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“Someone could see us.”
“Relax.”
“You are being exasperating today.”
“Look at me.” I did, and his green eyes were waiting. “Are you going to behave tonight?” Oh, so that was what he wanted.
“I’ll do whatever the hell I want.”
“Don’t push it.”
“You don’t get to tell me what to do. If I want to get drunk and dance on a bar with my top off, then that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”
His grip tightened.
“I’m going to let this slide. Are your brothers going to be there?”
“No. It’s just girls tonight.”
“What?”
“Calm down. It’s just a night out.”
“What the fuck is Fabiano thinking letting you wonder all over the city at night, alone.”
“I’m not going to be alone, I’m going to be with friends. Plus, I know how to fight, remember?” Salvatore was the one who taught me. “Babbotrusts me, because I’m not a kid.”
“You’re not as old as you think, Grazia, and you’re too fucking precious to be left unguarded.” The intensity in his voice made me shiver and suddenly, I didn’t want to fight anymore.
I placed a gentle hand on his face.
“Sasa, I’ll be fine.” Usually his frustration would please me and make me feel like I still had some control, but tonight I had to let it go for him. I didn’t want him to worry, especially when there wasn’t a reason.
“You promise?”
“I give you my word. I really have to go now or else I’ll be late.”
“Sure. Go.” But I only got two steps away when he called my name again.
“What?” He came close and kissed me.
“Damn you, Salvatore Fiori, we’re in plain sight!”
He smiles and wiped my lower lip with the back of his hand.
“I get to kiss what’s mine. Go now,Tesoro, before I change my mind.”
I left him behind before he couldmakeme change my mind.
Chapter 4
I hated clubs with a passion. Everyone was sweaty, pushing on each other, people rubbing off on me. There was nothing about it that I found desirable. Ariana has insisted on inviting every single person she considered a friend, so our party was a little over fifty people, another thing that didn’t thrill me. Ari was a popular girl ever since we were kids and unlike me, she enjoyed it. She liked the spotlight and didn’t appreciate anyone who tried to steal it.
Ari and I were… different. Everything I did seemed to be the exact opposite of what she’d do, and sometimes it made me wonder why she stuck around for so long.
Her father was loyal to mine. A fixer. If a job went wrong, or my brothers were in trouble,Babbowould send Martino Bernoulli to take care of it. The Bernoulli family has grown alongside mine – parties, weddings, funerals, police interventions – they were always close. It was only natural that Ariana, Pina and I become friends. After all, we carried the burden of mafia daughters together.
Ariana was older and she always looked at Pina and myself like we were her little disciples. She always listened to my problems and she was helpful if it was in her power to help, but as I said, she never liked to be shadowed. Because I was theDon’s daughter, sometimes I got attention that I didn’t want or deserved. My Caputo blood drew people to me and that never sat well with Ariana. The fact that she and I were both ballerinas didn’t help either because every time I got a lead in a recital, I saw some envy in her eyes that didn’t have any place between friends. In the end, none of that mattered because we werefamigliaand that bound us beyond petty rivalries.
