Santorini's only weakness

e twelve-year-old girl who just slid out of the luxu

she was standing outside her father's bulletproof ca

abysit this li

and also acted as my bodyguard despite my protest. He swung his arm

r a wild ride

ved back to the young girl completely ignoring me.

ain, sliding

face it seems that she still

he had on me but I was hoping that it would be over by now. I felt uncomfortable with the ide

n the stomach. I threw a dea

o you wan

odded his head in the direction of the pretty

e's waiting for your

I have? I gave her a faint smile as my fo

ruel of you,

something near my ear. "Look, at the deadly glare, her bodyguard is throwing in you

a deadly gaze. He's barking at the wrong tree. Besides, I am

e his head for you?" My anno

need for that. I can handle him but his

expect from the future head of our F

tanding in front of us with a big bright smile in her clear blue eyes. "Hi, Carlos,

and from the corner of my eye, I saw how

o replied ruffling her brunette locks.

ope

n't need to worry," he said jovially, placing his arm once again on my

hear the word I've been saying to my bastard friend. Gio merely raised

nnocent however you look at her hard to believe that her father was one of the most notorious mafias

he dark about the true nature of his trade. Maybe she's still too young to understand why she needs to rid

want to go tod

She grinned at me through her braced teeth. "Can

replied wi

middle school student? She was so delighted by the small things she saw in the streets of Sicily. Taking pictures of h

t in the blink of an eye, an SUV abruptly stopped where

ng my name desperately as those masked men took her

jump into the action and open

s also impenetrable. I watch

's been years since the last time I had that nightmare. I looked around at the familiar

hone beside the side table kep

is phone inside my room. This must be somethin

d flight in Los Angeles today," Gio, my r

idea why my nightmare was recurring lately because of m

hael Villante's solicitor that he named me as the legal guardian of his daughter a

hter after what happened in the past? Has

re you sti

obligation my father's business partner dropped on my lap after his

eady waiting for you at the tarmac and I should add that it's now starting to

remember correctly that damned

u're not the only one who has access to the private tarmac here in Italy. The

d him heatedly. "I will le

fficult than already is. If you delayed your plane at the tarmac more I need to apolog

ease my frustration. Taking care of her was the last thing I wanted to do. Besides, she has no place in this chaotic

at

chirped. I knew that instant that it was

nna exclaimed on the other side of t

few days ago, nonna,"

glio?" nonna asked on the phone and

is this go

ge to snap at her. I love her, bu

e a lot of them, nonna "I quipped

mistresses, figlio."

nonna getting mad b

ep sigh on th

hould have at least three kids roamin

I groaned

give it to you nonna, but I'm not goi

r rises simultaneously. Then I grab the p

t impregnated one of your bimbos and then boom. Done. That

, but it would only

s final." I declared icily with finalit

all for their

trying to get her in a good sweet

want just any heir, coming from one of you

s. And surely, it comes from a decent girl." I replied with rea

e call and left me speech

sed before heading to the tarm

was filled with the image of a doe-eyed brunette girl with braces smiling happily at me but soon the im

in my mind and hardening my heart in the process.

ngel?" I muttered under