Page 292 of Valentino

“Love you.”

“Yeah.” I sigh. “You too.”

I hang up and make my way back to the table, a drink is waiting on the table and I pick it up and nearly drain it.

“Thirsty?” Enrico smirks.

“I’ve got something to tell you.”

“Such as?”

“I’m seeing Anna. I’ve been secretly visiting her in Rome.”

“Anna Russo?” Giuliano frowns.

“Yes. Anna Russo,” I snap angrily. “Who the fuck else would it be.”

“Are you fucking mad?” Romeo barks. “Why the hell would you visit that traitress bitch?”

I grab him by the shirt. “You do not say one fucking word about her.” I push him away from me with a sharp jerk. “Do you hear me?”

“Calm down.” Enrico sighs.

“No. I won’t.” I drain my glass. “She’s moved back to Milan and in with me.”

“What?”

“You heard me,” I snap. “Does anyone have a fucking problem with that? Because I am happy to sort you out.”

“Shut up.”

“It is none of your business.”

Giuliano gives a subtle shake of his head as his eyes hold mine.

“Don’t fucking look at me like that,” I bark. “I was there for you when you were fucking your sister. I supported you, now you fucking support me.”

He rolls his eyes.

“His sister wasn’t a traitor,” Romeo spits. “No matter what you tell yourself she’ll always be Carlo’s girl.

Hearing my greatest fear come out of the mouth of one of my closest friends.

Something snaps in my brain.

I turn and push him in the chest, he stumbles back before I punch him hard in the jaw. His head snaps to the side and I punch him again and again, the table tips and our glasses smash on the floor.

We struggle, the boys scramble to pull us apart.

I hold him by the shirt to me. “I heard you threatened to kill her,” I sneer.

“I’d do it again too,” he spits. “You cannot trust her.”

I punch him again. “You apologize to her.”

“Why should I?”

“Because that woman you threatened to kill…. Is going to be my wife,” I spit. “And you will respect her…or I will kill you with my bare fucking hands.”