Her Perfect Half

Chapter seventeen

Maximo Diaz

It's the day of the wedding. I couldn't sleep last night. All I was thinking about was my brother and Kiarra. It's not fair she has to marry him. I couldn't believe it when my father told me the news.

'Boys, in two weeks time we're going to Italy.' I get excited since I'm going to see Kiarra. But my excitement faded as soon as my father opened his mouth again.

'I have something important to tell you two. Years ago, I asked the Italian mafia for help. To grow my mafia even more. For payback, I gave him the option to choose between one of you to marry his daughter.'

I hate where this conversation is going. 'At first, Maximo was the one he chose, but after finding out you don't want anything to do with the mafia, he chose Diego to marry the famous 'Torturing Queen of Italy.'

Well, I'm fucked. And so is Kira. We're doomed. I say nothing to my 'family' as I go to my room. I immediately get a call from Kiarra. She was sad. I asked her how her flight had gone and what happened to her even though I knew everything.

She told me what my father said. But in her perspective. She cried a lot. I couldn't do anything to help her. I wanted to hold her in my arms and kiss her.

Her pretty lips are wobbling from the crying, and she is clearly shaking. That night, I made a promise to her:
'Whatever happens when she is here, I'll not let Diego lay a finger on her.'

Two weeks later, we're flying off to Italy. Throughout the whole flight, Diego was sleeping like the pig he is. Dad kept doing work on his computer, and I was worrying.

We were in front of her house, and Diego knocked on the door. A beautiful woman opened the door. She has to be Kira's mom.  Now, at least, I know from who Kira got her beauty.

The woman looked petrified as my brother kissed her hand. If I were her, I would wash my hands with soap and soak them for an hour.

The whole day, I spent with Diego and my father. It's not easy to be the groom's best man. For some reason, he decided I had to be his best man. I didn't want to. I had to read a crappy speech that I wrote literally five minutes ago.

The good thing about this speech is that I made it embarrassing. We all had a good laugh, and nobody thought anything about it. It was time for the vows. They decided that the best man and maid of honor would be the only people who could hear it. First was my brother.

'I vow to always hate you. I'll not love you ever. Don't expect anything from me. You'll be my fuck toy for the rest of your pathetic life. And if you dare to escape, believe me, I'll find you, and I'll end you right then and there where I find you.'

He said all serious. I was seeing red by the end of his speech. But he is my brother, so I expected it from him. I was furious until I heard her vow.

'I vow to never love you. I'll make your life a living Hell. Just because I'll be stuck with you for a while doesn't mean that I'll be your fuck toy. You don't have control over me. You're a piece of shit.'

She said it with a smile on her face. In the end, they kissed. That was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. Do we have bleach somewhere here? I need to bleach my eyes.