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As soon as the song is over, the floor is filled with our guests who join us for the next one. It’s then that I feel his hand on my shoulder, and I bristle.
“How about a dance with your father-in-law?” my father says to Kat. And because she is a nice person, who has no idea what a piece of work my old man really is, she goes to take the hand he is offering her while giving him one of her killer smiles.
I yank her back before he can touch her. “You ever lay a finger on her and I will crush your skull, old man.”
His face twists in confusion and anger, and I pull Kat behind me as she stares at me, bewildered.
“Who do you think you’re talking to,ragazzo?” he snaps.
“Just stay the fuck away from my wife.”
I turn around to face Kat and wrap my arms around her again.
“What was that about?” she whispers.
“Nothing for you to be concerned about, kitten.”
She doesn’t believe me, but she doesn’t push me any further. Instead, we dance to a slow song, and I bury my face in her hair as I try to forget about my former fiancee the reason I hate my father so much.
Chapter45
Kat
My cheeks are hurting from smiling so much. Despite this not being in any way the wedding that I’d imagined for myself, it’s been an incredible day. Dante has been charming and attentive. I finally met his half sister, Toni, and if I thought that Joey was a whole ball of trouble it was only because I hadn’t met Toni. She is funny as hell and she teases Dante like no-one else I have ever met.
Dante’s friends and extended family have been so welcoming. Aside from him threatening to crush his father’s skull for asking to dance with me, which was weird, there has been no drama at all.
We cut the cake. We had our first dance where he held me close and looked into my eyes like I was the most important person in the world. And even if I’m not, even if he’ll never love me the way that I want him to, in that moment I felt it. I will remember this day with nothing but a smile for the rest of my life.
The only sad part was when Mia had to leave early. She made up some excuse about not being able to stay over because of work, but I know it was probably more to do with Brad.
“Your dress is beautiful, Katerina,” a cousin of Dante’s says as she walks toward me.
“Thank you,” I say with a genuine smile. I was worried about getting a dress that would hide my increasing belly, but the stylist persuaded me to make the most of my pregnancy figure, so we went with something that accentuated my bump instead.
I feel his presence before he even touches me. It’s like my body is hardwired to his. Then his hands are on my waist and his mouth is against my ear.
“Have I ever told you how beautiful that smile is?” Dante whispers in my ear.
“No,” I say, my cheeks turning pink as his cousin stares at us.
He laughs softly before lifting his head. “Say goodnight, Beth,” he says to his cousin. “I think it’s time we called it a night,amore mio.”
“You can’t go yet. It’s not even ten,” Beth whines.
“You guys can party as long as you want to, but my wife is seven months pregnant and she needs her rest,” he says, his tone clipped.
She rolls her eyes and stalks off across the dance-floor.
I turn around to face him, and he wraps his arms around me. “I’m not even a bit tired yet. Can’t we stay a little longer?”
“Don’t worry, kitten. Now, we’re headed to the real party,” he says with a wicked grin.
“Thatis not a party,” I say, trying to fake a scowl, but still, I can’t stop smiling.
“Um, it is if you do it right. But that’s not what I was talking about.”
“Then?”
