Dante POV:

"We should negotiate and if he doesn't listen, we kill him" a man suggested.

"What if he has men all over his place? That would mean a whole war would be created between the Italian mafia and the Russian Mafia" Alessandro mentioned.

"Alessandro's right, war with the Russian mafia is the last thing we want" I said.

"Then what do we do, boss?" a man asked me.

"We talk and see if we can see eye to eye with each other and join forces" I replied.

"Sure, then the meeting with them is next Saturday, right?" Alessandro asked.

"Yeah, tell them to be here at seven" I said, standing up.

"Meeting dismissed" I added. Everyone stood up and walked out, expect Alessandro.

"Do you need something?" I asked him.

"You do know that your wedding is in two weeks, right?" Alessandro said.

"Yeah, why?" I asked.

"Nothing, it just feels like everything is going so well; your father is dead, Marco disappeared after the attack and we're about to join forces with the Russian Mafia. I don't know, it just all feels so weird that everything is going great" he said.

"Isn't that a good thing?" I asked.

"Yeah, it's just- I don't know. Forget I ever said anything, I'm just going to go" he said, walking out. I decided not to think about what Alessandro told me and went to talk to Ella.

Ella POV:

I was in the library reading when the doors opened. I turned round and saw Dante walk in.

"Oh, hey" I said, with a smile.

"Hey, I need to talk to you about the wedding" he said.

"Mhm, what is it?" I asked.

"Who's going to be your maid of honour? Because I chose Alessandro as my best man, and I wanted to know who you're putting as your maid of honour" he replied.

"I picked Camilla, but I still haven't asked her to actually be my maid of honour" I said.

"Then go ask her, because we need to go and buy her a dress to match with Alessandro's" he said.

"Oh okay, let me go ask her then" I said, placing the book back. I started walking out when he grabbed my arm, I turned round.

"Hmm?" I asked.

He pulled me towards him, and he pressed his lips against mine, and I kissed him back. My hand wrapped around his neck and his hands wrapped around my waist. After a few seconds I pulled away.

"I should go ask her now" I mumbled. He nodded and I ran out.

I ran to the main lounge where Camilla was and there were a few men as well, along with Alessandro, they were all sitting around a large table.

"Hey girl" Camilla said, facing me.

"Hey, we need to talk" I said, sitting down next to her.

"Is it good news or bad?" she asked.

"No, good actually. I wanted to ask you if you wanted to be my maid of honour." I said. Her face suddenly lit up and her eyes widened.

"Oh my god, sì, sì" she shrieked. Suddenly Dante came walking up to the table and sat across me, which was next to Alessandro.

"What did she say?" he asked me.

"She said yes" I replied.

"Good, so in a few minutes we'll get going to buy her a dress" he said, pouring himself a drink.

"I think we should drink to this!" Camilla said, handing me a shot.

"I-uh, I don't drink" I replied.

"What? How do you not? How are you even living?" she said, taking the shot.

"Because of my father" I replied.

"Oh, I'm sorry" she said, her smile quickly turning into a frown.

"No, it's okay. I just don't want to end up like him. Anyways I'm going to go get changed so we can go" I said, standing up.

"You two are getting along great, aren't you?" Alessandro said with a smirk.

"What?" I asked.

"I saw you two kissing in the library" he said.

"What the fuck were you doing in the library?" Dante asked.

"I was looking for Ella, because Camilla wanted to talk to her" he said.

"And why didn't Camilla just look for her?" Dante asked.

"Because she was being lazy as fuck" Alessandro replied.

"Hey!" Camilla said. I just laughed.

"So, are you two like in love now?" Camilla asked.

"What?" I yelled, as my face flushed red, before walking away. "Uh, no. It was just a kiss!"

Dante POV:

"Oof, boss just got rejected for the first time in his life" a man said.

"Oh, sta 'zitto" I shouted. Everyone laughed. (Oh, shut up)

"So, you love her, and she doesn't love you" Alessandro said.

"Who said she doesn't love him?" Camilla said.

"I don't know Camilla, maybe because she said that their kiss meant nothing" Alessandro said.

"Oh my god, shut up, you're giving me a fucking headache" I said, taking another shot.

"He's mad, leave him alone, he just got his heart broken" Camilla mocked me. I just rolled my eyes at her as everyone else laughed.

"Mhm, keep laughing" I said, standing up. Suddenly Ella walked downstairs.

"Are we going?" she asked.

"Yep, we're going!" Camilla shrieked, standing up.

"Let's go" Alessandro said.

