Corrupted Union: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance (The Moretti Mafia #3) (The Moretti Mafia Series) by Ivy Davis

Author:Ivy Davis [Davis, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Francesca

“Wait. That really happened?” I ask Leo.

He shifts on the bed, his suit wrinkled. “It did. I peed in front of the entire class. I was so embarrassed. And Mr. Karn didn’t let me forget it. Every time I asked to go to the bathroom after that, he’d say, ‘Why not just go in your pants? That’s what you did last time’.” Leo says it in a stuffy, old man’s voice. “I never lived it down. The rest of the year, I was known as Pee Pants.”

“An original nickname.”

He slants his eyes at me, a smile on his lips. “To a class full of ten-year-olds? Yes, it was.” He rubs a hand over his face. “God, it killed me. I told my mom I couldn’t ever go back to school again.”

I scoot closer to him. My wedding dress is digging into my back, but I don’t care. Leo and are actually talking with each other, and it’s so much better than I thought it could be. “What did she say?”

“She took pity on me and let me have a sick day … until my dad found out and forced me to go to school.”

“That’s no fun.”

“Yeah, it wasn’t. Remind me to never give a presentation on the geography of Europe ever again.”

I laugh softly as I lean back against the pillows. “What was it about the geography of Europe that made you so nervous?”

“There was so much to remember!” He shakes his head and smiles ruefully. “It haunted me throughout the rest of elementary school. When middle school came around, I was determined to be a new man.”

“A twelve-year-old man,” I tease.

“You laugh, but I was seriously determined. Until I realized most of my classmates from elementary school came with me. So, that was great.”

“Oh, no. How long did the nickname stick?”

He pauses. “Till I was sixteen in high school and my dad moved us to a different city.” His eyes darken for a moment before he turns to me. “So, any embarrassing stories I need to know about you if we’re going to make this marriage work?”

“Hmm.” I lay down, resting my hands on my stomach. Who knew I could ever feel so at ease with someone? Before today, I was dreading marrying Leo because I didn’t trust him. But now, we’ve been talking for the past hour, and it’s been wonderful. It’s been … fun. Maybe I shouldn’t trust it. Leo is incredibly charming, after all. He could still find a way to hurt my heart.

But so far, he hasn’t seemed anything other than sincere. It makes it hard to know what to believe.

“One embarrassing story from my childhood … My family and I went to Coney Island when I was twelve. Mom just bought me my first bra.” Leo quirks an eyebrow, and I have to look away to keep myself from blushing. “And I felt embarrassed about it, but Emilia reassured me and told me it was perfectly fine. So, anyway, we get to the theme park, and all my siblings want to go on the rollercoaster.

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