Status Updates From VERSACE: The Violence Of Be...

" Take my empire. Take the blood-slicked throne I built and tear it down to the dirt. Take the Moretti name and every ounce of power I've bled for until I am nothing but a ghost of my own city. I'll gibt you my history and my future. But don't take her. "

" I didn't want to bow or whisper soft things. I wanted to tear angels out of the sky and drag them down to her bed. "

" I was always told I would get in trouble one day because of my assets. I might be tripping, but I think that trouble is now. "

" I hated him for giving me this. For being the one I ran to. "I hate you," I whispered, voice hoarse. "I think." His smirk was faint, tugging at the corner of his mouth. "Don't think, Ara. Just feel." "

" I hated him. I hated him so much that I wanted to tear him apart with my bare hands. But I still wanted to kiss the scars I bandaged. "

" Money grows on trees, but your common sense doesn't. "

" The Universe is cruel.
It took her as bait...to drag me back to the
mother, the life I clawed my way out of. "

" Moral lesson: If you feel like running someone over, do it and make sure they aren't breathing anymore. I learned it the hard way. "