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“You’ll probably be married by then and I don’t think your wife would agree.”
“I think she’ll beg me to kiss you.”
“You don’t look insane, but you might be crazier than Dante. Katherine would never beg you to kiss me.”
“Katherine?”
“Your girlfriend.”
“I’m not marrying her.”
“I’m sorry.”
I blink. “I’m not.”
“Okay… Uh… The song has ended.”
“I guess it has.”
“I’m going back to Zoe and the others.”
“Keep away from Dante. If he shows up, you tell your father or Victorio immediately. Understand?”
“You’re not my father.”
“Trust me, I know that. If I were, it would make things easier.” I let out a breath. “He comes around again, you report it immediately, understand, Emilia?”
“Okay.”
I put my hand on her back and lead her back over to her friends. Things have changed for me tonight. My world has been tilted on its axis. I sure as hell didn’t expect it. It leaves me uncertain about how to proceed.
Emilia Korslova is going to be a problem.
CHAPTER10
Niko
One Week Later
“Does the contract look acceptable?”
“It’s what I asked for,” I answer Maxwell as I continue reading.
“She’ll be twenty when your engagement is formally announced.”
“And the marriage?”
“When she turns twenty-one or upon my death,” Maxwell answers, even though I’ve just read that same thing.
“You really feel this is needed?”
“I have spoken with Antonio. The marriage has been blessed by the family.”
I push the contract across the desk and lean back in the chair looking at the man who I just agreed would become my father-in-law.
“Does that mean he’s going to make sure his fucking nephew is under control?”
“Yes, but I think the threat of you looms over Dante more than DeLuca,” Maxwell says, entirely too satisfied.
