AMORE

Sposami

"Sposami. Marry me" Lorenzo whispered under his breath as he felt his clammy hands shiver. He took a deep breath and tried to relax. He had taken his girlfriend, Bella, to a fancy dinner to propose and now that she was in the bathroom, it was all catching up on him. he had been oddly quite the whole week and Bella had noticed. She was worried for his health and had even called him to postpone the date. She had reasoned with saying that he was sick and needed to rest. Lorenzo had panicked and forced her to wear a silky maxi dress that was way too expensive with a pearl necklace before dragging her out of the house.

The restaurant they were in was the first legal business deal he had made. After Scars death, the man had taken it upon himself to stop the business. Instead he invested his money in a legitimate business and made his boys work for him. They were in charge of the many restaurants, hotels and even airports. Moretti had become a name everyone knew, and he invested his millions in helping people. He even fixed the streets of London that once had been dangerous and occupied by his gang. Now they were fancy, and the people were grateful for his distributions. Despite being such a famous man, Lorenzo had remained grounded by the help of Bella. Even though he occasionally missed the thrill of the gang life, he knew better than to fall back to that. he consoled himself by the thought of his family's safety. They were three now and he couldn't risk anything happening to his loved ones. Not again.

He opened his eyes and was met with the sight of his daughter sitting in front of him, smiling brightly. "Daddy will mommy say yes to us?" she asked him sweetly and pointed to the velvet box he was holding. Lorenzo chuckled and leaned forward to kiss his daughters cheek. "Of course, Celina. She loves us" he said and puffed out his chest playfully. The little girl laughed and looked at him with her big blue eyes that reminded him of Scars. He smiled at her and looked away as he felt himself getting emotional.

"Daddy there!" Celina whispered and pointed to Bella who was nearing the table. Lorenzo quickly hid the box under the table and pretended as if he hadn't seen his girlfriend walk towards the table. Men found their gazes locked with the beauty that walked with both grace and elegance in her modest dress. Lorenzo had specifically chosen that dress because it covered her beautifully and unlike other women he had slept with, she embodied utter elegance. She looked magnificent in anything.

"What has you giggling so much, missy?" Bella teased her daughter as she sat down beside her. Celina hugged her waist and her mother placed a kiss on her head. Lorenzo looked at them longingly and found himself lost for words.

"Nothing" Celina answered as she hid her face in Bellas lap. "Daddy tell mommy what happened at the mall today" she exclaimed and looked at Lorenzo with excitement.

The man who couldn't properly breath, gulped loudly and nodded. Bella looked at him confused and inspected him closely. He was in a black suit and the crisp white shirt he was wearing was unbuttoned, revealing the ink on his chest. He had ditched the tie and even though he was a changed man, it was the little things that gave Bella the comfort of him being the same Renzo she had fallen in love with. He was currently in the biggest and most expensive restaurant he was the owner to and yet he sat there like a rebel. Like her old Renzo.

"Yeah, tell me baby" Bella smiled at him and he cleared his throat before speaking; "Today at the mall we met a little girl who referred to me as "Isabellas lover" and this girl right here" he said pointing to Celina; "told me that I am not a real business man because her mommy is more famous than me"

Celina giggled along with Bella, as Lorenzo pretended to be sad. He pulled out his bottom lip and pretended to fake cry. Celina saw that and jumped from beside her mother and replaced her seat by sitting next to her father. She had to stand next to him to hug him properly and people that sat around them gushed at the cuteness of their bond. Everyone in their part of town knew the little princess that had her father wrapped around her little finger.