Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 99

Val’s face was buried in my neck as he murmured, “Oh my God… holy shit…”

I giggled. “You shouldn’t curse in a church.”

“Considering what we just did, I think cursing in a church is the least of my sins.”

“Mm… probably so.”

He turned his face to mine –

We kissed –

And then he broke it off excitedly.

“I forgot to tell you the good news!” He chuckled. “Well, I guess I didn’t forget so much as I got distracted.”

My heart leapt in my chest.

You don’t have to marry her!

Say you don’t have to marry her –

Please, tell me you don’t have to marry her!

But when I spoke, I kept my voice neutral and calm. “What?”

“Isabella’s gay!”

I stared at him.

Not what I’d been hoping to hear.

He kept talking. “Remember that other girl in Ortigia? Ludavica? Isabella’s with her! So they’ll be together, and you and I can be together!

“Then why is she marrying YOU?” I asked, horrified.

“Because her family doesn’t know.”

Pain flooded my heart, and I pushed him off me as I turned my face away.

“What?” he asked, confused.

I couldn’t say anything.

I felt sick.

repeated. “I thought

looked at him in horror. “Happy

sleeping together after

I wanted to vomit.

you saying anything?!”

I didn’t answer.

something!” Valentino

to keep my voice calm as I answered. “You’re going to marry a girl you don’t want… who doesn’t want you… and who’s actually in love with another

as though I’d

panties from the chapel

not like that,” he said as he got

it like, then?!” I

” he said, reaching

half-sobbed as

to do this. You know that. I have to do what Dario ordered me to. I have no

have

we can be

he sounded happy

stood there in

him

really

say anything for a long

did, it

“…no.”

the disbelief in his

“Leave her. Come with me.

anything I

and I’m still asking you. I’m begging you.

stood there, caught between indecision and

Then, finally:

“I can’t.”

when I knew

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