Becoming A Caruso

III

Authors note:
(oh uh hey guys so uh i'm 17 now and this chapter has been done since I was 15.... im not sure where im going to go from here but ill finish the story. I hope you enjoy 🩷)

When I woke up we were in front of a huge shopping center. I sit up and blinked my eyes a couple times to adjust to the light. He had finished parking when he looked over at me. We made eye contact and for a second I thought I seen his eyes soften looking at me. His intense stare is making something stir in my stomach. In a good way but i don't know how to feel about it. He looks away first. He takes the keys out of the ignition and signs.

"Come one we're going shopping you can get whatever you want, I brought two bodyguards with us today. You won't be able to tell it's them but they are here." he says and then gets out the car. Unexpectedly he comes over to my side and opens the door for me. I get out and thank him. I'm a bit taken aback and I guess he could read it because he says "get use to it principessa."(princess) We start to walk into the mall. It's huge. I've only been in here once or twice. I've never really been able to go out since you know i'm the princess and all. I usually order all my clothes online and just hope they fit. So this will be a new and hopefully exciting experience.

The first store I walk into is victorias secret. I wanted to just get it over with. When we walk in I see so much stuff. I'm not a fan of thongs. But I do like cheekys so I go and try to find some. Once I find a few I like, I go over the corset tops and bras. I find a few that I like in my size and continue to the cashier. It's never been hard to find bras in my size. I'm only a double d so it's pretty easy. I don't think my boobs are big I think they are average. They are fine to me so im not complaining. Excepting to swipe my card i start to take out my wallet when I feel a sudden pressure on my hand.

" I got it" Giovanni says. I look up at him with an confused face. "Are u sure? I can pay for my own things you know" i say as I close my purse back up. " Yes im sure and yes I know but I want to." He says as the cashier hands me the bag. As I go to grab it he grabs it first. I look at him. He looks back with a stern face daring me to say something. I don't. If he wants to be a gentleman and pay for all my stuff and hold all my bags then so be it. As much as I like to do stuff by myself and not rely on anyone I don't argue. I rather save less tension and disagreements between us right now. We walk out the store and the next stop is dior. I want some perfume from in there. We walk into the store and I grab what I need. While he's at the register I walk around a little until I see these shoes i've been looking at for a while. I'm the biggest sneaker head and i've been looking at these jordan diors for a while but i've never been able to get them. Before I could turn around I feel a presence behind me.

"Don't worry i'm just looking." I say before I turn around to face him. "What size are you?"  he says looking at the shoes. "Excuse me?" I look up at him confused. "che taglia porti?" he says again but in Italian. "I understood you the first time" I say annoyed. " I don't want them we can go" I say as I make my way to the door. "excuse me can I get these in a 8" I hear him say. I turn around and look at him. "you lied, I seen the way you we're looking at them" that will be the first and last time you lie to me princess" he says but this time he is right infront of my face and those feelings I got earlier in the car are back. "and what if I do?" I question him. If i'm going to marry this guy I might as well be aware of what i'm up against. He gets closer now inches away from my face. Just to brush past my lips and continue to my ear. " Don't test me athena" he says. The person who went to go grab the shoes is now back. "Perfect  thank you so much" he says with a smile on his face and walks over to the cashier to pay. I wait by the door. The only other place I would like to go is urban outfitters but now that I think about it I rather just order stuff online.

" I think thats it I'm just going to order some stuff online if that's okay with you. I'll be using my card anyways." I say as he comes to the door. We start walking. "That's not necessary athena you may use my card for whatever you need." he says. " That's very kind of you don but Id rather not spend your money." I say as we continue walking. He signs "if you insist" he says. He does a insanely amount of typing on his phone then he stops and puts his phone away. " I just transferred 2million into your bank account" he says. I freeze. There is no way he just did that. I pull out my phone and open my bank account on the app. And it's there 2million more dollars is in my account. What's the catch. Is all I can think. What. is. the. catch. I haven't been this spoiled since I was 10 whitout having to give something back. What does he want in return to all of this. For some odd reason i've felt safe around him from the start. Like he won't hurt me. He hasn't showed me that enough to trust him he hasn't showed me that at all actually I just see the good in people which is why I think  there is a catch. I stand with my thoughts for a moment.

" Whats the catch?" I say looking up at him. He looks at me confused. " Catch? what do you mean?" he says still confused. "There has be one. There's no way that you treat someone you just met like this without their being a catch." I say trying to explain my train of thought the best I could without trying to offend him. I think back to all that my fathers done to me and made me do. I don't think about it to hard just enough to think about all the stuff that use to happen and how it made me feel and if I have to do that with this man that I have to marry and be with for the rest of my life then Id rather give back everything he just bought me. I look up to see a realization look on his face. For a moment his eyes go black. Then they return to normal. He walks closer to me. He is now right in front of me and his face turns soft. He puts  his hands on my face ."What did that man do to you and for how long for you to think that your not good enough, just you to be treated this way." He asks me. "Since I was 12." I say and my voice breaks. Tears form in my eyes. It's like I can feel his emotions. I can feel the symphony. I can feel that he cares and he dosent ever wanna hurt me. For the first time in forever I feel safe. But I will not cry infront of him. Not in a mall full of hundreds and thousands of people. I pull away and take a deep breath. " Can we go please" I ask tired and just wanting to go lay in a bed. "We have to make one more stop my love then we can go okay?" he says still looking at me trying to read me. "Okay" I say

He walks and I follow. Next thing I know we are in front of tiffany and co. " I need you to pick out your engagement ring." He says. "I don't know you well enough yet to make the decision without you here. So I thought i'd just bring you with me and you can pick it out." He says lookin at me. " okay." We walk in and we walk up to the counter. There are a variations of rings. I get overwhelmed. It's May 17th. I don't turn 18 until july 21st. I get married june 16th. They are marrying me before I turn 18 because I dont have a say. Even if I was. I dont think I could run away. We live in italy. I've never steeped foot outside my country. My english is good but that's only because the school I went to taught us it.

I try my best to focus on a ring that stands out to me so that I can just get this over with. As i'm scanning through I see one that stands out the most to me. It's not to flashy it's simple and perfect for me. I grab giovanni and point to the one I have my eye one. He gets one of the workers and she takes it out and hands it to me. "It's beautiful" I am taken a back by its simple beauty. I look up at giovanni. " This one, I want this one" I say. "Okay" he says.

We finish up with all the information and billing and they said to come back in a week and they will have it. We give our thanks and head out the store. We head to car and drive home.