EROSI held the fake smile on my face as I stared at Raimondo with an amicable expression. I’ve been holding the same expression for the whole day since Pietro appeared at the engagement party earlier. Since morning until now, all I did was present a smile and pretend that all was well with me as I hid anger deep in my heart. With so many guests present at the engagement party, I couldn’t risk anyone to see what I was really thinking about the whole event. It was easy to fool everyone and make them think that I was hhaving a good time in the party even though I was boiling in anger from the inside.No one would have any idea how much effort it took me to be all smiles all day and to keep myself from bursting out from the real emotions that were boiling up inside of me. Not to mention the time when I had a personal conversation with Pietro. I even had to force out a laugh in front of him as I play along with his pretentious facade. He had no idea that during inside our whole conv
EROSIt was so easy to fool Raimondo with words. All I had to do was mention my father to him and pretend to be a dutiful son that cares for his deceased father to make him regret his words.I couldn’t hide the smile on my face as I stared at his furrowed eyebrows and the far gaze he has in his eyes. Judging by his expression, I knew I already won him with my words.Italians are known for being family centered people. There’s nothing that Italians valued so much as families. We are familial people and for a man like Raimondo who have a dead wife and two daughters, I know there’s nothing else he treasures so well except for his two daughters whom he love with all his heart.There’s nothing he understands well but the love that a father has for his children and the love that children has for their father. Raimondo looked up at me when he felt my long stare. He was taken aback to see me watching him that he felt conscious of himself. He straightened himself and his warm expression turne
PIETROLucrezia never came back and she didn’t left any explanation about it. At first I thought she would be back in no time, but she didn’t came for two days straight.Without any idea of what is happening to her, I naturally felt curious about what’s going on with her. I know it isn’t like Lucrezia to just disappear without any explanation. That’s why on the third day, I decided to give her a visit instead.I thought I’d need to check on her to make sure that everything is fine with her since she also didn’t send me a message or called me either. I was getting worried and there is only one way that can stop me from worrying about her. “The doctor clearly said that you need to rest. Where are you going this time?” Pericles asked as I tied my shoes by myself.I looked up at him, droplets of water from my wet hair flew around, making my clothes and my bed wet. I just came out of the shower and I’m already wearing outdoor clothes which shows that I have
LUCREZIAI had already lost hope that Letizia’s advice would really have its effect on Pietro. She said that by leaving Pietro all by himself, he would feel very bothered because of my absence. She said that by ignoring him for two days, it would drive him crazy to come visit us instead. So far, I couldn’t see her words working. For two days, Pietro never came and I never received a single message or call from him. I don’t think that her promises were really working. As the third day nears by, I could tell that she’s growing anxious every hour as she starts to doubt her own words too. Letizia is like an open book, all I had to do is look at her face to know what she was thinking. She couldn’t even held back her surprise when Pietro appeared right in front of her.She looked like she saw a celebrity when Pietro entered our doors. Even Pietro felt uncomfortable by her stare that I had to step in and call her attention elsewhere before she makes a complete fool of herself.She wasn’t
LUCREZIAI tilted my head to the side as I looked at him more closely. He doesn’t look as pale as last time, in fact I could already see the faint color growing on his lips. It seems like he is recovering well and he is not neglecting himself.Of course with his consigliere looking after him, he wouldn’t be allowed to neglect himself fully. Since he was wearing a loose sweater, I can’t tell if he had lost weight and I couldn’t see signs that he is hiding a deep injury inside under that sweater. Although he is wearing black, I could still see vitality in his eyes and his skin has that rosy complexion that shows he is recovering quickly.I’ve never saw him wear anything this casual before, so this was a new look for me. He actually looked very unlike him. He looked more soft than rough, like a guy you could pass by anytime in the street. However, this isn’t the first time I’ve seen him wearing all black. He looks good on dark shades and not all people can look good with that color. I
LUCREZIAThe wait didn’t last long, thankfully my father had arrived before Letizia could do anything irrevocable and humiliate me in front of Pietro.I’m glad that my father was on the same page as me. Instead of making our guests wait or telling them to go back home and come back later, my father placed them on top of his priority list instead and abandoned all his schedule as soon as Letizia called him and told him about the guests. Now that we are all complete and the food is finally cooked, we all sat around the dining table with a large feast at the center of the table. Our cooks, cooked us a great meal with different dishes to choose from. As usual, everything is Italian, made by real Italians with real Italian recipe. Although we live in America and there are a lot of other cuisines available here, nothing hits like Italian. Italian foods just hit us in our hometown. I actually missed these foods we eat at hoe because in Britain, although there were It
PIETRO “I promise I will tell you everything.”What happened last night flashed in my head as the words I promised Lucrezia echoed inside my mind. How could I tell her those words? What a cruel man I am to answer her with a promise that I am hesitant to fulfill. She was pouring her heart out on to me and I gave her an empty promise instead. I even demanded trust from her when I couldn’t show her trust myself. Truly, Lucrezia doesn’t deserve to be with a man like me. Out of all the men in the universe, why does she had to fall in love with me?A man like me could only bring her more pain and trouble than happiness. She’s committing her life to suffering by committing her life to me. I shouldn’t have pulled her into this, but this is the only thing that I can do to ensure her a better life. Things will only be worst for her if she marries Eros. That man would never protect her, he will hurt her himself. Eros will only use her because a selfish man
PIETROThis is bad news. A very bad news. One of the Dons are hiding something, and I don’t know which of them was. Aside from that, I don’t even know how their organization works or how big it is. How am I going to face something that I know little about, much more go against them?Since they even have connections with random civilians and could order them to kill anyone they want, I could only assume that this is a big organization and that I couldn’t underestimate its power. This makes it more bad than it was as it puts all my plans at risk and with the wedding coming near, I don’t have the time to hold back my plans and wait for another year.It took me everything to get here and now another threat comes to crush all my plans at this most crucial time? I can’t let that happen.I can’t let these powerful enemy defeat me and I can’t also move or change my plans all the same.Right now, everything seems hopeless once again. My mission to eradicate all the crime families, to erase