Sienna:“What is this?” I asked, smiling at the sight of the white tables, the reception, and the guests who were arriving.Flowers were laid out almost everywhere and the number of people who turned to look at the two of us as we walked out to the garden took me by surprise. I had to admit, I didn’t expect many to be interested in seeing me as his bride. It seemed to me that I was wrong, very wrong too.“This, my beloved wife, is how we celebrate a Capo dei Capi’s wife. While our marriage is not the most ideal, we still have our ways before constituting the marriage.” Diablo said, making my eyes widen in surprise. He looked at me and smirked before looking at his parents from a distance. “At least, that is what they’re going to believe.”“For a man who said that he didn’t intend to touch me, I am surprised that you are bringing up the topic about constituting the marriage.” I said, looking up at the man with a smile on my face, making sure to keep a low voice as I knew not to allow a
Diablo:“She is a beauty, that is something that I have to admit,” Nathan, one of my allies said, looking at Sienna who was talking to a bunch of women, getting to know them. Mom was by her side, and I could tell, despite not knowing what they were talking about as women, that mom seemed to be proud of her. “How much for a night with her?”“Excuse me?” I asked, making the man step back as he knew that I heard him. The man knew and understood that he did something wrong, and I raised an eyebrow, waiting for him to say otherwise.“We are all aware of the fact that she is not the woman that you wanted to be with. You know, with this arrangement, I figured that you wouldn’t mind us taking turns with her.”“One more word out of you, and I am going to be sure that I break your face, do you fucking understand me?” I asked, and he looked down at his feet, knowing not to say another word. He knew that I was serious, and one thing that I never allowed was anyone talking about my women.“I never
Sienna:“Your husband seems to be obsessed with you,” Lexi pointed out as the two of us sat at the table together. Diablo left to talk to his friends, and I chose to sit with her for a while.I turned to find Diablo looking at us. His eyes met mine and he nodded, I returned the nod with an assuring smile before turning to Lexi.“The two of us are newlyweds. It is only normal for him to be curious, you know.” I said, and she nodded. “How did you find out about the celebration, though? Even I didn’t know about it until Diablo told me about it a while ago.”“I heard your mom talking about it. They were debating on whether or not they would go, and I figured, judging by the way that they spoke, that they might not come.” She said, avoiding my eyes. “I figured to be here by your side as not to leave you alone.”I put my hand on top of my best friend’s, thankful for her being there for me. “You are the one person that I trust in this world.”She smiled and put her left hand on top of mine, s
Diablo:“Come on,” I said, pulling Sienna to the door.She raised an eyebrow at me, but chose to follow me, not saying a word until we left the house.“You seem to have a habit of leaving your guests when you’re supposed to be with them.” She said, and I chuckled.“Not at all. The whole family is here to tend to them. You know, the two of us are newlyweds, and that can be used as an excuse. But from here, it is going to be a drunken night and women gossiping, and I don’t want to find myself dealing with that.” I said, and Sienna laughed.“What has you listening to women gossiping? Don’t you have a place to be sitting as men while the women enjoy their gossip?” She asked, and I rolled my eyes.“Yes, it is called a couch, with our women glued to our hips in fear that we would be bringing hookers for our pleasure.” I said, and she frowned. “It is not a way that I like, nor allow in the house. But I will not say that others don’t. When I’m around, basically, our family, things are more con
Sienna:I didn’t bother speaking to Diablo as he walked inside the room after dismissing himself from the men who hung around for a drunken night.I had to admit, the sight of their women glued to them annoyed me more than ever, and thankfully, neither one of them bothered asking why I didn’t want to join them. I was still an outsider, their ways were foreign in my eyes, and I wanted them to stay that way.He walked inside the bathroom, and I sat on the chair, staring at my reflection in the mirror.“What have you gotten yourself into, Sienna?” I whispered to myself, shaking my head in question as I grew annoyed with everything that I had to deal with.I stared down at my phone, which Levant, one of the Diablo’s men brought to me after I walked inside the house, for a few seconds, and I had to admit, I wished that my parents called. The idea of them not doing so made me fear that they might have had something to do with the bomb.I sighed and put my phone away, not saying a word as I g
Diablo:“You didn’t eat anything,” I said, looking at Sienna who walked out of the bathroom wearing a pair of shorts and long sleeved shirt. “And for someone who claimed that it was cold, I am surprised by the fact that you’re wearing shorts.”“I am not hungry, and I am wearing a long sleeved shirt. For shorts, I am going to be under a blanket, so no issues.” She said, and I nodded.“I heard from Levant that you got your phone back,” I said, and she nodded, removing the phone from the dresser. I knew that it was there, but I didn’t touch it for her. I knew to respect her not to do so.“Yes, he gave it to me after I came back. He says that he had it cleaned, it didn’t have anything bugged from my father’s side.” She said, and I nodded, knowing that already. But I wanted her to speak to me, and I wanted her to speak to me, letting me know what she was thinking. “Thank you for it, by the way.”“You’re welcome,” I said, and she nodded as I watched as she walked toward the bed, sitting on
Sienna:“I see that you and my brother are getting along well,” Maria said, taking me off guard as she chose to speak to me. The woman has barely said a word to me since I got to the house, and I had to admit, I didn’t expect her to. She wouldn’t even look my way throughout the entire engagement period and didn’t bother approaching me during or even after the wedding. “What is your secret? Because as far as we all know, he wanted nothing to do with you.”“Good morning to you too, Maria.” I said, and she scoffed.“I didn’t come here to say any good mornings, Sienna. The fact that you think that I did is amusing to me, but then again, you never were the type to know the difference between being wanted and…”“I don’t have time to deal with you right now.” I said, and she raised an eyebrow.“Don’t you? I am curious, what do you have to do? We all know that all you will be doing is sitting in that room. No one wants to see the daughter of the enemy roaming around the house freely, looking a
Diablo:“What’s going on with you and Maria?” I asked, looking at Sienna as I drove.It was a while past noon, and though the main intention was to leave the house for breakfast; the number of things that I had to tend to with Alonzo were countless, giving us a minor setback, which Sienna, thankfully, understood.“The fact that you would assume that something is wrong between the two of us amazes me.” She said, choosing her words carefully. I knew my sister all too well to know that she was bothered by Sienna’s presence, though the reason behind it, I didn’t know.“I am neither blind nor stupid. I tend to know my family members well enough to know when things are getting out of hand, and I know that something happened between you and her.” I said, and she hummed in response. “And that isn’t something that you intend to share, is it?”“It’s not that, Diablo. It is the fact that there is no reason behind the way that she is treating me. It is just genuine resentment from her side, one th