Waiting for My Queen by Cates Georgia

Author:Cates, Georgia [Cates, Georgia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Adult, Contemporary, Crime
ISBN: 9781948113205
Amazon: B081LQMGQH
Goodreads: 48922038
Publisher: Georgia Cates Books, LLC
Published: 2020-03-03T08:00:00+00:00

24

Luca Rossini

My groomsmen and I wait for our cue to take our places at the front of the chapel. I smile when I remember Emilia saying that she would pray the church didn’t go up in flames when I set foot inside.

“Today is a glorious day, son. You finally get to officially claim your Bellini princess.”

“My Bellini princess—” I can’t say the words without grinning like a fool. “Who already carries my child in her belly.”

My father’s eyes widen. “A child? Already? Are you sure?”

“Her doctor confirmed it.”

“Congratulations, son. This is wonderful news. Does your mother know?”

I’d be dead if she did. “No. We’re going to tell her after the wedding.”

“She’s going to be thrilled.”

“She’ll be thrilled as long as Emilia has a wedding ring on her finger.”

“Viv wasn’t happy when she found out that you’d taken Emilia before marriage, but she’s going to forget all about that when she finds out there is a baby on the way. Emilia isn’t very far along, I hope?”

“No one will know that she didn’t become pregnant on our wedding night.”

“Assure your mother of that when you tell her. You know how she worries.”

“I’ll make sure she understands.”

“A grandchild. I can’t believe it.”

“A grandson.”

“You think so?”

“I do.” I don’t know how to explain it. It’s just something I feel in my core.

“A Rossini boy—that would be wonderful.”

“I didn’t think it was possible after the start we had, but things are good between Emilia and me. I think we have a chance at being happy together.”

“That’s because Emilia is your destiny. She always has been.”

The wedding planner beckons us with her finger. “Time to take your places.”

The time is finally here, and this ceremony will make it official. Emilia and I will be bound to one another until only death can part us. That’s exactly the way I want it.

My father, brothers, and I take our designated spots in front of the wedding guests. I rest one hand over the other and breathe steadily as I watch Emilia’s bridesmaids walk the aisle, taking their places opposite us. Bellini sisters on one side and Rossini brothers on the other. It’s exactly the way I always imagined it.

I look at the faces of our guests and wonder how many of them sitting on the bride’s side would like to kill me right now. The majority, I presume, if not all. I bet a few of them have even had discussions about how to make that happen.

With the bridal march playing, Sofia’s eldest brother escorts my bride down the aisle. The long train of her dress drags behind her, gliding over the rose petals that have been dropped by two flower girls, both her young Bellini cousins.

I see her and I’m overjoyed. But also regretful because it should be Alessandro giving Emilia to me. Her father walking her down the aisle to be given in marriage is a special moment that I stole from her, and she’ll never get that back.

Her dress is white lace from the edge of her collarbone all the way down to her feet.

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