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

him in horror. “Happy

can keep on sleeping together after the wedding! Isabella knows, and she doesn’t

I wanted to vomit.

you saying

I didn’t answer.

– not

Valentino

“You’re going to marry a girl you don’t want… who doesn’t want you… and who’s actually in love with another woman… and you’d rather do all that than be with

as though

walked over, retrieved my panties from the chapel

not like that,” he said as he got to his feet and zipped

like, then?!” I

– ” he said, reaching for me

half-whispered, half-sobbed as

that. I have to do what Dario ordered me to. I

always have a

we can

sounded happy

there

fucked him

I really

didn’t say anything for a

it was

“…no.”

disbelief

Come with me. Let’s run away and never look

hear anything I just

still asking you. I’m

there, caught between

Then, finally:

“I can’t.”

I

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