Falling for the nerd is hard but falling for him only gets harder when it threatens to take away your status at the top of the social ladder.
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Olivia Thorne had never really...
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I looked at Ace. I was confused beyond words.
"Ace explain to me. And who was that man? Dimitri called him his brother? Why does he look so much like Diego? Who are these people? What do they do? Is Dimitri telling the truth?" The questions just couldn't stop rolling out of my mouth.
"Let's sit," Ace reached for my hand but I moved it before he could touch me. I followed him to the bed and sat though because I knew if I didn't I would pass out soon enough.
"Everything Dimitri said is true. That man, Gianni, is his half-brother, they have the same mother. Diego is Gianni's son." He ran his hand through his hair now, ruffling it even more.
"These people are the mafia, the Italian mafia and Dimitri is the Don. Though Gianni is the elder but Dimitri's father was the Don before him so automatically, Dimitri took over. Gianni has seven children but Dimitri doesn't have any, his wife couldn't have kids before she died and he refused to take another wife so when he found out that he has a child out there, he did everything he could to bring you here." His voice dropped at the last words.
"And why did he bring me here?" I was still finding it hard to piece everything together because the information was just too much all at once.
"Because, you are his daughter and he wants his legacy to continue after him, you're supposed to be the next Don, legally and rightfully."
I shook my head at him. "That's insane! Does he expect me to uproot my life and be the next Don?"
"That's Dimitri for you," he sighed.
"And you, how are involved in the mafia?" As everything was slowly piecing together, the truth behind the reason for Ace in my life slowly began to get clearer to me and a powerful emotion began to brew in my heart, hate. "Was everything you told me a lie?"
"I never lied to you Olivia, I-"
"Only omitted the truth?" I raised my voice now, my anger rising with every second.
"Olivia let me explain, please." His voice was getting weak and I had never seen Ace in such a weak state before.
"Explain what?" I stood up now and distanced myself from him. "That you were going to lure me to Italy? That was why you begged me to come here after Malibu right? All this was a lie, you never loved me."
"That's not true Olivia, I love you."
"But it was all part of the plan wasn't it? Pretend to love me so I would fall for you and then you'd bring me here?" I scoffed, fighting the tears. "RIGHT? That was your plan all along!"
"Olivia," he was on his feet and making his way to me. I kept moving backwards until my back was touching the wall and I had nowhere to go. "I never faked my feelings for you, never!"
"I don't believe you," I let the first tear drop and I didn't wipe it away or stop the rest from falling.
