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I had no idea where the fuck I was going, all I knew was that I had to have her for myself, so I kept walking down the street until I spotted my car. She wanted to get in, but instead, I grabbed her hips and threw her ass on the hood.
“Look at me.” I gnarled.
Grazia opened her eyes, but stayed silent. It was a rare sight. She was not a woman to hide or pull away and she wasnotscared of me. I loved that, the power, the stubbornness burning inside of her. There was nothing sexier than a brave woman.
“Salvatore…”
“What gave you the impression you can talk to me like that, Grazia?”
She flinched because of my sharp tone, but her face remained neutral.
“You’re the one who had me followed.”
“Yes, Grazia, I had my men follow you. It’s not the first time, it’s just the first time you saw them.” I slammed my fist into the hood so hard, it dented. “I have to, woman, because I can’t be there to watch you myself. Do you know how that feels?”
“Sasa…”
“No, you fucking don’t! I can’t sleep because you’re not there on the pillow next to mine. I can’t focus on business if I don’t know where you are and what you’re doing. It makes me sick with anger that I can’t come to see you dance or take you to a fucking club.”
“I know.”
“Really, Grazi? You know? You know and your response is to tell me we’re nothing? That we don’t matter?”
She tried to look away, but I didn’t let her.
“What do you want me to say, Salvatore?”
“You’re mine and that won’t change until the day I die.”
“Our engagement was broken. You refused to let it go and so did I, but maybe it’s time. We’re not kids anymore.”
The lion in my chest roared in pain. If I didn’t have Grazia then what was left? The family? The money? Fuck it all, I didn’t need it. There was a mafia empire waiting for me to rule it, but not without her. All could burn and turn to ash if my Grazi wasn’t with me.
“What happened to the woman that took a blood oath to stay by my side?” I asked, my eyes burning holes in her.
“I wanted to, Salvatore. You know how much I…” she stopped herself before saying the words, but I didn’t need to hear them. I knew. “My father’s words are set in stone, you know that. He won’t let his only daughter run into his enemy’s arms. There’s nothing I can do. There’s nothinganyonecan do!”
To underestimate me was a mistake, and Grazia should have known better. I was Salvatore Fiori – I could move mountains, I could part seas and Fabiano was not going to stand in my way.
“Don’t you trust me, Grazi?”
“This is not about trust! You’re being impossible again.”
“I’ve let your old man think he can break us up and keep you away for too long. It’s time I take you back.”
“Stop talking about me like I’m a piece of furniture, jackass!”
“Damn it, Grazia, there’s no winning with you.” The frustration bubbled up my throat and I chocked on it. “Why do you have to be so damn difficult?”
“Me? You’re the one who refuses to face the reality.”
“There’s no reality in which you’re not mine. Get that into your damn head!”
“Salvatore, our families can’t stand each other anymore! Our fathers have sworn death to one another!”
“So let it be war! Whatever it takes for you to be my wife, I’ll do it.” The words boomed through the street, followed by a thick silence. If Fabiano Caputo wanted blood in exchange for his daughter, then I would drown Palermo in his. He had already taken something from me and my father, something priceless. I wouldn’t let him take Grazia too.
“How selfish can you be, Salvatore Fiori?” I could read the pain on her face, but had no idea where it came from. It was a view I despised.
