(sunday, 5 pm)

I'm very glad they are done with my hair and makeup. But it took way too long for me to barely notice it.

I got up and got to the dressing room where three maids were waiting. I barely had to lift a finger while they dressed me.

I would be totally capable of doing this on my own, but since they're already here it would be rude to refuse. So they got my dress on in no less than 20 minutes. It's not even that big also when they put on the corset they put it on 5 times tighter then they did in the fitting room at the store. I could barely breathe and that also meant i can't eat any of the snacks since if I do the corset will break. I guess I'll survive on some strong alcohol instead.



I went downstairs after the maids and stylists were done praising their work. Elijah saw me when he heard the awfully loud noise of my heels. Everyone stared at me. Even the creepy old bodyguard looked at me. He made me very uncomfortable.

"You look..." He started to say before I cut him off. "Good, I know. Now let's get this over with, this dress is killing me."

Elijah's POV:

Val came down in this beautiful dress. She was very feisty but i guess she would be. She doesn't like too many people, but properly more than many people that are part of the mafia and can kill her at any moment with a flick of their finger.

I grab her hand and we walk to the front door. Right outside the door there were two limousines waiting for us. Me, Val and Stefano go inside the second one and the three brothers go in the one that will be arriving first. I sit down next to Val still holding her hand.

"Alright, it will take 45 minutes to drive to Treviso and there will be a lot of press there. Mostly thanks to us. So just be prepared." Stefano said.

"Yeah, fine." Val said nervously. I tried to calm her down by squeezing her hand.

(45 minutes later)

Valentina's POV:

We arrive at the building. It looks pretty old and worn out. Father came over to where me and Elijah were sitting and grabbed my hand. My brother's car was where the carpet into the building was. My brothers got out of their cars and the reporters started screaming at them to answer their questions. They just ignore them and go inside. They've probably done this a million times already, while this is my first time.

Oh my god, I'm really scared of the reporters, for god's sake I kill for a living and this is what I'm nervous about. I start chuckling a little under my breath.

Now our car was the one by the carpet. I start breathing heavily.

"Stay calm or they'll eat you alive" my father said. Let's hope it was a metaphor and he was talking about the reporters.

"Yeah... I'm ready now" I say. He pulls me out of the car with Elijah right behind us. The reporters start screaming questions at us. I just had to keep my head up and keep calm.

I feel so stressed just at the thought of answering the questions. They'll never end. The walk is awfully long just to get to the door. The doormen open the doors and we walk inside. I have a really bad headache. That's nothing like me to feel this bad of a simple headache, but they really scream loud.

"Hey, are you alright?" Elijah asked. "Yeah I'm fine." I said. It was obviously a lie.

When we got to the main hall there were so many people from pretty much all the high ranking mafias worth mentioning.

That would mean that Elijah's father would be here since he is the american mafia don. I have never actually met him, but I know he knows I'm his girlfriend.

In the room there are about 20 tables. We walk over to our table. It's a round table with 7 chairs. We get served wine and people start flooding to our table. They keep asking questions to me or the others.

I just have to get out of there. It's so annoying to answer questions.

"I have to use the bathroom" I say and get up from my seat. I go up the stairs and up to the hallway where the bathroom is.

I bump into someone and it makes me stop in my tracks.

"Oh, sorry" I say.

"It's alright," he says. I start walking towards the bathroom again. The guy grabs my wrist and shoves me into a wall.

"What the fuck dude, let me go" I say.

"I haven't introduced myself yet. Hello I'm Anton Lebedev" He says. Oh shit this was one of the guys on the list. Not just one of the people I should avoid but the person i should stay away from at any cost.

"Hello, Valentina" I say.

"Мы с тобой могли бы иметь прекрасных детей (You and I could have amazing children)" He says in russian as if I wouldn't understand.

"Pardon!"I say.

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