His Mafia Princess To Claim

y to get prepared for the night I have ahead. She has been extra excited all week since

ngs to hide. I hoped it was neither. It was going to be the gallery's first exhibition, I'

– mixed with a lot of nervousness – all

een specifically asked for. See? All the red flags. But security existed for a reason. It wasn't my safety I was even wo

ss my skin, taking a deep breath. The day was a beautiful day, bad things didn

were always very close. We don't see each other as often as we used to ever since she got married, I

ervous, ar

y gallery. But it could also possibly ruin it. I

ght freeze, just freeze in the direction of one of your piece

I would, just to test i

friendships outside of my family. Not that anyone was lining up to befriend me, but I also wasn't going out of my way to meet other people in the brother

ge from my father. "Meet me in my offic

Plus, he never discussed anything "important" with me. I was his daughter to care for, protect, he sure as hell was not to dis

ater?" I tell Katya even if I

sn't want to end the call either. But my mind was running in a thous

is solidified when I enter the house and see one of

eaving the house. Gently, I push open the door but my plan to act like nothing's wrong goes out the window as soon as my eyes land on him. His dishevelled look catches me off guard, my dad is the most put together per

as a very dumb question to ask. Everything was obviously not okay. I walk

have smiled under different circumsta

r had been going down for a couple of days. He had been out of the house very early and was getting back really late. The slight

o know what was going

is, that war that you said was really silly because no one had any idea why it

ar though. When people start fighting without knowing why, and pride keeps the fight going for much longer than n

't going to like his next words. "They tried to impeach me. They said they needed a Don that coul

s compassionate with us because he knew some of the older ones haven't seen a whole lot of kindness. Plus, the Bardinis are either

ld have handled things a little better." Creases form at his forehe

ld man had a very archaic way of operating, like a marriage solves everything. It was how Katya got married after all. And possibly why my dad was so against it. He had dearly loved my mum, and even when she

where this conversation was going. "Did he come

rdini's had any women around my dad's age. But perhaps, we will make better friends

at I did not had me wondering if I actually would not mind a step mother. Before

our marriage proceedin

rt dropped to my stomach. For a coupl

for me? T

am so