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“You can’t make that decision for them,” Roman starts to say.
I get to my feet then. Everyone turns to me warily.
“I need to talk to Sophia,” I announce.
“Like hell you do,” her father snarls.
I glare at him, “Let me rephrase. I’m going to talk to Sophia and anyone that tries to stop me loses a fucking arm. Try me, Eduardo. Fucking try me!”
No one moves after that. I round the table and hold onto her hand. She lets me pull her up and lead her out of the room. I pull her into the first open door I see. It’s a small room. Empty except for a desk and a chair.
Once we’re inside, she wrenches her hand out of mine. I stare at her for a second before huffing out a breath.
“Talk to me, blondie.”
She moves to lean against the table. “Do you have any idea how many times I’ve texted and called you these past few days?”
“I’m sorry I ignored your calls. I was kind of going through something.”
“Yeah, I’m aware,” she says dryly.
I want nothing more than to hug her and apologize and take her away from all this shit but I stay put. A few steps away watching her carefully and waiting for her to speak.
“I don’t agree with what he said in there,” she says finally.
“Good, then we don’t have to. Easy,” I tell her.
Honestly a marriage feels crazy. We’ve barely even dated and while the sight of her has me wanting to sink to my knees most times. I want to spend every minute of my time and while she also makes me feel crazy emotions I never thought were possible, I also don’t think we should have a shotgun marriage because her asshole father said so.
“I don’t think we have a choice, Tony,” she says softly, running a hand through her hair.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“He’ll do it, you know? All the terms your Don laid out. He’ll apologize and it might take some convincing but he’ll even step down. But trust me when I say he won’t do any of it if we don’t get married.”
“Then fuck him, I don’t care.”
She shakes her head, “Then this stupid war continues. People continue dying. And,” her breath hitches. “He’ll keep me away from you. Me and the baby.”
That gives me pause. “You really think I’ll let him do that?”
“Which means the fighting continues. It’ll be an endless cycle. Your family against mine and I don’t want that. The only way to end it is if both families have an alliance. And the only way to get that alliance..”
“Is through marriage,” I finish. “Fuck.”
“Yeah. Which is why I said we don’t have much of a choice.”
CHAPTER24
Sophia
Isee the moment he finally gets what I’ve been trying to tell him. An emotion flashes in his eyes, too quick for me to discern. And then his expression is filled with that stubborn confidence I’ve come to really grow fond of.
“Okay, so we get married,” Tony says after a minute.
I stare at him, eyebrows raised. “You really want to marry me?”
“I thought you said we didn’t have a choice.”
