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Althaia

We were still lying outside when the sky started to brighten. I pulled the blanket up closer to my chest while resting my head on Damiano’s chest, his hand caressing my back as I went back to admiring the ring on my finger.

I was on cloud nine.

I looked up at Damiano and he was already looking at me with a smile while he was playing with my hair.

“I was just thinking when did you get to place such a unique order.” I said and held up my hand to show the gigantic oval-shaped diamond ring. He must have planned this weeks ahead to get the ring handcrafted on time.

“I placed the order while you were visiting your father. I went to retrieve it when you were still sleeping.”

“You can get it done that fast?!” I asked in surprise.

“You can say I’m kind of well-known around here. It has its perks and things get done a lot faster that way.” Damiano gave a cheeky wink, making me laugh.

“Right, being the biggest fearing Mafia Don makes you only ‘kind of well-known’. People hear the
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Grnmnm70
Well if they keep that up she'll continue to have miscarriage after miscarriage!!
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Marena John Lambrou
Too funny. I love it!
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Heeni Taylor
Fantastic read, thank you Author.
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