𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚|𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐨 (𝟏𝟖+)

01

Jisoo

Mamá was beautiful which explained why these men were starring at me as I was no different. It may also have had to do with the fact that we looked eerily alike. But even I grew uncomfortable with the incessant starring.

I was locked in a room with people I barely knew, discussing my mothers will when it was only ever mamá and I living in a nice two story home in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Why did all these random men need to be here?

The only people that deserved to be here were family. That only included Rosé and I.

"Why are all these people here? It's only suppose
to be family?" I mutter to the woman on my left
who's currently playing candy crush on her
phone.

Rosé heaves a sigh, her brown eyes finding mine. "I know it's a lot to take in Principessa. But these people are family. These were the people your mamá considered family." She spoke carefully, wrapping her arm around my shoulder.

With a small huff, I nod knowing that- unlike me-mamá was tied to the Italian mafia. The same mafia that saved us from danger and took us away all those years ago. The same mafia I should be grateful for.

Mamá loved all of these men, but it was hard for me to come to terms with it considering I was never allowed to meet or see any of them. The only exception being Rosé and the now late Don.

And when I was lucky enough to get mamá to share some stories before bed, she would only ever tell me good things about that woman.

My woman.

It was odd yes, considering I hadn't ever met the her, but she'd tell me stories. Stories of the vile, brooding woman who hid her generosity behind a cloak of intimidating power. A woman with a soft side reserved for a collectively small pool of people.

She'd tell me how she could be horrible if provoked - but beneath all that stone was a teddy bear.

There was only one problem. I tended to avoid
intimidating people.

I needed to have the upper hand and control when it came to women. And a power hungry dominant woman was anything but what I was looking for.

I never longed for the day I got to meet her. It was never something to look forward to, for I knew I would only meet her when mamá was gone and I was unsafe. It was something we prepared for yet it still scared the shit out of me.

And even now, the idea made my stomach turn and my mind race with fear, because I was now under the protection of Lalisa Manoban - the head of La Famiglia.

"And to Kim Jisoo, first and only child of the deceased, the deceased leaves the rights to her trust fund in the hands of her caretaker Lalisa Manoban until she turns twenty one." Rings the boring voice of the man standing at the front of the room, reading the papers at a snails pace.

"What?" I scowl my brows furrowing. "I was suppose to get the money now, not have a permanent babysitter till I'm twenty one." I whisper under my breath.

Rosé chuckles and I realize she heard me but I'm too annoyed to care. "It's okay Jisoo, Lalisa won't be too present in your life anyways. She's just there to keep the promise to your mamá and provide for you. I promise you'll have the right to use that money as you please."

I still cross my arms and glare ahead. "She better not leech off of her fortune, it belongs to me."

Rosé scoffs from next to me. "Sweetheart, she doesn't need to leech off your money. Where do you think that money came from in the first place?" Rosé asks, raising a brow at me.