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“Everywhere’s dangerous when you’re married to a Don,tesoro.”
She swallows softly and nods once to show she understands.
“I’d give my life to protect you, though.”
My words are a promise, a vow. She’s mine and I won’t let anyone harm her. Ever.
CHAPTER11
Daniella
“You’re probably the first woman in history that’s had to buy her engagement ring herself,” Zoey says with a small smile.
I groan, my eyes latching onto a pretty blue and gold ring on display, but it doesn’t feel right.
“Please, I guarantee 70 percent of those proposals we see everywhere are planned,” Sky, the forever cynic, states. “The woman probably picks the ring, their outfits, and the exact time the man’s supposed to propose. Then, when it’s showtime, she fake-cries for the cameras and collects her ring. All these traditional marriage rites are unrealistic as hell.”
Zoey and I stare at each other for a second before looking at Sky and laughing.
“You’re just a bright ray of sunshine, aren’t you?” I question sarcastically.
She rolls her eyes. “Nobody appreciates my wisdom.”
“We appreciate you, honey,” I tell her, linking my arms through hers. “But less talk about unrealistic marriages while we’re picking a ring for my very realistic one.”
“I can’t believe you said yes,” Sky says.
I shrug. “If I’m going to get married to someone, it might as well be him. To be honest, I don’t know what this “deal” is that my parents made with his family but I don’t want me or my parents to end up on the mafia’s hit list. Besides, I already got to know him a little over the past month, and although I still want to take a sledgehammer to his head 90 percent of the time, I don’t hate him anymore.”
Mine and Christian’s relationship has softened into one of uneasy friendship and mutual respect.
“He’s even letting me leave the house without bodyguards now,” I mention. “We’re in a good place.”
Zoey makes a noise of protest. “I hate you burst your bubble, Dany, but there’s no way in hell that six-foot-three, dark-haired, protective-as-hell Italian man let you leave without some form of protection.”
I frown. “He assured me that Zack and Brody wouldn’t come with me today.”
“Doesn’t mean they’re not following you secretly.”
I give her a look. “Have you seen those two? They’re built like sumo wrestlers. No way in hell they’re able to stay hidden.”
Sky doesn’t reply to that, closing the conversation. Our shopping comes to an end when a ring at the far corner of the show glass catches my eye.
“It’s perfect,” I say with a small smile.
I pay for it and since my fiancé refused to get on his knees and propose, Zoey graciously offers to do so for me. And just like that, I’m engaged.
It’s both exciting and terrifying. We’re exiting the store and I’m so distracted by my thoughts, I don’t look in front of me until I’m running into someone.
“Whoa,” he calls, and his voice is so painfully familiar my throat hurts.
The voice is rich and deep, the kind of voice that makes you feel like the owner has seen you naked just from the way the word leaves his mouth. And unfortunately, in this case, the ownerhasseen me naked. My eyes lift to meet brown ones.
“Dany?” he says in surprise, his eyes wide.
“Joshua,” I say, my voice containing much less enthusiasm.
I take a step back from him. Zoey and Sky are still at my side, staring at him with just as much shock.
