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“Most regretful, Don, I forgot the protocol,” he says, bowing his head.
“She’s wearing a fucking wedding dress, next time, I won’t be so polite,” I say, putting my arm through hers and walk away from him with her in tow.
“Hey! What the hell are you doing!” she says irritably.
“He was flirting with you,” I shout, and Lucia turns around from behind me and gives me a death stare before turning back to her conversation.
“He was congratulating me, like you said I’m wearing a wedding dress. Why do you care anyway? It’s justbusiness,” she says, pulling her arm loose and walking away.
“You’ve only been marrieda couple of hours, Rocco,” a drawling voice whispers in my ear.
“Shut up, Lucia,” I say, narrowing my eyes at her.
“Stop trying to control everything.”
“Lucia, I’m warning you,” I hiss in a low voice.
“Fine, learn the hard way,” she replies, shaking her head.
After Sophia’s third outfit change, it was time to cut the cake, we smile and pose like we’re filming a scene from a romance movie, but every time her eyes lock on mine, I feel her cold glare. After the rudimentary dance with her father, it is our turn to take the floor. My arms wrap around her, but she remains stiff.
“Would it kill you to pretend that you enjoy my company at least?”
“Prognosis is likely,” she says acerbically.
“What did Keira say to you?”
“Why do you care?”
“Did she upset you?”
“I can take care of myself.”
“What did you say to her? Why did she look so flustered?”
“Are you worried I upset your little girlfriend?” she replies coldly.
“She isn’t my girlfriend.”
“Do what you want, just don’t lie to my face, Rocco,” she snarls.
“She isn’t, and considering you’ll be spending a lot more time with me, you can see for yourself.”
“What do you mean?”
“We’ll be living together.”
“I’ll have my apartment in the city, and you’ll visit now and then. I can deal with it,” she says breezily.
“No, you’ll be living in Long Beach with me.”
“Why?” she says, looking at me surprised. “You brought Angela an apartment, so I assumed—”
“Never assume anything about me. I want you closer than Angela was.”
“Because I’m your consolation prize,” she says rolling her eyes.
“Do you really believe that?”
