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

Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 33

The awkwardness continued after dinner.

Don Vicari told us he had business to attend to, but he apparently remembered what I’d said to his daughter earlier.

“You two should get to know each other better,” he said.

I already knew Isabella well enough to realize this was going to be the worst arranged marriage of all time. I didn’t need to get to know her any better.

I just wanted to call Niccolo and bitch him out for ruining my life.

But I didn’t have that option, seeing as Don Vicari had my phone.

“Isabella, show him around the property,” he ordered – then added, “Chaperoned, of course.”

“Yes, Papa,” she replied timidly.

By ‘chaperoned,’ I assumed somebody would watch us from a distance.

I didn’t realize that every fucking woman at the lunch party except for the great-grandmother would walk along behind us.

Probably the only reason the great-grandmother didn’t go was because she was too slow.

Not only that, but four foot soldiers with shotguns accompanied the group.

I couldn’t fuckin’ believe it.

There I was, walking through the gardens behind the house with my future wife…

While 15 relatives and female servants chatted with each other about 20 feet behind us…

And four dudes with shotguns came along, too.

Fuckin’ weird.

“Is this normal?” I asked Isabella in a low voice as we started the walk.

“What – being chaperoned?” she asked in surprise.

I looked over my shoulder. “If that’s what you call this – yeah.”

“It’s normal if boys visit, yes.”

“I’m not a boy,” I said humorously.

I thought it was funny –

But Isabella’s face immediately clouded over, and she stared down at the ground in embarrassment. “Of course not – I’m sorry…”

“It’s fine,” I said, alarmed that she was acting like I’d yelled at her. “I’m a boy. It’s cool.”

She looked over at me and forced a halfhearted smile, then looked down at the ground again.

Jesus…

what having Don Vicari

uh… have many boys come to visit?” I

Just a couple

you go out on chaperoned

“Yes.”

“What happened after that?”

to talk about, and they

Lucky them.

they weren’t locked into an

sticking around,” I said, only half-joking,

don’t know,” she

was like

tell me your favorite place you’ve

Palermo a

mean, like, outside of

been

“WHAT?!” I shouted.

of women behind us

foot soldiers

fine!” I yelled at

all looked at me

walking

least the foot

then turned back to Isabella. “Seriously – you’ve never been off

only been off our estate maybe a dozen times in

I said in

do that,” she

“Do what?”

of the Lord

Holy fucking SHIT.

wanted to ask her, Do you KNOW what your father does

anything. I was too

“Not that I care. I don’t. But some

with her

a couple of the older women giving me

Okay, good to know.

for the heads-up,”

her regular voice. “So,

“Lots of places.”

where?” she asked excitedly. “Have you

I chuckled. “Uh… yeah.”

“Naples?”

York, and Los Angeles, and Zurich, and –

God!”

a hand over her mouth and

all the women giving

dark-haired servant girl, who was having a hard time

Huh…

been everywhere!” Isabella whispered in