“What are all these cars doing here?” I asked Christian while we entered the Lamberti estate. “Is there some party we don’t know about?”I turned my head to look at Siena and held her hand. “Siena, your grandpa didn’t invite us to the party.” I pouted while all she could do was giggle.“Stop being s
“I told her I don’t want her separated from Luke, and there’s no way he’ll want to live in a house with us, so don’t worry about it.”“Thank god.” Lita laughed before she finally pulled me into a hug. “Wow, mom, good to see you haven’t forgotten about me,” I spoke. “You didn’t even look at Siena.”M
I looked at my parents and brothers, who were in their own world and were focused on Milo before I looked back at Christian. “We should do it now, ” I whispered. This was the perfect opportunity to do so.“Dad.” Christian started. “Can I steal you away for a minute?”Cesca and Franco gave Christian
“It’s Dario...Dario Orlando.”There was pin-drop silence in the room, and no one dared to open their mouths. All I could do was stare at Christian as he observed the stoned looks on Franco’s and Lucio’s faces, with the only one showing some reaction being Cesca.“D-dario?” Franco stuttered. Christia
“Christian,” Lucio suddenly called out. “I need the name of the list of all the children who were there. If that situation pushed him to go against us in the first place, I think all of you owe him a proper apology.”I felt terrible because Lucio probably felt guilty, while that wasn’t the only reas
“Can you believe this, Siena?” I complained while I drove off, but I couldn’t hear her usual babbles and quickly realized she wasn’t here with me.That was great. I didn’t even have Siena to talk to. When I told Christian about wanting to be more involved, this was not what I meant. I couldn’t even
Dario flashed me his perfect smile and ruffled his hand through my hair. “You know why I betrayed my dad, Serena?”“Yes, because you knew what he was doing was wrong.”“Not only that.” Dario spoke. “It’s because I treasure our friendship more than any power, and I didn’t want to lose you.”His words
ChristianNot long after Serena left, the Alfonzo’s also said their goodbyes. Christian felt terrible for sending Serena to check up on Dario, but he was determined to have a peek at his uncle and did not want her to get involved.“I’ll take care of the baby, so you can spend some more time with you