Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 32729 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 164(@200wpm)___ 131(@250wpm)___ 109(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32729 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 164(@200wpm)___ 131(@250wpm)___ 109(@300wpm)
Enzo got to his feet with a heavy sigh. “Walk with me.”
He had no choice but to follow the older man. Enzo Jr. did not follow them.
Enzo’s office was covered with family pictures. Some were of his late wife, and he saw at times Liana did look like her mother. Pictures of Enzo Jr. and Liana were all there, and ones with just the three of them. He even noticed several of them wearing matching Christmas pajamas, but he was not going to ask questions about that.
“I’m afraid I gave my daughter some bad advice when it came to being married to you.” Enzo sighed. “Liana is no doormat, and in all honesty, she is probably not the most agreeable person either.”
Diego frowned.
“Liana is a lot like her mother. Marissa, God rest her soul, she wanted her daughter to grow up free and happy and not be burdened by the life we’re part of. She would always say that just because we are mafia doesn’t mean we have to have the evil in our home. She told me when I left home to deal with business, she wanted me to actually want to come home. And I did. No matter what, I knew my home was ... everything. I did what I had to do, and my wife and two beautiful children were waiting for me. We were lucky with Enzo Jr. My wife got pregnant on our wedding night, and for ten years, we kept trying for another. We had pretty much given up hope of having a second child. Then, she got pregnant with Liana.”
He listened to Enzo bare his soul. He respected this man.
“Liana’s pregnancy was difficult but Marissa was so happy to have another baby. When she found out it was going to be a girl,” he stopped and smiled, “she was so damn happy. She wanted to have a little girl to play dress-up with, and to love and teach her recipes. It was a long pregnancy, a hard one. After she gave birth to Liana, the doctors told us there was no way Marissa would have other children. So, we cherished the two we had. Marissa knew that life within the mafia was not going to be easy. She didn’t want to raise someone who was weak and terrified. We taught Liana to stand up for herself, to fight, to be heard, but also to know when to bide her time, when to wait and be patient.”
Enzo got to his feet and walked over to the window. “Liana did not want to marry you, but she did because it was her duty. She was the one that was chosen, and I advised her that you didn’t want a hard wife. You wanted a good wife. A nice wife. Someone who was agreeable. I told her to behave as such, to never make waves, and if she did that, in time, it would lead to a good marriage with respect and possibly love.”
“I don’t do love.”
Enzo held his hands out. “I didn’t either, but with the right woman, you would be surprised what you would do. Liana will not be easy. You have hurt her, and I promise you, Diego, if you continue to hurt her, I will take matters into my own hands.”
“Are you threatening me?” Diego asked.
“I am telling you that until you are a father, you will not know what this is like. But make no mistake, diablo or not, hurt my little girl, and I will fucking castrate you. Now, you better fucking fix this, because I don’t want to have to explain to Francesco why we’re going to break the no-divorce streak.” He got to his feet. “You’ll find Liana in the pool.”
With that, Diego knew he was dismissed. This was an unusual feeling to him. He was used to gaining the respect of everyone around him. The person they were describing as Liana was not a woman he knew. The wife he had was the woman that smiled at him when he came home, offered him a drink, and would demand the chef change the menu to whatever he wanted. Wherever he wanted to go, they went. She didn’t cause a fuss, and would always give him space. She made no demands on him.
Now, as he made his way to the pool area, which was another room off the house, he stepped into the main room and watched as Liana took several laps in the pool.
There was no one else in residence, and for a second, he just stood there and admired. When it came to his wife, he had no problem with the way she looked. He loved to sink his fingers into her long blonde hair and twirl the strands as he drove balls-deep inside her. The sex was good. Amazing, even.