Aliyana
I leave straight away and head to my future husband, Marco Catelli.
I arrive at his Penthouse on the outskirts of Washington DC. It is funny that I know exactly where he lives without even coming here.
The doorman looks at me, probably wondering what a small thing like me is doing here at nine at night.
“Marco Catelli please, tell him it's Aliyana Capello.”
The door man phones and talks to Marco and I am surprised when he ushers me to the elevator and slides his card in without a pause.
“The lift should take you right to the Penthouse Miss Capello. You have a good day.”
“Thank you.”
I get to the Penthouse and Marco is waiting for me with a scowl on his face. His short hair is in a tumbled mess.
He has a right to be dishevelled, his fiancé just died. He lost his father and watched his brother become head of the Famiglia in one month. And made his first big decision since his own rise in power. Me
just by the door, I look at my future husband. As sorry as I am for his loss, if I was going to
Aliyana, now isn't
Why marry me? I'm not
“We marry for many things, Aliyana, love is
“But why, answer me.”
not frightened for
want me to tell you Aliyana? You are a
see it. On the wall, taking up a good piece in the centre, is a picture in black and white, blown up
is wearing a man’s t-shirt, with her legs up on the table, looking at the one behind the camera as if he, is
into the lounge. Strong shoulders, I once touched, look forlorn as he slouches. A hand on the brick
you? So, you will sentence me to a life with you? A man
don’t belong here! Look at me!” I scream at him.
been looking at you since that
just takes a sip of his
I won’t marry you just so you can keep
I wish he didn’t. “You are mine, it's my
“I hate you.”
time you will hate me more, take that
innocent. Don’t you see how you ruin everything you touch?” I turn around, my back to him. I can’t look at Marco now. My first kiss, my first
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