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My sto to throw up I'uy is, he isn't going toto suck up to him, make him think the best of him He'll smile at me, tell me how beautiful I am, as all men do when they want my brother to like them

But what if he turns out to be a monster?

What if after the sha he turns on me?

On my baby?

There's no point thinking about it Once he'sI can do about it I'm Italian, and my family is very old-school and traditional Once I'm married, I will have to stay married, even to a monster Because much like the life my brother leads, once you're in, there's no way out

“They're ready for you” Jesus, hasn't he heard of knocking? I could've been doing anything in here, I could've been naked!

This house is fitted with every kind of surveillance, alar systems you can think of, but I know there are no cameras in my room, my brother would never allow anyone to see me in my bedroom, it's private At least I have that to thank him for That's why I hide in here all the time; no one can see me while I'm in here However, that means there's no system in place in my room where I can see who's on the outside of my door, either

Still, he could have knocked!

I follow Tony out ofhard and loud in bothover htly swollen stonant yet, which is strange to ht I would, the way Avery did when she was pregnant

“It'll be all right, Maria”

“How can you say that, Tony? He's forcing ot past it with Avery, why am I so different?”

“Because you're his sister, not his cousin You have to do what's right for the family, Maria, no matter what it takes”

“What about what's right for my baby?”

“I know this is hurting you, but that's not Draven's intention”

“Why couldn't he have just given me to you, I could have handled this a little better if he had” Not that I want to marry Tony, but I know him, he loves me, he'd take care of me He'd even allow Jett to have contact with the baby, because Tony is a nice guy like that, and there would have been nothing Draven could have done about it It would be down to my husband what he allowed me to do

However, Draven didn't choose Tony; he decided a da about!

“It doesn't work that way, beautiful”

“I know” I sigh because I do know that It's just so da to make me do this?” I don't want to cry, so I push the tears back

Tony nods his head sy rooh all I want to do is turn and run and keep on running Running all the way to Jett and have him take me away from this place

Not that we'd get far before Draven caught us, but it doesn't stop

“There she is” The big smile on my brother's face ht noould, and I'd find so shi as if he didn't notice how rigid I was “Maria, I'd like you to meet Jovanni Jovanni, Maria”

Jovanni?

My brother cannot be serious?

Jovanni Addario?

“We've met,” I say nonchalantly Of all the jerks in the world my brother could've chosen to be my husband, he picks this asshole