I've only been back in New York for twelve hours and I've already set up a meeting with this Paula woman for this afternoon.

The thing that made me want to come back so soon is how large the urge of me wanting to slap her after reading those messages is.

She's clearly not a good mother, and is the sore loser, jealous baby mama no one likes.

"Amore," he says from behind me and I turn around to face Vincenzo. I continue trying to tie my hair up in a ponytail as I wait to hear what he as to say to me. "Paula–"

"If you are trying to talk me out of going to talk to her, then you are wasting your breath," I cut him off while turning back around to look at myself in the mirror.

He steps closer to me so I can see his tall frame in the mirror. I finish tying my hair and he places his hands on my shoulders.

"I'm not trying to," he says while getting even closer to me. His hard chest lightly brushes over my back. "I just wanted to say, Paula has a weak left and right hook," he says and that causes me to smile.

"You aren't still upset?"

"Of course not, I overreacted," he says while slipping his hands down to my waist. His head comes down to my shoulder and he forces my body closer to his.

When we got back to the penthouse, he didn't talk to me nor even look at me. He went straight to his study and got back to doing his work.

It didn't even take long before he was back in a suit and out of the penthouse to go fix something to do with the Mafia.

"You know, today at work we were discussing some function–"

"Function?"

"It's a ball. It's an annual thing," he says and I only stare at our reflections, because I have no idea what he is talking about. "My mother wants you to help her pick out a few things."

"Sounds like fun," I say with a small smile. Spending some more time with Aurora and Loredana would be good for me because I can get to know Vincenzo a bit better.

We do talk and I do get to see a different side of him, but there's still so much I don't know about this man.

I want to know everything there is to know about; the Don of the Sicilian Mafia, the man who is a merciless killer, the man I go to sleep with every night, the man I let do unspeakable things to me, the man that makes me feel every emotion.

Vincenzo Martinelli, the man I want to spend my life with.

"When is this ball?" I ask while pulling my tight jeans a bit higher. I'm wearing a baby blue crop tee that has the words 'Anti-social' printed across the chest in thick, white 80s styled font.

"In a week's time," he answers. He turns his head and kisses the crook of my neck, his hot breath hitting my skin the moment he lifts his head up again. "It's kind of a big deal."

"What's it about exactly?" I hold his hands and bring them down to the front of my stomach.

"Just an event where all the people who I have formed alliances with, and even some of my enemies, come to talk about business and form new bonds or fix old bonds over a glass of some good whiskey."

"Sounds more like a business meeting than a ball," I snort and he smiles for a short second.

"Well, there's dancing, food, people dressed in flashy attire, I don't think that sounds like a business meeting," he defends with a goofy look on his face.

"That sounds a bit better." I turn around his arms and he straightens up to his full height. "And we are going to be the flashiest couple there," I say with a slight smirk.

He leans down and kisses my lips, biting my bottom lip for a short second before pulling away.

"Whatever my regina wants," he says with that million dollar smile of his.

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Nyx climbs out of the Urus the moment I park it in front of the restaurant Paula said they should meet at.

She pulls the back door open and tells Paolo to get out. Lorenzo is already here, probably arguing with Paula about his son.

I made sure to rent out the restaurant for the afternoon to avoid anyone overhearing about the things that go on in my family.

Nicola and Angelo climb out of the Range Rover parked behind the Urus and quickly make their way to her side.

These two are clearly more than just her guards now, they see her as their friend, and she absolutely loves them.

Paula is nothing but trouble and I actually want someone to put her in her place because Lorenzo is too weak to do it himself.

She has this thung over him that makes him shut up the moment he tries telling her off. He has never and will never lift his hand up at Paula, or any woman.

The woman is unpredictable and she almost killed my brother, emotionally and actually almost got him killed because of her actions.

Lorenzo and I were set to marry girls our father picked out. I didn't find any interest in the girl he chose for me so I got rid of her after a week. I don't know where she is now, and I wouldn't care less.

But Lorenzo grew a liking to the girl he was arranged to marry, Paula. They first met when they were fifteen then were kept apart till they turned seventeen.

In the span of seven months, things spiralled out of control all because of her. The only good thing she gave my brother is Paolo.

He thought he was in love so he gave her everything and she just used him then tossed him to the side when she got knocked up by him, an act she insisted on them doing every second of the damn day.

"Is my mama here?" Paolo asks while we walk into the restaurant and Nyx only nods with a small smile spread across her lips.

"You fucking liar!" Her voice breaks through the silence of the empty restaurant.

Nyx and I see Paula and Lorenzo in the corner of the restaurant. My brother is facing away from us, his back turned to us, while Paula is looking in our direction.

"This is not my problem," Lorenzo says calmly. He doesn't sound like he is in the mood for this woman's shit. "Fix it yourself." Her face falls as she processes his words.

She has probably gotten herself into trouble and wants Lorenzo to fix it for her.

"You are horrible!" She screams while pulling two daggers out from the waistband of her skirt.

She tries stabbing my brother with both daggers, but he dodges by moving back. Paula screams like the mad woman she is and throws the sharp daggers towards his mid section.

Lorenzo moves his body to the side and the daggers fly right past him. Before I can even process anything, Nyx moves in front of Paolo with her body slightly turned.

One dagger flies into her hand that's protecting Paolo's head while the other stabs into the back of her thigh.

"Zia!" Paolo screams while Nyx let's go of him. Angelo and Nicola try helping her but she tells them to stay back, sending me a warning glare when I try to help her too.

Lorenzo turns around and his face fills with horror when he sees the daggers sticking out of Nyx's skin. Paula doesn't even seem fazed by what she has done and the trauma she just put her son through.

Nyx doesn't even wince as she pulls the daggers out from her leg and hand. Her face stays expressionless and emotionless.

Blood drips from the blades and she blankly stares forward. Lorenzo quickly comes over and tries touching Nyx but she tells him she is ok and that he should get Paolo back to the penthouse.

He tries fighting against her word but she send him a warning glare. He picks Paolo up and holds onto him tightly. Lorenzo nods at me before carrying Paolo out of the restaurant.

Paolo shouts for Lorenzo to put him down as he starts crying, but his crying voice soon fades out as they exit the restaurant.

"He's fucking a black bitch? What a downgrade," Paula laughs as she flips her dark ponytail. She has always had something against anyone who is darker than her.

Just another reason why I don't like her. People like her don't have a place in my Mafia or my family.

"Did he find you in some strip club? That's where most of you ghetto monkeys work these days."

Nyx smiles, her left eye twitching slightly as she walks closer to Paula. She keeps the daggers in her right hand while her left hand forms a fist.

"No, he didn't find me in a strip club," she says in a low tone.

Nyx looks over her shoulder, her smile dripping with evil and her golden eyes glistening with the flames of the underworld.

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She went into beast mode, didn't even flinch bro...

Lol.

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