to
sleep in my room tonight.” Their gazes turned dark.
“Why?” They asked seriously.
“Because I need to think about things, we’ll talk more tomorrow.” I turned my back on them and went to my room.
I closed the door and let out a sigh.
“I’m tired.” I whispered to myself.
I went to bed, took off my heels and lay down on the bed, feeling my body relax.
Furthermore, I don’t know what I should do; I don’t want them to fight with everyone. Besides, I just wanted them to try to control themselves, that’s all. I can understand them, because if I heard someone talking badly about them, I’d defend them too, but the
difference is that I wouldn’t be in the papers; they would.
Tomorrow I’ll try to talk to them some more, I’m very tired. Annalisa is coming tomorrow, I have to get up early.
I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep because I was so tired.
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the writer keeps referring to the Russos as the Russians, you need to triple check your spellcheck!!
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