Wicked Knight: A Teacher Student Forbidden Romance (Knight Duet Book 1) by Diana A. Hicks

Author:Diana A. Hicks [Hicks, Diana A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hicks Media Group, Inc.
Published: 2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

She Doesn't Want Him

Luca

“You have my permission to snoop around my bedroom, if you want.” I grinned. Lately, I couldn’t stop doing that when Donata was around.

“I hate you.” Donata slammed her fist on the door again.

Not yet.

I took in a deep breath, then headed downstairs for yet another round with Uncle Jimmy. Dealing with him was exhausting. The minute he spotted me on the stairs, he stood tall and glared at me. There was a time when that look made me want to crawl under the bed. Looking at him now, I couldn’t remember what it was about him that scared me so much.

He was at least a foot shorter than me, and stocky. I swore the little hair he had left on his head had gotten whiter in the last few months. This plan of his to beat the Dons at their own game was finally taking a toll on him. He seemed unhinged.

Unfortunately, the fastest way to get rid of him was to let him vent and scheme. The more I tried to dissuade him, the more he dug his heels in and then it could be hours before he dropped it. It all came down to this idea that the Gallo family should’ve been the ruling family, not the Alferas.

I didn’t much care for their politics. But I did know that the decision was made over a hundred years ago, way before the Gallo Family was part of the five original crime families. We were the last family to be granted ascension into the Society. We had no claim to the so-called throne. But Uncle Jimmy didn’t see it that way. No idea why. All I knew was that this war against Vittoria Salvatore had been going on for decades.

“Did I catch you at a bad time?” he asked in his smoker voice. “Or should I say good time?” He chuckled.

“What do you want?”

“Right down to business. I like that about you.” He shot a glance upstairs. “When you’re married, you’re going to have to be more discreet. Vittoria won’t stand for this.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

“Did you propose to the girl?” He pointed a finger at me, then ambled to the bar cart to pour himself a drink. “I came here because I wanted to hear the good news in person.”

“I did ask her.” Though I wouldn’t call it a proposal.

“That’s my boy.” He grinned, then sipped from his glass as his eyes glassed over.

No doubt he was picturing himself telling Vittoria how her niece was now a Gallo, how she wanted me to take over as Don, and how Vittoria was no longer allowed to serve as Don. He hadn’t even bothered to ask if Donata had said yes. I supposed that didn’t matter to him.

He licked his lips then turned to me. “All my life I had to endure that condensing bitch. Even when we were kids. She always acted as if she was better than me. With time, the others began to do the same.

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