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Mia watched as every female head in the place turned to stare at them. Some looked interested to see Lorenzo show up with a woman on his arm. But most of them looked angry. Jealous.
Mia understood—she’d feel the same way if roles were reversed.
At the bottom of the stairs they were met by an impeccably dressed woman, around 45. She kissed Lorenzo on the cheek.
“Hello, darling,” she said.
“Mom, this is Mia. Mia, this is my mother, Patty.”
Mia put her hand out and Patty shook it while sizing her up.
“So you’re the one who’s stolen my son’s heart?”
Mia didn’t know what to say.
Patty grinned.“I’m dying to hear how you did that. Come on.”
She pulled Mia away towards the bar. Mia looked back at Lorenzo, who shrugged and smiled.
At the bar, was a woman in a sparkling silver dress, who looked a lot like Lorenzo and Alessandro.
“Kiki,” Patty said.“This is her.”
Kiki turned to look at Mia—this was the sister, Mia recognized her from the files.
“Oh. My. God,” Kiki said.“You’re Lorenzo’s girlfriend?”
“Uh…” Mia said.“I mean, we haven’t had THE talk yet.”
“He bought you to my birthday party, that means you’re his girlfriend, trust me.”
Another girl came running up to Kiki, and Kiki squealed and turned away.
“You’ll come and sit at our table,” Patty said.
Patty led her into the marquee, where people were taking their seats. She took Mia up to the front, to the family table.
Mia sat down. She looked up, and saw someone she recognized—Gabriella, Lorenzo’s kind-of-but-not girlfriend.
Gabriella hadn’t noticed her yet. Neither had anyone in the tent, now she wasn’t with Lorenzo.
As if on cue, Lorenzo came up to the table. He sat down next to Mia and put his arm around her.
Now, Gabriella noticed. She stared daggers at Mia, and Mia went red.
Patty got up onto the makeshift stage and spoke into the microphone.
“Alright everyone, please come into the tent.”
Everyone started making their way to their seats. Kiki sat at the same table as Mia. Alessandro also sauntered up and took his seat.
Mia turned her attention to the side of the tent. Walking in was the head of the family himself, Matteo Rossi.
Mia turned her body towards him, so the camera pointed to where he was. Greyson and Waterson were watching live, and she wanted them to see.
Matteo sat down at the head of the table, without even a glance at Mia.
Now everyone was there, Patty continued her speech.
