The Mafia In Love

Part 4

My heart began to thump. The voices were getting louder because we were heading to the garden of her house. I was nervous, I couldn't lie. Why did I agree? Was this happening to me because of how much I've gotten used to being in the house? Why did this look like a party? I thought it was a 'garden activity'? 

''okay, you ready?''. Luciana said as her hands were on the door. I wanted to scream 'no' but that would be pretty stupid of me. God, I was behaving like a freaking child. I needed to get a grip of myself. 

She pushed the door open and the wind hit my face. I followed Luciana's steps till our feet touched the grass. My eyes digested the area. This garden was so damn spacious and beautiful. It had flowers by the wall that were definitely healthy and so full. I was so going to take sunset pictures here, that's for sure.

It wasn't as crowded as I thought. In fact, it was quite okay for me. I could swear they weren't up to hundred people here which was to my advantage though, it didn't reduce how nervous I was.

I could see some women my age chatting away and laughing with such a high pitched voice and heck, was that sound annoying. They sounded so...plastic. I scrunched my face at that. ''yeah, it gets pretty annoying when their around''. Luciana whispered to me. I nodded, I could see that. 

''come, I wanna introduce you to my friends''. I turned to look at Reina as she did the same. Knowing Reina, she could probably read my mind.

She gently took my hand, and I sighed in relief. I hated walking alone in crowds. We followed Luciana's steps; I admired the surroundings as we followed.

I was getting tempted to remove my shoes already. I noticed we were at the end of the garden, far from everyone else. I furrowed my brows until it landed on the three men that were sitting. 

I gulped as I scanned each of them and my nerves grew. There's no way. How did she find these men? as we got closer, Reina squeezed my hand and I could tell she was thinking the exact same thing.

Their eyes turned to our direction and I felt like I stopped breathing. My eyes found one of them who seemed to keep his eyes on me. 

His hair was covered in his back cap that he wore. He wore a white T-shirt and a black jean with white sneakers.

A Luis Vuitton belt hung on his waist, and shiny rolex watch on his left arm. I then settled on his face. He had a bit of a tan skin.

His eyes were green and it shined beautifully under the sun. My eyes went down to his physique. He was so well built, his shirt hugged tightly on his huge biceps. I held the urge to bite my lips.

It was like he was beautifully sculpted. He was so handsome that I couldn't take my eyes of him. Truly, God really did have favorites. 

''Willa, Reina, meet Alessandro, Giovanni and Dante''. Dante. That was all I could get from Luciana's introduction. His name is Dante. When I realized I was staring, I looked down as blush creeped onto my cheeks. 

One of them smiled brightly, showing his dimples and I resisted the urge to poke it. It's so cute.

I think he was Alessandro. ''It's nice to meet you both''. Reina returned the smile while I only nodded. If you ask me why, I don't know why I did that either. 

Probably because standing in the mist of beautifully sculptured men, I didn't know how to act.

''why don't you guys wait here while I go grab some chairs for you guys, okay?''. Reina replied while I froze a bit. She was leaving us with men we have never met. 

''How long have you known her?''. I turned my head towards the voice that spoke. ''huh?''. 

''I've known her for a few months now, she just met her this week''. Reina said, pointing at me. I only huffed in return, I hated standing. My legs were starting to get tired. ''you can have my chair if you're tired''. 

An extremely deep and masculine voice spoke and I rose my head to see who it was. Dante. His accent was very thick and foreign, and sexy. He was staring right at me. My eyes laded on the chair then it struck me, he was giving me his chair.

''thank you''. I said, looking at him which felt like minutes before I tore my gaze from him and made my way to the chair. 

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''so all of you are in the same college''. Giovanni asked and we all nodded. We had formed a circle, away from the others. I was lowkey glad about it, the less people, the better.

''and you just met her this week, how?''. Why did I see this question coming. I didn't want to start explaining my sad life outside school, but Reina beat me to it.

''it's kind of complicated. You see, Willa isn't really the social type''. she said while sparing me a knowing glance. 

''explains why she's quiet''. Alessandro said with a smile. He seemed like friendliest out of all of them.

As for Dante, he hadn't stopped sparing me glances from time to time and it made me self-aware. 

They carried on with the conversation and I had to say, it wasn't all too bad actually.

I found out that they were all Italian like I suspected, and they had known each other for a very long time.

We just had the basic introduction convos then diverted by telling us some embarrassing things Luciana had done which caused me to giggle sometimes.

I felt my throat getting dry. I really needed a drink, good thing they had orange juice around here. I needed one right now because the sun was definitely showing no mercy.

I stood up from the chair, ready to head to where it was. ''where are you going?''. Luciana asked curiously. ''I need to get a drink, the sun is killing me''. 

''wait, could you get for all of us? We all need it actually''. Reina responded and the rest of them seemed to nod their head. 

''I will need someone to help me though''. I couldn't carry all alone.

''I'll come with you''. Dante spoke, rising from his chair. He responded rather quickly to my words.

I suddenly felt a bit nervous. This may probably be awkward, I won't know what to say. Reina being herself, smirked as she watched him then made eye contact with me while wiggling her brows. 

I rolled my eyes at her and simply turned around.

We both started walking silently to where the drinks were. I felt Dante's stare on me and it made me nervous.

''you don't look like you want to be here''. His voice broke the silence.

I finally turn to meet his green eyes. They were so damn green. I looked away from his eyes, I couldn't stand eye contact. It just made my condition worse.

''I didn't want to, actually. They kind of begged me to come''. I replied as we made our way to the glass table of drinks.

For some reason, that seemed to pick his interest. A slight smile formed on his face.

''Does that mean if they didn't force you, I wouldn't have gotten the chance to meet such a beautiful woman like you?''.