"Se mi vuoi davvero, allora prendimi. Abbatti gli uomini di mio padre e portami in Spagna per essere tua moglie." (If you really want me, then take me. Take down my father's men and take me to Spain to be your wife.) His eyes flare, and his hands clench and unclench as if he's preparing to fight down an army to grab me and whisk me away. "Cosa ci è successo agendo come giocatori seguendo le regole in un gioco." (What happened to us acting as players following the rules in a game.) "Mi sbagliavo, tutti gli altri possono essere giocatori in un gioco. Ma tu ed io controlliamo il gioco. Avevi ragione, con te al mio fianco, con me al tuo fianco, possiamo farglielo vedere." (I was wrong, everyone else can be a player in a game. But you and I, control the game. You were right, with you by my side, with me by your side, we can show them.) He cups my face, gripping it, to bring it to his. Only he starts breathing heavily as if he's a fighting a battle between doing something and not doing it. He lost. ............................................................................ Evzelia Valerio a 22 year old mafia princess from the Italian Mafia, engaged at 14, married at 18 and left with a daughter from a man she once thought she loved and knew at 21. A year later after the whole show down with the end of her marriage for an a unknown reason that only the Valerio family know, Evie was expected to remarry to contribute to the family especially since her last "failed" marriage. Alexandro Hernandez the 25 year old mafia don from the Spanish Mafia, Alex never loved anything or anyone expect his family and seeing how he was the oldest he never had to share things, and now that his father has become ill and he takes over, he will never ask for anything, only demand. When Alexandro meets Evzelia he knew right there and then she was going to be his and it only helped that she was to marry him. Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance Book 1 of the Corrupted Series (Standalone)