Looks Can Be Deceiving

C H A P T E R 15

The biggest smile took over my face as I stared at the angered man. For some reason my happiness pissed William off, but I couldn't help it. Who wouldn't be excited to find out the good news I just did.

"So what your saying is..."

"We don't have to marry until another 3 months," William says.

Everyone, even Leo, looked slightly amused by my over the top smile and uplifted soul. Everyone except for William that is. He'd practically growled the confession out the second time. Although I had explained to him that I honestly didn't hear him the first time.

"Well.. I guess you guys are gonna stay and eat, so I'll make plates." Stefano says before standing to his impressive height and disappearing into the kitchen.

The next hour or so was simply us eating and chatting. We talked about everything and nothing, and I am proud to say that anything Mafia related never came up.

Turns out Stefano had a girlfriend, May, and she had a son, Jaden, who Jazzy was accompanied with upstairs. May, unlike me, was either totally oblivious to the whole idea of the mafia or she just was acting clueless. Either way the normal feel made everything better.

We hadn't really communicated much because she hadn't really acknowledged my presence, but I don't mind. Everyone was getting along and I wasn't trying to ruin that by accidentally approaching her the wrong way. She seem nice for the most part, and her son was a true gentlemen to Jazzy.

"Excuse me?" Came a soft feminine voice, tipped with a hint of acid. When I looked up at May, she almost looked constipated with that tight smile on her lips, "I asked, how'd you meet these fellas."

I tipped my eyebrow at her, "Work."

"Relations?" She quickly asked.

For the first time, I gave William one of those - who the hell do she think she is - looks, and it was the first time he shrugged at me. If I had to admit, he actually looked amused at my confusion.

"Well William is my boss, -"

"Fiancé,"

"- Leo is my... cousin? Ron is my... Ron, and Stefano is my bosses-"

"Fiancés,"

"- brother." I gave William a weird look before shifting my gaze back to May. She smiled at me bitterly before looking to Leo.

"You guys are cousins?" She asked, disbelief clearly in her tone. Is she trying to call me out?

Leo shrugs, "As close as cousins can get," Finalization evident in his bored tone.

She glared at him when he blatantly called an end to their not so much of a conversation. A feeling of pride swam through me when he didn't deny me. Feels good having family so close even if your only family by blood and not by choice.

May look like she wanted to direct her questions at William but decided against it. Maybe if she would have interrogated him, he would have left her be. Maybe.

"Is there a reason for your questions?" William asks, scanning her slightly chub-ed frame. She simply shook her head, "Why so many questions?"

May seemed to have nothing else to say. Her shoulders went tense and her mouth stayed closed. Being under Williams scrutiny seemed to set her on edge, but he didn't stop there.

In the process of taking out his phone, he began to ask her many other questions. Ones that would seem meaningless to the ears of others, but was very important for people in his lines of working.