Ella POV:

We drove to the shop where we had bought my dress and walked in to be met by the same woman who had helped me find my dress.

"Ah, aren't you two who came in a month ago for a wedding dress?" she asked.

"Yeah, now we're here for a dress for my best friend, because she's my maid of honour" I said.

"Oh okay, then let's start with what you want the dress to look like" she said.

"We want a dark blue themed wedding, and we already bought the best man's tux which is dark blue, and we want them to be matching" I said.

"Okay, what style do you want? Like long, flowy, short, no sleeves." She said.

"Um, the sleeves I want them to be off the shoulders, sweetheart neckline, long and flowy and with a silver belt around the waist" I said.

"I think I have a few dresses that match that description come with me" the woman said as we followed her to the dressing rooms.

"Here, try this" the woman said, giving Camilla a dress. Camilla walked in the dressing room, and we waited for her outside.

"So, when's the wedding?" the woman asked me whilst we were waiting for Camilla to walk out.

"In two weeks, on the 27th of December" I replied.

"That's nice, wishing you a long and happy marriage" she said.

"Thank you" I said with a smile, as Camilla walked out.

"How do I look?" she asked.

"You look nice, but I'm not seeing it for my wedding" I said.

"I know right, I didn't really like it either" Camilla said.

"Then how about you try this" the woman said, handing Camilla another blue dress.

"Okay, thank you" Camilla said, walking back in.

"Where are you from?" the woman asked me.

"France, but my father and I moved to Italy when my mother died at the age of three" I replied.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know" she said.

"It's fine, I don't really remember her" I said.

"Yeah, I mean you were only three" the woman said.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" I asked.

"I'm married, with a four-year-old boy" she said.

"Oh, how nice" I said.

"Do you and your fiancé plan on having kids?" she asked me.

"Yes, we do plan on having kids" Dante answered for me.

"How many?" she asked.

"Nine" Dante said sarcastically.

"No, not nine!" I said, rolling my eyes. The woman just laughed in response, and finally Camilla walked out.

"Oh. My. God. You look so beautiful!" I shrieked.

"Thank you" Camilla said, spinning around in the dress.

"Yeah, you look great sis" Dante said.

"Wow, the first time you complimented me" Camilla said, looking at herself in the tall mirror.

"What do you think?" I asked Alessandro.

"You look really pretty" Alessandro told Camilla, with a huge grin.

"Are you two dating?" the woman asked them.

"What? No, we're not" Camilla replied.

"Camilla, can you please go get changed, so we can go home please" Dante said, looking annoyed.

"Fine, I'll be quick" she said, walking into the dressing room.

"What's wrong?" I asked Dante.

"Nothing" he said. Camilla walked out a few minutes after with the dress in her hand.

"Let's go pay" Camilla said. We all walked to the counter, and the woman packed the dress for us.

"So, the price is two-hundred and fifty euros" she said.

"Oh, that's a lot" I said.

"I got it" Dante said, handing her the money.

"Thank you, good day" she said, handing Dante the dress. We walked out and made our way to the car.

"Are you made of money or something?" I asked, as we sat in the car.

"Ella, I'm the most powerful mafia leader, which means I have a lot of money, so two hundred something is nothing" he said.

"Oh" Is all I managed to say.

We made it back home and Dante and I walked straight to his room.

"You were just joking about the kid's thing, right?" I asked, closing the door. He grabbed my waist and pulled me towards him.

"Maybe, maybe not" he whispered into my ear.

I quickly pressed my lips against his and he did the same. His lips travelled down my neck, and I let out a moan. My hands went to his hair. He picked me up and walked us to the bed and placed me down. He got on top of me and pinned my arms to the side and kissed me again.

"Dante" I mumbled, in between kisses.

"Hmm?" he asked.

I couldn't reply, I was too lost in the feeling of his lips on my neck. He pulled away and unbuttoned his shirt and kissed me again. I was nervous, I never did this before, would he find out that I never slept with anyone before?

"Dante" I mumbled.

"Hmm?" he asked, pulling away from my neck.

"I've never done this before" I said, embarrassingly.

"Why didn't you tell me? I'm sorry, I should have asked." He said, standing back up.

"No, no, it's fine. I just wanted to tell you because maybe you would not like me for not telling you" I said.

"What? Of course, I like you. And I'm glad you told me" he said, kissing my forehead.

"I'll go take a shower" he said.

"Wait" I said, grabbing his arm.

"Hmm?" he asked, turning round.

"I didn't want you to stop, I just wanted to tell you" I said shyly.

