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Chapter 59
Lucas
One Month Later
I was nervous.
In all my days, I couldn’t remember a time that I had been this nervous about anything, but wasn’t every man supposed to be nervous on his wedding day?
My soon-to-be brother-in-law hadn’t been much help. His and Rory’s wedding day had been somewhat rushed, and he had confessed to me that he couldn’t remember much about it now.
I was on my own.
“Hey, don’t look so green,” he clapped me on my back. “It’s only for forever.”
“Thanks,” I muttered, clasping my hands before me. We both had fully recovered from our injuries and though Nico could never get his eye back, he clearly enjoyed playing the role of a dangerous one-eyed pirate with his boys. He didn’t talk about whatever Carmine had done to him, not even after a few drinks, and I imagined it was because he didn’t want to relive the pain and horror of suffering torture at the hands of his own fucking father.
Me? I was fine. The knife had missed all vital organs somehow, and after a few days, I had been released from the hospital. The first night back in the penthouse I had proposed to Leda properly, with roses, candlelight, and all the shit that had her crying once more.
Oh, that and the diamond she had wanted.
And I made sure it was a hell of a lot bigger than moderate sized.
We had settled back here, back where we could figure out what to do with the defunct Mafias that were our responsibilities. After all, she was the rightful heir of the D’Agostino Mafia since her brother had stepped down, and the Cavazzo Mafia was mine again.
After purging the Mafia of those that had turned their backs on me, I had formed a new inner circle full of capos that had the best interests of the future in mind. With her brother’s help, Leda had done the same, and we had brought both sides together.
The D’Agostino and the Cavazzo would be merged together. A true fucking force. The men from the other families who fought for us got what they wanted as well. Power, vengeance, and their place in the sun.
But most importantly, Leda was mine. She was my future, the mother of my children, and soon to be my wife.
I glanced over those in attendance. Leda had wanted to keep it small, to only have those that mattered the most to us. Her brother was standing on my side as my witness, considering I had no one left. Emil was gone.
Rory would stand on Leda’s side as her witness, but she hadn’t come out of the penthouse yet, helping the bride with her final preparations.
Ruhua and Baoshan were also there, and Ruhua was already dabbing her eyes even after she’d promised me that she wouldn’t cry.
They were my family. What they didn’t know was that I was having them monitored twenty four seven right now until we could be sure that there was no threat that remained. I wasn’t going to take chances any longer. This experience had made me more cautious, the enforcer long gone.
Maybe it was because I was about to be a father. Glancing at the two boys standing near the Wongs, I tried to picture our kid standing with them in a few short months. It was hard to believe that I would be a father soon, but he or she was never going to want for anything. My child would never taste a hint of fear at who its father and mother were. I would protect my child until my dying breath.
And hell, it was exciting as well. Those were words I would have never considered before meeting Leda, but I was actually excited about becoming a father. I wanted a ton of kids, all with the woman I loved.
If my wife would ever make an appearance, that is. I believed she was keeping me waiting so that I would get antsy, but I also didn’t want to think ill of her. After all, this was her only wedding day.
Come to think of it. It was my only wedding day too.
I had never thought about getting married, and I sure as hell hadn’t thought about it the night I’d whisked Leda away from the auction block, intending to use her for revenge. I would have never guessed she would have gotten under my skin the way she did, or how she ripped out my heart out of my chest and refused to give it back.
She’d made me think of things outside of the Mafia, of a future I had never thought I would have. Gone was the boy who had warmed beds in his youth and had been trained to kill and not feel. Cosimo would be laughing his fucking ass off if he could see me now, hopelessly infatuated with a woman. He had told me once to be careful with women, and after he had told me the story about his wife, I had understood why.
But I couldn’t live in fear, and neither could Leda. We had overcome so much to be together, and if I had one day or one lifetime with her, I would take it.
Every moment I spent with her was like something new for me, another piece of my soul cracked open.
The doors opened, and I steeled myself as the gauzy curtains parted to give me my first view of Leda.
The sight of her took my breath away. Her dress lace conformed to her curves in ways I couldn’t even begin to comprehend. The gentle swell of her breasts was visible over the square neckline, and she had opted to keep her hair down like I liked it, the diamond pendant glittering at her neck. It had been my wedding present to her, along with a matching bracelet and earrings.
