Mafia Kings: Valentino: Dark Mafia Romance Series #6 by Olivia Thorn

Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 26

For almost half an hour, I lay curled up on the spare bedroom floor, sobbing my heart out.

I hurt so bad it felt like I might die.

Actually, I wanted to die.

I just wanted this awful hurting inside me to end.

When my tears finally slowed down, I realized I should probably clock out and tell them I wasn’t feeling well. That way, I could go back to my room and not have to try to fake it through the rest of the workday.

I didn’t think I could handle the stares and whispers once the story got out. And thanks to Marianna hearing Valentino say, “We need to talk,” I was pretty sure it would get out pretty damn quick. Especially once somebody saw me and put two and two together.

I went to the bathroom to clean up. Thank God I hadn’t worn much makeup today, because what little I had on was a mess. I washed up and did my best to look presentable, but my eyes were still red and swollen.

If I could just make it to the kitchen without being stopped…

Or without breaking down again…

That last part was the hardest. Not starting to cry again.

I kept my head down as I walked back to work.

A couple of other servants walked by, but they rarely talked to me anyway, so they didn’t notice.

But Alessandra did.

I was almost to the kitchen when she saw me. She was coming down the hallway in the opposite direction, and she called out cheerfully, “Hi, Caterina!”

When I heard her voice, my heart stopped in my chest.

I thought about turning around and running in the other direction –

But my feet froze.

I looked up the tiniest bit –

And out of the edge of my vision, I saw her happy expression turn to worry.

“Caterina?” she said as she walked up to me. “What’s wrong?”

I lifted my face – and as soon as I made eye contact with her, my lip started to tremble and the tears started flowing.

“Caterina!” she cried out in alarm as she wrapped her arms around me.

As soon as my head was on her shoulder, I started crying again. My entire body shook with my sobs.

“What’s wrong?!” she asked as she stroked my hair. Then her voice turned angry. “Did Valentino do something?!”

“N-n-no…”

She held me at arm’s length and dipped her head so she could look into my downcast eyes. “Cat, tell me the truth: did he cheat on you?”

I shook my head ‘no.’

Alessandra frowned. “Was he cruel to you? Did he hurt you?”

“N-no… it w-wasn’t his fault…”

“What wasn’t his fault?!”

“N-Niccolo said that because of the stuff going on with their uncle, they h-had to get allies… so he t-took Valentino to S-Sicily for an arranged marriage.”

On those last two words, I burst into a howl of pain.

Not as loud as the howl Alessandra gave, though.

“WHAT?!” She put her hands on my cheeks and forced me to look at her. “Niccolo forced Valentino into an arranged MARRIAGE?!”

She looked both shocked and outraged.

I nodded ‘yes.’

Alessandra got this look on her

a gun in her hand, I would have yelled for Niccolo

the hand and started

Alessandra angry before. Ever. She’d told me she’d occasionally been snippy with Dario back when he brought her to the mansion against her

this after having seen

was pissed, Alessandra was

with her willingly, not really thinking about where she was

we reached the

room where the Rosolini men always met

Mafia business.

soldier stood in front of the door, his hands crossed

looked at Alessandra

my way!” she

eyes widened, and he immediately stepped back from

wife yells at you

had in mind, I dug in my heels and started trying to pull my hand out of her grip. All my tears immediately dried up as

okay, I’m alright, I’m fine now!” I

to get to the bottom of it!”Alessandra pulled me forward with unbelievable strength as she banged open

at the

oh shit, oh shit, oh SHIT

was alone, sitting at his desk and reading

soon as he heard Alessandra’s shouting, he looked up in

he

his eyes like he had a

a voice asked off

see one of

Onofrio,” the Don said wearily. “Please give

quickly left the

given just about anything to go

Alessandra started

this I hear about Niccolo taking Valentino off

watched the

Mary and all the saints in heaven, please

“We need to talk about this

need to talk about it RIGHT NOW!” Alessandra yelled. “Did you really

the plan, but yes, I agreed to –

know

Oh shit!

didn’t know if I’d go

Well…

Actually…

the way my heart had broken into a thousand

I was

no idea if he felt

was amazing

had at least five or six orgasms for

But love?

told me

say that he was in

that was

all that was forgotten as Don Rosolini stood

walked by a graveyard at midnight and saw the Grim Reaper rise up

he would look like

eyes were furious as he walked slowly around the desk and

Alessandra, though?

didn’t seem

just scowled right back at

Me?

in the other direction if I hadn’t been frozen to the spot

of Alessandra,

me, he said coldly, “Caterina,

whispered, “Yes,

Alessandra snapped. “She deserves to be here to hear

Rosolini stared down at

I think I would have crawled off into a

hand,” he said to