The Virgin and the Mob Boss by Alexa Riley

Author:Alexa Riley [Riley, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

PRU

The ring is heavy on my finger, and I’m still in shock that Vitaly announced to everyone that we are getting married. Everything happened so fast.

“Come on, let’s go,” Gianna says and ushers me out of the room.

I glance over my shoulder, catching one last glimpse at Vitaly. His eyes are on me while someone hands him a knife. Is he really going to cut out my father’s tongue?

“Don’t worry about that. Leave the business to the men,” Vitaly’s cousin says to get my attention away from what is happening. “Now let me see this ring.”

The doors to the dining room lock, and the rest of the women are already in the salon like this is totally normal. I pause right outside of it with Gianna.

“Oh my, no one is going to miss this iceberg,” Gianna laughs while holding my hand up to the light to inspect the giant diamond. She's right; it’s massive.

Vitaly was so sweet when he gave it to me. It confused me because I’ve only gotten a glimpse of this side of him. Most of the time, he’s like the guy in the dining room that’s about to cut someone's tongue out. Should I fear him? I guess first I need to know what his intentions are for me.

“He turned me down when I proposed,” I remind Gianna. She saw it happen. What has changed over the last twenty-four hours? Yesterday I didn’t think he cared for the sight of me. Now he wants to marry me? He’s standing against my father, and I wonder if there’s something I’m missing.

“I think my dear cousin was shocked more than anything, but I knew you had his attention.”

Can anyone really shock Vitaly Parlov? “How do you know that?”

Her words give me a ray of hope that this could be something more. It’s a silly thought because we all know what marriage means in our world. There are no fairy tales. The best you can hope is that your husband isn’t cruel and offers you some line of respect.

“Because he took you.” Her smile is so bright as she says it, and she seems truly happy. From what Vitaly said about her, I think he might see her more as a sister than a cousin.

“He took me because of my father,” I correct her. He didn’t see me and fall madly in love. “If not for my last name, I would have been tossed out on my ass.”

Gianna rolls her eyes. “If that was the case, he would have sent you with one of his men. They would have put you up somewhere to hide you. But he didn’t do that.” She gives me a knowing smirk. “From what I heard, he brought you into his home.”

“Is that a big deal?” I know I’m fishing for information, but I can’t help it. He’s going to be my husband, so I want to know why I’m different.

“Of course it is. Men like him don’t take random women to their home.

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