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Thankfully Clara kept trying to get her father’s attention, and when Alessio answered my brother saying, “Exactly,” she got so frustrated. Her face was red.
“Daddy,” she cried loudly.
Alessio took a deep breath, but his eyes were soft when he looked at his daughter. “Please excuse us,” he said, and all of us nodded. I could see the understanding gaze of Gabriele. His son was still young, but baby Adrien was a bit of an attention seeker too.
“Such a cute girl, isn’t she?” I asked, trying to play Mia Vasile.
My brothers only nodded. Their eyes and brain were busy assessing the room. I didn’t even think they heard me. Well, it was okay for me. I was not enthusiastic about being the buffer anyway. I would stay with them for a bit more and then move to dance or talk to people who were more interesting than my statue of brothers.
A few more people came to greet and meet us. It was short and boring. I was ready to leave their side. I had no impact on their chats anyway. I looked onto the dance floor so I could find an opening. Surely someone was going to ask me to dance. I looked awesome in this dress.
Just when I was about to tell Gabriele I was going to dance, I saw him.
Oh, My God.
I could swear love songs started playing in my ears the second he appeared in the room. He was walking in the crowd with so much charisma, so much confidence. The sea of people didn’t block my view because he was incredibly tall. I couldn’t see anything but him anyway. Only his beautiful, strong face and his muscular but graceful body.
He was carved from my dreams. He was created just for me.
His suit was as black as his long hair. His hair was in a bun at the back of his head. I wanted to free every strand and dance my fingers between them. He had facial hair, but it was neither a stubble nor a beard. It still looked amazing on him. Everything would look amazing on him. His eyes were almond-shaped and color of melted gold. Oh, how much I liked gold things. His face was like ice. He didn’t look anywhere but his destination. His surroundings didn’t matter to him.
They didn’t matter to me as well.
Only he mattered.
Only him.
This was my big moment. My love at first sight. The beginning of my fairy tale.
But he didn’t look at me. He didn’t look anywhere. He was supposed to look at me, for fuck’s sake. He was supposed to fall in love with me like I was falling in love with him. Because I was— I was falling for him.
His sight made my chest heavy with so many emotions. I felt dizzy. My body felt like it was not blood in my veins but hot honey instead.
Only if he looked back at me…
I swallowed hard. This was not the way it was supposed to be.
The song got quieter and quieter. The noise of the crowd came back. I could still only see him, though. I couldn’t look anywhere else. The song would start again if he looked at me.
“Motherfucker came,” Gabriele mumbled close to my ear.
I couldn’t look but still managed to ask, “Who?”
“Antonio Mazzoni.”
Oh right.
Oh.
A horrible realization came down on me, and I whipped my head to look at my brother. “Which one?” I asked, terrified.
His eyebrows came just a little closer, and he pointed with his head. “There. The tall guy with the young boy.”
I turned my head even though I knew who I was going to see. This time I noticed the blonde boy next to him. He was talking with Salvatore and Mia Vasile. He was still not looking at me.
The love of my life.
Antonio Mazzoni.
