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“Where were we? Oh yes. I was right and you were wrong.”
She rolled her eyes but a smirk plastered on her face. “Even after a near death experience you are as arrogant as ever.” Her smile fell as she looked into my eyes. “Why did you do that? Why did you risk your life for mine?”
I brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.
“Haven’t you got it yet, bambola? This is who I am to you. I'd betray anyone for you. I’d kill for you. And I’ll always dive in front of bullets for you.” Her eyes widened with every word as she gulped nervously. “I love you, Olivia.”
Her stunning eyes searched mine as I felt her heart racing in her chest that was pressed against me. “Ti amo Gio.”
My face broke into the goofiest and widest grin as she told me she loved me in my own language.
“Did you just speak Ital-“
Her sweet, full lips were on mine in a flash and I closed my eyes and got lost in the magic of her.She loved me.She finally admitted it. This stubborn, gorgeous woman was mine. She was a rare gem. Strong, beautiful but precious. Delicate under the hard exterior. And now it was my job to protect and love her for the rest of my days. When a mafioso man finds his woman, nothing and no one will come between them. Nearly losing her has ignited something within me. My zio was wrong. He said love always makes us weaker. But with her in my arms, I felt stronger than ever. If they thought I was ruthless before, they have not met Giovanni Buccini in love. They have just awoken a monster. I will come for every single one of them who wants to cause her harm. They haven’t seen anything yet.
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Olivia
“When is the doctor coming back? If he is not in here in the next five minutes, I am discharging myself,” Gio whined as he pushed the plate of food away from him.
“You are not the only patient in this hospital! Stop complaining and eat something…please. The doctor said you need to get your strength up.” I pushed the plate back towards him on the table over his bed and he groaned.
“It tastes like shit. Order me a pizza and I’ll eat the lot,” he smirked. I rolled my eyes and picked up his phone. If that was what it would take to get him to eat, then so be it. I knew this was the hardest thing for him. Just sitting here in this room, doing nothing. He wasn’t used to it. He'd been here for three days now and he was itching to escape. He had taken many calls from his hospital bed all in Italian, so of course, I was kept in the dark about what exactly they were about, but from his tone and fierce demeanour when he was on them, I was glad I didn’t know. I had agreed to stay. I was going to give this mafia life a go, but I was under no illusion that it would be easy. So as much as possible, I was going to ease myself into it. I didn’t need to know everything Giovanni was doing in his business. As long as he was honest with me when I needed him to be, that was good enough for me.
“So…are we going to talk about the marriage alliance?” I asked, leaning back in my chair. His beautiful brown eyes flickered up to mine in panic at first, but when he saw I was chilled, he relaxed.
“I’m not marrying Camilla. No one is going to come in between us, Liv.”
“I know. I just want to know what you and Max are planning. How exactly are you going to get out of this alliance and still keep everyone happy?”
He sighed deeply and rubbed his face with his hand. “I’m not. There is no possible outcome that will keep everyone happy. So, I am going to tell the truth. Salvatore already knows about us now and it will only piss him off more if he thinks I am trying to trick him.”
I narrowed my eyes at his uncle’s name. “He hates me.”
Gio turned his head to look at my face as I lowered my eyes to my lap. If there was only one man that I thought could really come between Gio and I, it was him. And it made me nervous.
“He doesn’t know you. Once he gets to know you, I actually think he will approve of you. He loves my mamma for her feisty nature, so I am sure he will love you too in time.” He sounded confident in his words but his eyes showed his own insecurity.
“And if you are wrong? If he doesn’t accept us together? If he still wants you to marry Camilla?”
“I will quit.”
My eyes widened as I sat up straight. “Quit what?”
“All of it. Underboss. His legacy. I will give it all up.”
I was momentarily speechless as I stared at his serious expression. He would give up everything he has ever known, everything he has ever worked for, to be with me. “Can you do that?”
He chuckled and shook his head. “I can do what I like, bambola. If this alliance is more important to him than me following in his footsteps, then that is his choice.”
I leaned back in the chair, flabbergasted. As much as I wanted that to be true, my gut was telling me that it wouldn’t be that simple.
“I can see you freaking out, Liv. Stop. I will take care of it."
"Do you know who was behind the shooting yet?" I asked carefully. I knew Gio would not let this go until he found out who was responsible, which was causing me huge anxiety. I knew I had to get used to this and quickly, but it didn't make it any easier, knowing he would go after them.
"No concrete evidence yet, but boss is working on it. Pretty sure we both know who was trying to kill you..."
