Previously in the story,

The night is spent by Ace and i making love, cuddling, talking about what we might want in the wedding and all. I don't know when i fell asleep in between the talks...

The next morning i wake up to Leo crying. I get up and go get him. I bring him back to bed and rock him in my arms. Once he calms down, i place him on the bed next to Ace. Leo has learnt how to crawl and can walk a little. So, he get on top of Ace and slaps his small hands on Ace's face. I quickly take Leo away from Ace while laughing.

Ace~"What the hell was that?"

Zandrea~"Your son. He was trying to wake you up." I say in between by laughter.

Ace~"Why baby? What did i do to you?" He says to Leo. And Leo just starts giggling.

Leo~"Da..da..da."

Ace~"Exactly baby. You cannot slap daddy." He takes Leo from my arms and pulls me back to bed.

We talk and play with Leo as we cuddle for around half an hour. I check the time to see it is around 9 am.

Zandrea~"Come on get up. We need to get ready and meet the others at Adriano's office at 10."

Ace~"Yea we can shower together babe. Save water and save time." He says as he wiggles his eyebrows.

Zandrea~"No thank you. We have enough time and water at my place."

I take Leo from the bed. And get him bathed and sorted. As i get him ready, Ace takes a shower. Once Ace is ready, i give Leo to him and take a quick shower amd get ready too. We head downstairs and go directly to meet the others at Adriano's office since we are already 10 minutes late.

Adriano~"Well you are quite early." He says sarcastically.

Zandrea~"Yeaa wait for that baby of yours to pop out and you will understand." I say sarcastically too. I turn to the rest and tell him good morning and they greet back. I look around to find all my brothers and cousins, Ace's brother and his second in command and the girls.

Adriano~"So from what i am aware, everyone here knows in brief how Irina Ivanov Romano came to Italy, right?" Everyone nods.

Adriano~"Okay. One thing you might not know is that the leader who killed Irina's father was murdered a day before Irina escaped. I personally think that Irina was the one who did it to get revenge but we are not sure and we definitely don't want to accuse her and break our alliance with Diego and start another war. So, back to the matter at hand, they have caught a few Russians traitors in their gang. They don't have the best ways to torture mafia men so we are going there. The party is a cover up so the Russians cannot notice that the traitors have been found."

Alonzo~"Even if the party is a cover up, every mafia leader, or their second in command or both are to be there so we all have to be careful."

Elijah~"Exactly. But mainly the girls. The mafia leaders tend to spoil such events to prove that the mafia is more powerful than gangs. That is the main reason we avoid them unless it is necessary."

Ace~"We want you girls to always be with one another. We will be there with you but if we have to go somewhere, please stay together and don't take the risk. This party is more like a charity for helping the orphans. We don't know what will be done to spoil the event but we will just have to be cautious."

Adriano~"Exactly. So from the Italian mafia, I with Amara, Alonzo with Aurora, Lorenzo with Alessia, Luca with Bella and Vincent with Elena will be going. We all can go since they are our allies."

Ace~"From the American mafia, I with Zandrea and Leo, Elijah with Tori and Matteo with his plus one. I don't know who." He says with a shrug.

Zandrea~"Elijah, i didn't know you had a girlfriend." I say with raised eyebrows.

Elijah~"Yeaa well you didn't ask and you didn't stay long on the coronation day. You will meet her now though."

Amara~"Yeaaa one more girl in the group. Matteo is this plus one of yours a girlfriend or a whore?"

Matteo looks nervous and is actually blushing.

Aurora~"Awww is he blushing?"

Matteo~"No no no am not. She is not exactly my girlfriend. She is in our mafia but i haven't exactly asked her to be my girlfriend yet."

Alessia~"I did notice that 'yet' in the sentence." We all girls agree.

Elena~"What's her name though?"

Matteo~"Crystal Grey."

Amara~"Well, atleast we get to meet Tori and Crystal. And get gossip from Irina." Everyone laughs at that since, we all know she loves gossip.

Ace~"Make sure to keep Tori and Crystal with you guys as well."

Zandrea~"Yea don't worry about that. You don't even have to tell us."

Adriano~"Okay. Any questions left?" Everyone says no and we girls leave them to go on with their mafia talks.

We go to the lounge room to find Ace's parents and sister with the rest of my family. We decide to have some girls time so we all including Ava, go to the movie room. I make sure to get some snacks since i didn't have breakfast and even Leo and Ace didn't. I send some coffee and pancakes for Ace to Adriano's office. We all get settled in the movie room and watch notebook which we didn't get to complete last time. Nearing to the end of the story, the rest joined us. Us girls we were crying and the guys were laughing at us. Well some of them did shed a tear or two but obviously won't admit it.

After the movie, we eat our lunch together and then go out to the mall so that the guys can get their suits for the party and for Ace and my wedding day too. Since Leo had slept, I left him at home with my aunts. Us girls just sit at the food court, finalizing some things for the wedding day like the cake and some decor items. We haven't yet decided the venue but i and Ace want a few things in the decor so we are finalizing the orders for them. I know we have time but we might not have enough if something else comes up in the middle so we just want to be prepared.

Once the guys return, i show Ace want we had finalized so we can make changes if he wants. But he loved what i had chosen so we left it that way. He only wanted some added decor to make sure it is a little grand because i am the only Italian mafia princess and he is the American mafia king.

Once we have finalized a few detailing, we head home since we have to get ready for the family dinner which will be a little formal. As always, all us girls decide what to wear- a black bodycon dress. We get home and go to get ready since we don't have enough time. It was already 6 and we had to leave at 7.

I go to my room and i take a shower and change into my dress. Till i get ready, Ace takes a shower and gets ready too.

Zandrea^

After am ready, i get Leo dressed too and go downstairs with Ace. Only the elders are there including Ace's parents. I hug his mom and greet his dad. And soon everyone comes at the front of the house where we are.

Amara^

Aurora^

Alessia^

Bella^

Elena^

Ava^

Twins~"Are we going to a funeral?" They ask at the same time. God it is still creepy even if i have been here for a while now. We all girls just roll our eyes.

Amara~"It's called twinning. And if you don't shut up, we might go to your funeral." She fires back with her sassiness. Let me give you an advice: Do not mess with a pregnant Amara.

We leave home in our own cars. You know how it is in movies, a lot of cars moving in a line together. That was our case too. Two SUVs in the back and front respectively. And almost like 13 cars in the middle. If we would pass by you, you would think the president or a celebrity is going by.

We go to an Italian restaurant that is owned by my family. The moment we enter in, the waitress immediately takes us to our table. Everyone puts on an emotionless face when we enter in. We all sit down at the table. I make sure to ask for a baby chair for Leo so he doesn't wander around since he can walk now. This baby of mine is so energetic that he can walk around all day and still not be tired.

We order our food but before it arrives, my father says a few words for me, Adriano and Alonzo, congratulating us and we all have a toast for the beginning of new chapters of our lives. We sit and talk till the food arrives. We all eat while talking still. Once done, we couples have a dance since there is a beautiful slow song in the background. After that, we leave to go home.

On reaching home, it is already 10pm. So, Ace's family leave after dropping us. We all also call it a night and go to our rooms. I change Leo into his sleeping clothes and put him to sleep. I then take a shower and change into my nightwear and go to sleep too.

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