HIS TO OWN (MAFIA KINGPINS #1) BY AVA GRAY – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Ava Gray
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ALESSIA
I’ve never been so nervous in all of my twenty-four years. Pacing across
the room again, I feel like a record on repeat, unable to stop, spinning
aimlessly. At this point, I know I must be wearing a trail in the carpet,
and I finally pause and wring my hands. My older sister Gia—older by two
years—doesn’t look even a fraction as anxious as me.
A quick glance at the clock reveals it’s only a couple of minutes until
eleven.
“How can you be so calm?” I ask in complete exasperation. I feel like I’m
on the verge of imploding and she looks so serene and poised. “I’m about to
pass out or poo my pants. And you look like you’re about to take tea on the
lido deck, for God’s sake.”
She snorts back a laugh. “Because, sis, there’s no point in getting worked
up. Our fate has already been decided.” Gia flips her long, dark hair over a
shoulder and sends me a perfect smile. And it is flawless. Everything about
Gia is—from her slender figure to her high cheekbones to her polished and
refined manners. She should’ve been a model. Or, the queen of some
faraway country. I swear, sometimes I wonder if she sweats or burps or ever
feels like she’s going to poo her pants like me? She’s a classic beauty and
always appears so in control. Even when she’s not.
Me, on the other hand? I’m a hot mess. I worry, I stress and I obsess. That,
of course, leads to the sugar cravings that I can’t seem to control. Grabbing
another piece of candy from the small bowl on my nightstand, I unwrap the
watermelon deliciousness and pop it into my mouth, sucking until my
cheeks cave.
“But we’re about to meet the men we’re going to marry,” I say with a
frown. “Men we’ve never met. Doesn’t that…I don’t know! Bother you?”
Gia sighs in that worldly way of hers. “What do you need to know? They’re
both extremely handsome and powerful. An alliance between our family
and both of theirs will secure the DeLuca name and increase our importance
in this city.”
Something I care very little about, but I don’t say that. My father, Aldo
DeLuca, is an important figure in New York City’s Italian mafia. Although,
he’s not quite as powerful as The Rossi or Bianche family. That’s why he’s
planning on marrying me off to Rocco Bianche and Gia to Miceli Rossi.
My stomach turns when I think about the stranger I’m about to go
downstairs and meet. A man I’m just supposed to say “hello” to and then “I
do” without any time or hope of getting to know him.
He’s a stranger! I want to scream. This is so old-fashioned and ridiculous.
Or, am I the one who’s overreacting? Gia is quite content to marry Miceli
and she’s never laid eyes on the man. But, she’s already had a serious
boyfriend and been intimate with someone before. Maybe that’s why this
isn’t as big of a deal for her as it is for me. I’ve never been in love much
less had a relationship and sex or explored any of that. God, I feel like such
a baby.
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