Chapter 24

• Lexi’s POV
• He rubs his chin with his thumb and pointer finger while he is thinking. Finally, after what felt like hours, he gives his answer to my pleas. “Just this once I will write off as nerves. But if you ever so much as say anything like that again, I’ll punish you in the worst way I can think of. By taking the one thing that you couldn’t life without, and that my dear wife would be my baby growing in your belly right now. Don’t push me to be the monster I can be. Trust me you won’t like the outcome. Remember your fucking place, you’re here only to please me. To make me happy is the only goal you’ll ever need from here on out.” He tells me right before grabbing me by my throat. Gasping for air I try not to move to fully submit, which is the harder that I thought. Pleased by my submission he releases his grip on my throat and throws me into the SUV. I timidly sit in the seat with my eyes facing down until he is ready to go. Luna doesn’t make a sound in the very back. When we arrive at the house Luca sends me to our room, I take a shower the go to bed.
• Today is my wedding day Luna wakes me up with a smile on her face. Even though I know it’s fake I still appreciate her trying to make me feel better. “There is a hair stylist, and make-up artist downstairs. So is Annabella, she is wanting to come up and speak with you before anyone else. I’ll just let her know that you are up.” Luna says to me before walking out of my bedroom. I run brush my teeth and use the bathroom. I hear her knocking on the door and I holler out “come in.” She waltzes in looking stunning, she’s wearing a long purple silk gown that is snug fitting and with short sleeves, and splits up each side. “Hello, my dear I just wanted to come speak with you before everything gets too crazy. I know this isn’t the life you would’ve chosen for yourself to live. I’m so sorry that your being dragged into this world. I don’t know what has made my son so adamant on having no one but you as a wife. I’ve tried talking to him about going easy on you, that you didn’t grow up learning how to be the perfect wife of a mobster. I doubt that he listened to anything I said. In this world women aren’t appreciated like they should be. We don’t hold no kind of real power, and have no control over our own lives. But it isn’t all bad. There will be some good in your marriage. My advice is please don’t provoke him. Do whatever he demands you do, if not he can make your life a living hell. Trust me I know. I ran away from his papa; I was free for three months of my life. Then one day I was caught and given back to him. I don’t want you to go through the same torture that I did. Please promise me that no matter what you won’t try to leave, because somehow, he will find you. I’m always here for you if you ever need someone to talk to, go shopping with, or if you just feel lonely. I tried to making Luca have respect for women when I was raising him, but when his papa found out he throw a fit. I hoped that some of the things I taught him would stick in that brain of his, but I guess it didn’t. Now let’s quit thinking about the bad and think of all the good that is coming your way. First by making you the prettiest bride this family has ever seen before.” Annabella says to me while kissing me on my forehead.