Elena appreciated Joshua's apology. She also understood that they were finally seeing each other's perspective—Joshua, after all, had agreed to help Elena multiple times, even if it wasn't exactly to the letter of the law. From finding police footage that she could view to just now arresting a disloyal Ferraro subordinate under a false charge, Joshua had shown he trusted Elena's judgement.
Yet his words just now suggested otherwise. Was he still really expecting her to change her mind? Or did he know that Elena was already planning on leaving the mafia life by the new year?
Did he really know her that well to guess that truth?
Either way, Elena still had a cover to maintain—that of a newly crowned Mafia Queen. So Elena grinned at Joshua and asked, "What if the mafia life suits me perfec
