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“No.”
My answers were brief, and I didn't want to delay, not even my soldiers knew why I was there, and I would keep it a secret until Pietra was convinced to move to Moscow with me.
Chapter twenty
“You have completely lost your mind!” Perla started screaming when we entered my room. She seemed to have tried very hard to remain silent on the way back to our house from the mall.
“Oh, Perla...”
“Don’t you ‘Oh, Perla’ me. I can't believe you dragged me to the mall just to have an excuse to meet him.”
“It's not quite like that...”
“It isn’t?”
“It is, but...” I shrank, covering my face with my hands, very embarrassed that my sister had discovered my plan. I should have known from the beginning that something would go wrong.
“When daddy finds out...”
“You can't tell him!” I hurried, holding my sister by the shoulders.
“That you were making out with a guy at the mall? Not a guy, a Russian! How did he manage to enter the country without our family knowing?”
“I don't know.”
“This guy is dangerous.”
“Aren’t our family members too?”
My sister snorted, throwing her hands up and fell into the armchair.
“I don't need to explain the differences again.”
“I...” I held my breath, feeling guilty at the same time as I wanted to run into his arms.
“You're not going to tell me you like this man.”
“What if I do?”
“I'm going to say you freaked out even more. You can't fall in love with a guy like him. Not to mention that Dad would never accept your relationship.”
“Aren’t weddings alliances? If I marry Mikhail the feud between Russians and Italians could end.”
“Not even in a fairy tale would that happen.”
“You could be a little more hopeful.” I blinked at her, practically begging for her understanding.
“Pietra, for the sake of all of us, you need to stop meeting, talking or doing anything with this guy.”
“But...”
“Pietra!”
“Okay!” I crossed my arms, pouting.
Deep down I understood what my sister was saying. I swear I understood all her warnings. I in no way wanted to attract any problems to my father and the rest of our family. Still, I couldn't get Mikhail out of my head, the more I fought to get him out of my thoughts, the tighter he clung to my every breath. It was impossible to close my eyes and not dream about him.
The feeling of finally being in his arms had been incredible. I shouldn't have, but the need for more was the most insane thing I'd ever felt. I already yearned for him, and it was as if just kissing him was enough to trigger an unstoppable addiction.