"Dante, we have a problem" Alessandro said, barging in.

"Che Cazzo? Knock before you fucking enter!" Dante yelled. (What the fuck?)

"Why the fuck are you shirtless? That's beside the point, the Russian mafia are here, they want to have the meeting right now!" Alessandro said.

"Sure, whatever, let's go" Dante said, grabbing his shirt from the floor.

"They want to meet Ella" Alessandro said abruptly.

"What? But why?" I asked.

"They want to see if you're good enough to take over the mafia with Dante" Alessandro said.

"Okay? But I'm not ready yet" I said.

"Too bad, re-do your hair quickly and come on!" Alessandro said.

"But I'm in my fucking pyjamas, connard!" I yelled.

"The Russian Mafia don't give a shit about what the hell you're wearing, so just fix your hair and come to the room on the right to Dante's office" Alessandro said, running out and Dante followed him as he put his shirt on.

I quickly went to the bathroom and fixed my hair as best I could, I brushed it and pulled two strands back and left two curls on my face. I ran out the room and went to the room, where Alessandro told me. I knocked on the door.

"Come in" a voice called.

I slowly opened the door and walked in. I saw about twenty men around the large table that was in the middle of the room, and Dante was in the middle of the table.

"Hi" I said, with a smile.

"Ella, sit down" Dante said. I walked over to him and sat next to him.

"Adrian this is Ella; my fiancé soon to be wife, and Ella this is Adrian; the Russian Mafia leader" Dante said.

Nice to meet you Ella, I've heard great things about you" Adrian said.

"Really, that's good to hear" I said.

"You're extremely beautiful" a guy said.

"Oi, back off! She's mine!" Dante yelled.

"Dante, calm down. It was just a compliment and thank you" I said. Dante just rolled his eyes.

"Are you here to talk or to hit on my fiancé?" Dante asked.

"Let's talk" Adrian said.

Throughout the whole meeting I stayed silent and heard them discuss stuff about the mafia and how they can overpower small and weak mafias.

"So, do we have a deal?" Dante asked.

"Yes, we do. And I hope to get invited to your wedding as well" he said, standing up.

"Of course, Adrian, you can wait for an invitation to arrive at your doorstep" Dante said, shaking his hand.

"Till we meet again" Adrian said, walking out with the rest of the men.

"Well, that went well" I said, as we all stood up.

"Yeah, it went great, they agreed to everything I proposed" Dante agreed.

"So, what were you two doing before I walked in? If you were about to have some fun, I'm extremely sorry for ruining it, just lock your doors tonight if you're doing it" Alessandro said, leaving the room.

"Um, okay?" I said.

"We should head to bed; you must be really tired" Dante said.

"Yeah, I am quite tired" I said, yawning.

"Come on" he said, picking me up.

"What are you doing?" I asked, wrapping my arms around his neck.

"I'm taking you to bed" he said, with a smirk.

"But I can walk" I said.

"But this is much more fun, don't you agree?" he said, making his way to his room.

"I- what if I'm heavy?" I asked.

"Heavy? You're as light as a feather" he said.

"Capo" a man said. (Boss)

"Hmm?" Dante asked.

"Tomorrow, Adrian is coming again for lunch, he told me to tell you. He wants to discuss further on how you're going to bring down the small Mafia in Sicily" the man replied.

I nuzzled my face into Dante's neck, because I was so embarrassed about how he this guy was seeing us.

"Sure, you can go now" he said.

"Buona Notte" the man said, walking away. (Good night)

"Are you okay?" Dante asked as he walked into his room.

"I just- it's nothing" I said, looking up at him.

"You're really red, are you sure you're, okay? I can call you a doctor" he said.

"No, it's um nothing. I just never had a boyfriend before, and all this feels so strange, like a dream almost" I said.

"Well, it isn't, it's all real" he said.

"Thank you" I said, kissing his cheek.

"Let's go to bed" he said, walking us to his bed. He placed me down gently on the bed and covered me.

"I'm going to go shower, and you should get some rest, cara mia" he said, kissing my forehead and left to go shower. (My darling)



I couldn't wrap my head around everything that had happened today, the kiss that turned into whatever it turned into, the Russian Mafia. All I know is that Dante makes me really happy. Could this be what love feels like? I don't know, I'll ask Camilla tomorrow. I quickly stopped thinking about it and fell asleep.



Author's note:

Hey guys! I really hope you enjoyed this chapter, it didn't have that much important things nor plot twists but trust me the next one will. Thank you for reading and hope you're enjoying it xx