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Chapter 30

Gabriella

With the wedding date scheduled for next Saturday, we’ve been super busy.

Mrs. Accardi’s been an enormous help. Honestly, she’s done most of the work.

I got to spend some time with Damiano, but tonight, the other heads of the Cosa Nostra and their partners are coming over, and I’m nervous as hell. I’ve just put on the sheer body suit and high heels when Damiano comes into my walk-in closet. His eyes land on me, and he stops dead in his tracks. “No,” he growls as he slowly starts to shake his head, his expression darkening by the second. “There is no fucking way you’re wearing that in

front of the other men.”

“Hold on before you burst a vein,” I mutter.

I grab the cream jacket out of my closet and put it on. When I fasten the belt, and the fabric spreads out like a short skirt, I say, “See. Everything’s covered.”

He stares at me for a while before he says, “Fine. But the fucking jacket stays on at all times.”

I walk closer to him, and wrapping my fingers behind his
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