THH is on #1 in beauty today. Thank you to each one of you who helped me reach this...

My last chapter was published yesterday, but on the request of my lovely and loyal readers, I decided to write one more chapter. Ermanno has received so much love from each one of you that, it was only fair to write it... So he is again here to steal your hearts with his charms.....

There are chances of grammatical mistakes.....

The news of Adele being the mole as well as wife of Luca Martinez was a very big shock for her family. They were ashamed of her and asked for forgiveness from Ermanno thoroughly. Although, he tried to reassure them that it was none of their fault in it, yet their pain and guilt didn't lessen.

They even refused to come to her funeral. Everything was arranged by Ermanno himself. He said that although she betrayed him, but he had considered her as his friend at one point of time and his family was still loyal to him, so he took the responsibility of it upon himself. And that gesture of him, had my heart. He was really soft from the inside, so much emotional and kind.

Ric had been really depressed since then and refused to talk to anyone. He was the most affected by that incident. Adele was not only his sister, but his childhood friend too. And Ermanno told me that they were the partners on crime sort of siblings. I felt really bad for him. All the greed of power and revenge had taken away a sister from his brother. I wished for him to recover soon.

It had been two days since all that chaos had taken place and now when finally everything was sorted out, there was serenity all around us. Ermanno was no more tensed or on edge all the time. For the first time, I got to witness a laid back and relaxed him.

Although it was a different story that just after we had returned back to the mansion that day, he had already called Xander beforehand, and threatened him to check me properly. He went as far as threatening him to feed him to the dogs if he left a single scratch on me unattended. I mentally rolled my eyes at him.

As much as I thoroughly enjoyed being so much taken care of, and my heart all the time fluttered in my chest, I had to calm his panicked self down, who was fussing over me like a mother hen. And not to mention that it was such an adorable sight that if I had not already fallen for him before, I would have definitely fallen then.

I was really lucky to have him as my life partner. Maybe he was known as 'Il Diavolo', but for me he was nothing less than a fallen angel. People called him a monster, but for me, he was a perfect gentleman, who took care of my smallest of needs.

After everything had sorted out, and finally our feelings for each other was now open, he displayed his affections more openly. Only his intense gaze made me a blushing mess.

Our marriage was just five days after, and I couldn't wait for it. I wanted time to fly so that I could marry to my monster as soon as possible. How much everything had changed! The person whom I repulsed and was desperate to escape from his betrothal, now I was too excited to be called his wife.

I guess love had it's own magic!

I sighed dreamily at the thought as I made my way to my fluffy bed to retire for the night. I was truly exhausted due to exploring the city all day. Finally, I got to witness the beauty of Italy, and I was really enchanted by it.

After I laid down, I smiled at how he had been so much stressed with the preparations of the wedding. He wanted everything perfect and each thing was done under his watchful eyes. Mama, dad and Lucie were coming after two days. And I couldn't wait to meet them.

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I was on the brink of falling asleep when impatient knocks on my door woke me up. Grumbling for being rudely interrupted from my beauty sleep, I made my way to the door.

Rubbing my eyes to get rid of the remnants of sleep, I opened the door only to find a panicked Francesca on my door. It was enough for my sleep to fly out of the window at the same instant, as dread filled my heart.

Now what trouble welcomed itself?!

Panting heavily, she began, “That.. In the garden.... That.. Ermanno...”

Ermanno?!

Was he alright?

Fear consumed me to the core as sweat beads formed on my face. All my body turned cold as I whispered with so much difficulty, “Is my Ermanno alright? What happened to him?”

Tears escaped the confines of my eyes.

Shaking her head negatively, “Ermanno... In the garden... ”

She was not speaking anything clearly and my heart was picking up its rate. I couldn’t contain myself anymore and I began making my way to the garden.

I couldn't loose him.

Not when I had finally got him.

Not now, not ever!

Many dreadful scenarios began forming in my mind and I willed my legs to move faster. The distance seemed to be extra long than it really was.

As soon as I reached the place, the sight in front of me bewildered me. It was totally contrary to what I had expected.

The rose garden was beautifully decorated with small lanterns and candles. A path of rose was made, and at the end of it, Ermanno was standing in his white tuxedo, looking attractive as always.

I was confused.

Why was Francesca panicking for that?

