The Arrangement

Chapter 2 - Meeting the Italians

- C H A R L I E -

Once the plane landed the four of us walked down the stairs. Two women walked towards us. They were both wearing long black dresses and tall black heels. The taller woman has curled black hair, dark caramel skin, and light brown eyes. The only difference between her and the woman next to her, is that she was about an inch taller than her. Twins I'm assuming.

They met us at the bottom of the stairs before smiling, "Veronica Luciano Kol," the taller one put her hand out for us to shake.

I nervously shook it before the other sister did the same thing, "Juliana Luciano Rydel."

"Nice to meet you," I said in the quietest voice humanly possible.

"We're your soon to be sister in laws," Juliana smiled at me.

I flashed her a fake smile before introducing myself, "Charlie Bennet. This is my brother Hudson Bennet, and my parents Peter and Fiona Bennet."

"Nice to finally meet you all," Veronica smiled before gesturing for us to follow her.

We got into two separate SUV's before we were driven to a hotel. I was left with Veronica and Juliana, but they basically whispered back and forth in Italian the entire time.

I didn't speak any Italian, but I still had a feeling that they were talking about me.

"Si divertirà con lei ," Veronica nudged Juliana.

Juliana rolled her eyes before laughing, "Poverino è anche vergine ."

"Un tossicodipendente e una vergine ," they laughed, "Cosa potrebbe andare storto ?"

I eyed the two of them before they finally stopped talking, but before I could even say anything I was distracted by a huge beautiful building.

"Oh my god," I whispered to myself, "It's so beautiful."

I always loved architecture, so this was something that had all of my attention.

"Are buildings not this big in California?" Juliana elbowed me as we both looked out the window.

"They are, but nowhere near as pretty."

"Well our family owns six of these buildings and this is the biggest one," She smiled, "You'll be living in the penthouse of this building actually."

"Oh," I practically moaned.

Although I wasn't excited about marrying this man, I was a little excited about living in this building.

Juliana changed the subject, "How long have you known about the arrangement?"

"Almost a month," I shrugged, "Do you know how long he's known about it?"

"Vincenzo?" she dumbly asked before thinking to herself, "He's known about it his entire life. He's actually somewhat excited about the marriage, believe it or not."

"Why would he be excited about this?" I accidentally snapped.

"Hm. I think he's excited about someone being committed to him and him being committed to someone else. He's rather possessive of things he owns or likes, so you can count on him being protective."

I didn't know what to say, so I just nodded.

We got out of the SUV and walked through the lobby. The theme of the building seemed to be black with gold or red trim. The lobby was rather busy and I received dozens of looks, or maybe it was Veronica and Juliana receiving the looks. Everyone was probably wondering why they were with a child.