Aliyana

I leave straight away and head to my future husband, Marco Catelli.

I arrive at his Penthouse on the outskirts of Washington DC. It is funny that I know exactly where he lives without even coming here.

The doorman looks at me, probably wondering what a small thing like me is doing here at nine at night.

“Marco Catelli please, tell him it's Aliyana Capello.”

The door man phones and talks to Marco and I am surprised when he ushers me to the elevator and slides his card in without a pause.

“The lift should take you right to the Penthouse Miss Capello. You have a good day.”

“Thank you.”

I get to the Penthouse and Marco is waiting for me with a scowl on his face. His short hair is in a tumbled mess.

He has a right to be dishevelled, his fiancé just died. He lost his father and watched his brother become head of the Famiglia in one month. And made his first big decision since his own rise in power. Me

his Penthouse, just by the door, I look at my future husband. As sorry as I am for his loss,

doing here Aliyana, now isn't the time.”

you. Why marry me?

“We marry for many things, Aliyana, love is

“But why, answer me.”

not frightened for myself, but for the

tell you Aliyana? You are a problem I

and that is when I see it. On the wall, taking up a good piece in the centre, is a picture in black and white, blown up of Camilla. BUT that isn’t what surprises me, no, it is the provocative

up on the table, looking at the one behind the camera as if he, is the sole purpose of her

into the lounge. Strong shoulders, I once touched, look forlorn as he slouches. A hand on the brick bare wall, as the fireplace he is standing in front of with the brandy filled glass in

to a life with you? A man

here! Look at me!” I

at you since that roof,

just takes a

it, I won’t marry you just so you can keep an eye on me, I would rather you

negotiation,” He yells as he faces me. I wish he didn’t. “You are mine, it's my bed you will be sleeping in

“I hate you.”

in time you will hate me more, take that as your wedding

was fucking innocent. Don’t you see how you ruin everything you touch?” I turn around, my back to him. I can’t look at Marco now. My

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