Little Aria

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Gabriel's POV

Right now I'm currently in my office after the whole introduction with my daughter.

She's currently in her room after one of her brothers gave her a tour around the mansion.

Since she's been gone at 2 years old I regret deeply each day of how I just let my little girl go.

Now karma got me and she's calling another man Daddy- well Papi.

When I saw her tears I immediately wanted to go and comfort her and tell her she can see them whenever.

But she turned as I took a step and pleaded out for him. He turned and I saw his eyes soften and looked at her as his own.

When I heard her speak Russian I was a bit shocked, which I shouldn't have been before she left, she was the smartest baby. She was speaking almost full sentences.

I can also tell that my kids were jealous of the way she was with his kid's relationship with Aria.

They all missed her like crazy, even if some don't show it. Especially Nicolas, Zander and Massimo, they've never been the same since she left. I know that they all have some hatred towards me because of the way I let her go, but they do good at hiding it.

After two hours I lean back in my chair and look at the time, it's 7:50 which means I need to head down for dinner.

I step out of my office and go down the hallway to make my way to the dinner table.

When I get there I see most of my sons only missing Marcelo, who I assume is getting Aria from upstairs.

I take a seat at the head of the table and once I'm sat that's when Marcelo walks in with Aria trailing behind speed walking.

Marcelo then guided Aria to sit on my first right hand side. Where Zander used to sit because he was the youngest in the house, he now sits in the seat beside Aria.

When I see we're all seated, I then nod at the maids to bring in our dinner plates.

The maid comes in and as we receive our plates we all give a nod of appreciation.

"Thank you" I snap out of my thoughts when I hear Aria's shy soft voice, I look up and see her smiling gratefully at our chef Javier. I also make a mental note to get Aria a booster seat she's quite small for her age, which is most likely because she was born 2 months early.

She's always been smaller than other children.

"Your welcome sweetheart," Javier says with a wide smile. Javier has been our chef since Massimo was a baby. We all love him like family.

Thank god Nikolai taught her good manners. I clench my jaw because I was the one who was supposed to teach her everything, not him.

Aria's POV
We start to eat and I internally glare at everyone because that was so rude what they did, they should be ashamed of themselves. The least they could do is look at the person giving them the food they made or simply brought out to them, but all they did was nod.

Even a simple thanks would've been nice. They  must've worked hard to make this.

"We should play 20 questions?" Xavier suddenly said.

Everybody nods, and I hesitantly nod as well. Hopefully I get no Amy questions.

"I'll start, what's everyone's favorite color?"

All of them say a bunch of dark and gloomy colors.

"Purple." I say quietly but loud enough for everyone to hear. I've always admired purple because of how elegant and soft it looks.

"Your turn." Xavier says towards me. I want to refuse but don't and use this time wisely.

"What do you all do for work?" I ask them. I obviously know, I found out when they stupidly won custody over me and I went to Papi and my brothers for confirmation.

They're the Italian mafia. Yes I know they are the Russian mafia.

I may be 6 but I'm proud to say I'm incredibly smart, thanks to my Papi.

They all freeze for a second and quickly cover it up. I smirk.

"We own lots of companies, like restaurants, hotels, schools, etc." Massimo states. I try my very best not to laugh at that, so I just nod.

"Favorite childhood memory." Nicolas says coldly. Now it's my turn to be tense, my mind went immediately to Amy- my mother, who my biological father left me with.

I snap out of it quickly though hoping they didn't see, then I start to hear my biological brothers say they're answers, once they've answered, they look at me, including my biological father.

I then try to quickly find an answer, I have so many with my Papi and my brothers I can't possibly choose one.

"I have many with my Papi and brothers but when I was 4 years old on my birthday- which was my first one with them, my Papi and brothers made me feel very special." I say with a smile as I remember everything. They were truly the first ones to show me the meaning of love and kindness with so much warmth.

Half of them look down with a glare and the other half look down with a frown. Probably because I said 'Papi' and 'brothers'. I don't care, they will forever be my Papi and brother, no matter what.

I miss them so much already.

Once we're done with dinner and everyone starts to stand I call out for Gabriel.

"Gabriel, when can I see my Papi and brothers?" I ask, trying to do my best to not cry in front of him like last time.

He frowns, probably because I called him by his name- he's hilarious if he thinks I'm calling him dad this early, or even at all. "Once you've settled in and get comfortable we'll arrange a brunch and you can spend the rest of the weekend if want to with them." He states with no emotion.

I do my very best not to roll my eyes, I need to be grateful he's letting me see them at all, and I don't want to get him too mad, I don't know what he's like when he's mad. He looks scary like when I first met my Papi.

Before I can nod and go to my room Massimo begins to talk.

"Tomorrow after breakfast we will discuss the rules here."  I just nod and make my way to my room, not bothering to look at anyone.

I hate to admit this but my bedroom is quite beautiful, it's purple themed!

You can't blame me!

When I get there I notice my luggage is nowhere and start looking around, I then make my way to the walk-in closet and see my clothes put away nicely. I wish I knew who did this so I could thank them.

I then pick out my Cinderella pjs that Alexei got me, I go to my restroom to take a shower and do my night routine before bed.

When I step out of the shower I put my nightgown on then complete the rest of my routine.

After about an hour and a half I take out my phone from my backpack and call Papi.

We talk for an hour and then I talk to my brothers for another 30 minutes and then once it's about 10 o'clock, Papi tells me it's time for bed, I blow tons of kisses through the phone to him and my brothers. Then end the call.

I put my phone down and take out my laptop to play a princess movie to fall asleep to, I also take out my bear, Lasy, I can't imagine not sleeping with him he's been with me my entire life. Once I'm situated in bed, right before I fall asleep I feel a kiss on my forehead.

"I love you Sorella, I'm sorry for not fighting hard enough." Im not to sure who said that but my heart clenches.

Let's hope no nightmares happen here, Papi and Luciano are the only ones that can calm me down.