"You have got to be kidding me" he utters suddenly.
"What?" i ask and follow his line of sight down to the ground floor front desk.
"Angelo? What's wrong" i ask again, concern creeping into me as I put my hand over his on the table.
"Nothing's wrong baby. Just that my sisters are here" he turns to look at me and turns his hand over, so that he grips mine comfortingly.
"Oh....oh! Ok, well, we are done here right?" i ask rhetorically, referring to our meal, then pull my hand free and reach for my purse.
"Yeah, calm down. It's ok, i just wasn't expecting them to show up here" he says softly, when he notices me getting ready to leave.
"No worries" i stand up anyway.
"What are you doing?" He asks, alarmed.
"Leaving, i will see you later, yeah?"
"Marianne, sit down" His eyes narrow at me in an intimidating manner, but i don't cower.
"Sit down" he says again, even more assertively.
"I am not meeting any more of your family." I mutter.
"Sit down! this is not funny" he says under his breath, trying not to bring too much attention to our table, when i look just about ready to leave.
"Thank you for lunch..bye" i whisper and go down the other way from the direction his sisters are now coming to our floor on.
I don't turn around to see the look on Angelo's face, but i can feel his heated gaze as it drills holes into my back.
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When the stars align, and Angelo Morreli meets Marianne Wright, Angelo is drawn to her by something he can't explain, like a light shining in the hidden darkness that is in his World...for Mary, he is an enigma, capable of drawing her out of her comfort zone, she knows right away that she should run the opposite direction fast.......and Never. Look. Back.....
........because it's the second glance that ties your hands, as darkness pulls the strings.
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Books by Bellamerce
Book 1: Only For You (Completed)
Book 2 :When Stars Align (Completed)
Book 3: Fire On Fire (Completed)
"Now since we are done with the introductions I have a question. Are you sure about this marriage?"
I nodded "I am."
He scoffed and leaned against the wall behind with hands in his pants pockets "Why? Because I have money?"
What?
"Are you impressed by this mansion?"
I can be scared of Dad but he is no one to address me as a gold digger and say bullshit.
"I don't care if you take me as a gold digger. You are no one who I am bound to explain anything to."
I turned back to leave but he held my hand pulling me with a sudden force making our chest crashed against each other. He held my waist pulling me closer, suddenly again that feeling of nervousness filled me.
"I am correcting you at this point, you are bound to tell me each and everything about yourself... you know why, because baby I will be your future. Soon you'll be so close to me that you'll be in the same bed as mine."
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Alessandro D'Angelo, CEO of 'ADA Enterprises' and a mafia leader, hidden from the world.
Ariana Lincoln, an internet news reporter, who is interested in knowing the secrets of this oh-so-saint billionaire.
What happens when Alessandro knows about this girl who is desperately after him?