He seemed to be perfectly well. Before I could ponder on my confusion anymore, he began making his way to me. Reaching at the arms distance, he began, “My dear Rosa, I know that I had asked you this before and our grandfathers had decided this for us way before than that, but I think you deserve so much more than a proposal at our enemy’s place. So, I decided to do something special for you.”

Taking a deep breath, he looked directly into my eyes with a gaze full of love, adoration and tenderness and spoke, “Will you Rosalia Romanno do the honour of marrying me and becoming my queen.” After that, he put forward a beautiful, simple yet elegant diamond ring. Just the way I liked.

I was completely caught off guard with all that. My heart warmed up as butterflies erupted in my stomach and my voice refused to come out. I was looking at him frozen, which made him panic. He clarified, “Please say something. I know that my proposal was not up to the mark, amore mio, and I don't know how to do these stuffs but I really love you. Please say yes, I promise that I will always keep you happy.”

I was broken out of my trance by his pleading voice and started beating him with my fists. He was caught off guard with my reaction, as he watched me wide eyed as if I had lost my mind.

He gently held my wrists in his hands to stop my brutal attacks on him and asked slowly, “What happened? Did you not like it? Have you changed your decision for marrying me? Don't you love me anymore, amore mio?”

He asked the last two sentences in a very meek voice, as if he was afraid to even utter them.

Narrowing my eyes at him, I spoke menacingly, “This is for scaring me to death. What were you thinking when you sent Francesca like that? I was so afraid that I lost you.” My last sentence made my heart shudder in fear in my chest.

Scratching the back of his neck, he guiltily spoke, “Actually, I didn't want you to be suspicious of anything. I wanted to surprise you. But I am truly sorry for frightening you like that. So am I forgiven? Will you say yes now?”

He spoke like a small kid, who was promised for his favourite toy. Shrugging at him, I put my condition in front of him, “Only if you promise to not pull any stunt like this ever again.”

He eagerly nodded at me, “I promise.”

Smiling goofily at him, I replied, “Yes, Ermanno D’Amelio I would love to marry you. I love you too.”

He eagerly put the ring in my finger at the same time, I heard loud claps from around us. I looked at the source to find my parent, Lucie and Francesca standing around us.

I had failed to notice them before?

Astonished, I asked them, “When did you come? You were all supposed to come after two days.”

“Ofcourse we lied to surprise you, baby,” mama answered with a huge smile.

Lucie teased me, “But you were too busy with your prince charming to notice us.”

I went to them and greeted each one of them. Mama said to me, “See, I had told you that you will fall for him.”

“I am really glad you all made this decision for me, mama, dad,” I thanked them wholeheartedly.

Papa said, “I am satisfied that my princess is happy with this and also that you are saved from that Luca Martinez.”

He spoke the last part gritting, but soon patted my head with a smile. Then, I went to my bestie, who attacked me with a bone crushing hug and said, “Before you start asking for forgiveness for hiding so much to me, I should tell you that I have already forgiven you because you have found yourself such a handsome hunk.”

Chuckling at her words, I spoke, “I am deeply burdened by so much generosity, madam. Otherwise, what would happened with me.”

Parting away from me, she glared at my teasing, but before she could be more mad at me, I spoke, “I was kidding. But I am really grateful that you understood my situation.”

“Now that is better,” she spoke checking her nails. I shook my head at her antics and moved to Francesca. Putting my hands on my waist, I spoke, “That was a really good show you did there!”

Shrugging, she spoke with a smile, “Thank you so much for the compliment, dear.”

My jaw hung open at her reply, but soon she began laughing at my reaction and spoke, “I was just teasing you, dear. But I am glad that everything was worth the surprise you got.”

With a huge smile, I hugged her too.

We all spent the night celebrating our happiness and togetherness.

I was truly glad to have such loving people around me.....

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Hello my lovely readers!

How was the chapter?

So, this was officially the last chapter. I will publish the epilogue soon.

A huge thank you to each one of you who showered this book with so much love. It is sort of an achievement for me, which was possible because of your support.

I didn't had any confidence when I began writing this piece of work. I just wanted to use Italian language in my book, and I wanted to read a character as Ermanno D’Amelio. Keeping this in my mind, I started this book... The twists and turns came to my mind after that.

But I am glad that he has stolen your hearts with his charm.....

Thank you so much to each one of you who is reading this, whether they were with me throughout this journey, or joined in between, or even reading it after it completion. I am glad that you chose to give this a shot.....