His eyes flick to mine. “What will you do once you’ve wiped out the Irish mob?”
“Move on to the Albanians.”
He lets out a chuckle as he wraps a bandage around my hand. Usually, I wouldn’t give a flying fuck about the bruises showing, but it’s Gianna’s wedding.
Once he’s done, I walk into my bedroom and get dressed.
“Fifteen minutes until the wedding,” Nico says. “We need to leave now.”
I nod and follow him out of the room while shrugging on my jacket.
“Do you have your speech?” he asks as we step into the elevator.
“Yes.”
“Where?”
“I memorized it,” I say, so he’ll stop worrying.
We make our way to the SUV, and during the drive to the cathedral, my thoughts keep revolving around Sienna.
Over the years, she’s become more introverted. Sometimes she’s cold toward me, and other times she looks scared of me.
The thing I miss most is seeing affection in her eyes.
The SUV comes to a stop, and I close my eyes, taking deep breaths in an attempt to calm down even more, so I won’t worry my family.
“You’ve got this,” Nico says, his tone soft.
Meeting his gaze in the rearview mirror, I order, “Watch me when I’m around Sienna.”
“Always.”
I’m scared of what I’ll do when I finally snap, and the last thing I want is to hurt the woman I love.
Sienna
You’re here for Riccardo.
Deep breaths.
I took my anxiety medication right before we arrived, so I hope I can control my anxiety today.
Since I’ve been diagnosed with thanatophobia and started getting treatment, it’s gotten better. But whenever I know I’m going to see Christiano it always spirals out of control.
I feel the air shift and recognize the confident footsteps as they come up the aisle.
He’s here.
Lowering my head, I open my clutch and pretend to look for something.
“I almost thought you weren’t going to make it,” I hear Augusto say.
“I had last-minute business to take care of.”
The sound of Christiano’s rough and deep voice causes a tremble to spread through my body. My heart clenches before setting off at an anxious pace.
It’s been difficult watching him turn into a merciless man. Even though he’s been raised to rule the Cosa Nostra, I never thought he’d become so…brutal.
