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“Yeah, I just had a rough day,” he replies, thumbing my cheek softly. “You look stunning.”
“Thanks. You don’t look so bad yourself.”
He offers me a half-smile. “Do you want to leave? I saw Tony and I’m not in the mood for a confrontation. Especially not here.”
“Sure,” I tell him.
I find Rosa and after wishing her a happy birthday, Roman and I walk out the party doors. He’s suggesting taking me out on a date when we come across two people standing just outside the party doors. Ivan De Luca’s face is filled with rage. And he’s not alone; there’s a woman beside him. One I don’t recognize despite the fact that she’s currently glaring daggers at me.
“So this is the slut you left me for, Roman,” she says. Her gaze travels the length of my body, assessing. Her expression is one of distaste as she looks back at me.
I blink. “And you are?”
The woman lets out a shrill laugh. “You ended my engagement and you don’t even know who I am.”
Oh. So this is Bianca Zanetti.
The last time we spoke about her, Roman was telling me that he had scheduled a meeting with her father to discuss the terms of ending their deal. I guess he already did so. My eyes move to Ivan. The two of them together is odd company. I’m sure my father must have told him already that a marriage between us would never work.
“What are you doing with her, Ivan?” Roman demands, his jaw tense.
“We realized we had a mutual problem,” Ivan says with a sharp smile. “Apparently, my cousin stole my girl.”
Roman tenses beside me.
“I was never your girl,” I say with a scoff before looking at Bianca. “And you and Roman were never engaged. They struck a deal with you as the subject. It didn’t work out. Get over it.”
Seriously, where’s all the delusion coming from?
Bianca’s green eyes narrow. “I hear you got knocked up and that’s the only reason he’s with you. Trapping a man with a pregnancy is so medieval. And desperate.”
Oh no, she fucking didn’t.
CHAPTER26
Roman
Iwas having a shitty day to begin with. Loren Zanetti was furious after our conversation yesterday. This morning, Michael woke me up with news that Zanetti’s pulling out of some investments we were planning to make. I got his message loud and clear. His loss from the family is a pretty huge blow, considering he’s one of our major sources of funding.
I also had to deal with the fallout of my decision reaching the ears of other capos. They’re not happy with me breaking the marriage contract. A part of me couldn’t help but be thankful that Elena decided to hide her pregnancy. Because their reactions right now show that if it had been a year ago, they wouldn’t have hesitated to voice their discontent by overthrowing me. Right now, there’s some whispers and murmurs reaching my ears, but they’re all too fucking scared to do anything about it.
Rosa’s party was meant to be a distraction, but my shitty mood didn’t dissipate—which is why I chose to leave with Elena. I was thinking of taking her to one of my favorite restaurants but of course something else had to ruin that, too.
Before Elena can do something reckless like hit the daughter of a man who’s holding a grudge against me, I grab her arm and pull her closer.
“Calm down,lupacchiotta,” I say to her, then I turn to Bianca. “Say something like that again and you’ll regret it. Now leave,” I say, my tone harsh.
Her expression crumples. “This isn’t fair, Roman. You promised me a life together.”
My jaw clenches. On some level, I can understand where she’s coming from.
“I didn’t make any promises, Bianca. You had expectations, and although I am sorry I couldn’t meet them, I don’t owe you anything.”
Her eyes well with tears. “Do you have any idea what you’ve done to me? This marriage was supposed to be my chance to prove my worth to my family. I was ready to be anything you wanted me to be. I was ready to be perfect and you’re throwing me away.”
I inwardly sigh. This is getting fucking exhausting.
“That’s really sad,” Elena speaks up from beside me.
