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“Then just kill me. My life is nothing without Mano anyway,” Fia cried out dramatically, and I couldn’t thankGod enough for saving me from a life of being married to the woman.
“Shut up!” Renzo yelled at her. “In fact, get her the fuck out of here!”
“Renzo-”
“I said, get her the fuck out of here, Sonya!” heshouted at his wife. “If you can’t, then I’ll get someone to escort the both of you from this room!”
“I hate you,” Fia seethed, but she still stood up with the help of her mother and left the room, leaving only me, Aurelio, Renzo, and Kasen.
Looking at her father, Kasen said, “All my life you’ve supportedme and have allowed me to have a life that has made me happier than I could have ever imagined, Papa. I have accomplished everything that I wanted to, and I couldn’t have done any of it if you hadn’t been in my corner the whole time.” She let out a shaky breath. “Don’t ask me to repay you by watching you lose everything that you’ve built all your life. Don’t ask that of me.”
“Kasen-”
“Not to mention that Fia’s pregnant whether we like it or not,” she went on. “Do you really want to see yourenemies coming for your family, Papa? If that happens, we can only hope that they kill us quickly, and you know it.”
“I don’t think you know what you are saying, Kasen,” Renzo said, though you could hear the resignation in his voice.
“Oh, I know exactlywhat’s happening here,” she replied.
“Do you,la mia ragazza preferita?”
Not answering her father, Kasen turned to look at me. “I have only one condition before I agree to…to this.”
“A condition that I don’t have to grant,” I pointed out. “I’m not here to negotiate,il mio cuore.”
While I wasn’t sure if Kasen understood Italian, Renzo’s eyes flew my way when I called hermy heart,and if the man only knew, he’d be walking out of here the victor. He’d know that I’d do anything to have her and call my bluff.
Those hazel eyes of hers were on fire with the amount of hate that she was feeling for me right now, but I wasn’t too bothered by it. After emotions cooled, they’d all see that Fia and Mano were to blame for all this. Sure, I had set the stage by offering Mano that five-million dollars, but no one had forced him or her to step on it; they’d done that all on their own.
“I just want to still be able to do my job,” she said, ignoring the truth of her situation.
“I can’t see the courts allowing your guard to accompany you into court, Kasen,” I replied pragmatically.
“Why would I need a guard?” she asked, genuinely looking confused.
“Did you think that you wouldn’t as the Sartori Underboss’wife?”
Her chin came up at that, and I wondered just how far she could be pushed before sheagreed with her father, willing to take on the Irish, Germans, and Russians, rather than marry me.
“Even if that’s the case, you know damn well that no one is going to open fire in a packed courthouse,” she replied stiffly.
Rather than alienate herwhen she was showing good faith, I said, “We can discuss that later.”
Kasen shook her head. “No,” she practically snapped. “I want your wordnow.”
If Aurelio and her father weren’t in the room with us, I’d grab her by the neck, bend her over the desk, then make her mine. While most men preferred meek women to make their lives easier, I wanted the spitfire in front of me, making my life difficult every fucking minute for the rest of my days.
“You have my word that you can continue working as a defense lawyer,” I told her. “However, a guard is non-negotiable. Nevertheless, we can discuss those details at a more opportune time.”
I watched her let out a heavy sigh, but if she thought that this was a victory for her, it wasn’t. She had no idea what being my wife was going to be like, and she was in for even more disappointment once she realized just how obsessed I was with her.
Turning back towards her father, she said, “Let me do this, Papa.”
“La mia ragazza preferita, I’d rather take on all the families in this state than let you do this,” he told her, and I believed him.
“And I’d rather do this than lose you, Mammi, and Fia to my own selfishness,” she replied, and if there’d ever been any doubt as to why Kasen Milano would make me the perfect wife, there wasn’t any now. “No matter what, you are my family, Papa; the only thing that I truly care about.”
Yeah, Kasen Milano was going to make me the perfect wife.
