Ruined Secrets (PERFECTLY IMPERFECT #4) by Neva Altaj EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Three Years Ago
(Isabella 16 y.o.)
ISABELLA
“Isa!” Andrea yells my name as her loud footsteps pound up the stairs.
I turn in my chair to see my younger sister running into my room. She’s
only two years younger than me, but sometimes behaves like she’s starting
elementary rather than high school. By the time she reaches me, she’s out of
breath.
“You can’t run through the house yelling.” I point a pencil at her.
“You’re fourteen, not four.”
“He’s here!” She grabs my hand and starts dragging me out of the room,
a face-splitting smile lighting up her eyes.
“Who?”
“Luca Rossi.”
My heartbeat quickens, just like it does every time his name comes up,
and I scurry after my sister, ignoring my own words of warning. We run
down the hallway and the big stone staircase. As expected, we get several
disapproving looks from the maid and two of my grandfather’s men along
the way, but I can’t make myself think about etiquette now. He’s here!
We dash through the front double doors and circle the house until we
reach the big azalea bush on the back side, just a few yards from the French
window outside my grandfather’s study. Like we’ve done so many times
before, I crouch behind it and pull Andrea down beside me. It’s an ideal
hiding spot, with a clear view into Nonno Giuseppe’s office.
“I should have changed,” I mumble, looking down at my cut-off jeans
shorts and plain T-shirt. “I can’t let Luca see me like this.”
Andrea sizes me up and raises an eyebrow. “What’s wrong with your
clothes?”
“I look like a schoolgirl,” I say, quickly removing my hair tie and
combing my fingers through my hair. Mom says wearing my hair down
adds a few years to my appearance.
“Oh?” Andrea chuckles. “Newsflash, Isa—you are.”
“Well, I don’t have to dress the part.” I pout and look up at the window,
waiting. “If I’d known Luca was coming over, I would’ve put on that beige
dress.”
The door to the study opens and Luca Rossi, one of my grandfather’s
capos, enters the room. I grab Andrea’s hand and squeeze. I’ve been
obsessing over him since I was six years old, when he jumped into the pool
and saved my life after that idiot Enzo threw me in it. I don’t remember
ever being as scared as when my head dipped below the water, and my
socked, fancy dress pulled me down.
I wasn’t a good swimmer, and I
fruitlessly kicked my legs, trying to get to the surface. When I was sure I
would die, two large hands suddenly grabbed me and pulled me up.
Never will I forget those smiling eyes as Luca carried me toward my
hysterical mother. His expensive suit was dripping wet, and the strands of
his long dark hair were plastered to his face. That evening, I told my
mother that when I grew up, I would marry Luca Rossi. Maybe I fell in love
with him that day.
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