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He turns back to face the Mincetti’s. While my eyes land on Sophia again. A prickling feeling of discomfort rolls through me.
Come on, baby. Look at me.
“Why should we choose to accept the truce you’ve suggested?” Roman asks.
“Apart from the fact that he impregnated my daughter?” Eduardo retorts.
Roman simply nods. Katerina Mincetti sits forward.
“We’ll return the weapons. And I’d also like to apologize for what happened that night. We never meant for Michael De Luca to get hurt,” she states.
Thankfully, Michael’s healing nicely at the hospital. He’s still weak but he managed to offer me a smile and say a few words when I went to see him.
“You’re lucky he didn’t die,” Roman says, his jaw clenched. “But this isn’t about that. We’d very much like the return of our weapons though.”
“And we’d like you to return the documents you took from the safe in our building,” Katerina returns.
Roman doesn’t even hesitate, “Fine.”
We already copied everything anyway. It’s good stuff. Blackmail material on high ranking members of the Russian Bratva and even the government in Moscow. We’ll use it well.
But all of that doesn’t matter. Not in the face of what’s really important.
“We started this war for a very good reason,” Roman begins. “Because Eduardo Mincetti murdered a woman in our family. We deserve to get our revenge. It’s the way of the mafia world.”
“I understand that,” Katerina nods. “But I can’t let you kill my father so we’re currently at an impasse. Since my father’s actions were the catalyst that began this whole thing, I’m willing to hear you out. What do you suggest we do in other for us all to move on?”
Roman looks at Enzo then and I realize they must have discussed what to do.
“We want him to apologize. Not to our family. But to the Legans. My wife and my best friend lost their mother and frankly I’m sick and tired of him acting like he didn’t do anything wrong. He’ll apologize to Tony and Elena and it’d better be fucking sincere.”
A muscle twitches in Eduardo’s jaw. I look at Roman, my eyes wide.
“You want me to accept an apology and move on?” I question.
He gives me a look asking me to be patient. Beside me, Elena grips my arm. I raise a hand to my head, rubbing my temple.
Fucking hell.
Before any of the Mincetti’s can speak, Roman continues.
“That’s not all. He has to step down. If you want peace, Eduardo Mincetti will step down from his role as the Don of the Mincetti’s.”
“Like hell I will,” the man snarls.
They all look surprised by Roman’s proclamation. Hell I’m surprised. I wasn’t expecting that.
“Those are our terms. You step down. It’s not like you don’t already have a capable heir. I’m sure your daughter can take your place but if you want all of this to end, then your reign ends too.”
Eduardo’s eyes flash as he looks at Roman. “And what do you plan to do about him and my daughter?”
“Like Tony already said. That’s between him and Sophia. Whatever they choose to do doesn’t concern me.”
Eduardo gets to his feet and slams his hands down on the table.
“You’ve already set your terms right? Well I have one of my own,” his eyes narrow onto my face and he points a finger at me. “He marries her. She’s carrying his baby which makes her, his responsibility. Either he marries her or I kill him for touching her in the first place and raze your entire family to the ground.”
I stare at him in the face of the proclamation. And then slowly, my eyes trail over to Sophia. Her behavior suddenly makes sense. Why she hasn’t been able to look me in the eye. Because her father’s trying to force her into a marriage.
