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Everyone continued to stare at the couple in awe, as usual, that are of intimidating dominance around Luca began to rise again as his face set into an emotionless glare.

He cleared his throat very lightly as they stared at him, expecting him to speak.

"Good evening everyone, I would like to introduce you all to my wife to be" he begun, eyeing the small gathering of ladies and gentlemen cautiously "Hazel Jacobs."

A cold shiver ran down her spine at the mention of her name, and she forced the best smile she could as the crowd focused their eyes on her, eyes running down the length of her. Some of them held a satisfactory or admiring smile, some snickered, and the rest remained expressionless.

A man in the crowd cleared his throat, his completely grey hair on his head an indication of his advanced age, he raised his glass of wine to them both with a small smile. "She is very beautiful, you made an excellent choice Mr. Rossi, I can see you have a very good eye." He commented, winking.