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Epilogue

3 Years Later,

The Valentino's returned to Italy 3 days ago. Nowadays, they are living with their grandparents. Marco and Rocco were playing Monopoly with Alessandro and Alexander.

Antonio and Matteo were in the middle of the chess game. Leonardo and Uncle Francisco were looking at the two ladies having a 'friendly' banter, as they called it, and sighed dejectedly. Allegra and Aunt Kathy were throwing pointless insults at each other for the umpteenth time in a single hour.

Antonio's eyes went to Allegra's figure, and a twinge of guilt erupted in his guts. He heaved out a sigh and called Allegra.

Allegra halted her insult midway and moved towards Antonio. But Antonio stood up and walked towards her instead. Kissing her forehead, he kept staring at her. As if reading his eyes, she kissed his cheek and mumbled a small, 'I'm fine.

Allegra's surgery was successful, yes. But the guilt remains there. She can walk but with a hitch in her step. The bullet caused huge nerve damage, resulting in pain and weakness whenever she stands or walks. Her brothers are with her 24/7, helping and providing assistance as needed, but she is not a completely dependent person

She is an independent woman who takes care of herself. But after seeing her brother's worried faces, she lets them help her. The first few months after her surgery, she felt guilty for asking her brothers for help. But then her brothers sat her down and briefed her how she is not and never will be a burden on them, That she should not feel ashamed ever.

Antonio took her injury the hardest, he looks at her with guilty full eyes. No matter how much Allegra tells him how she never regretted saving him.

Leonardo is managing his mom's, Rosa's business and Antonio is handling his mom's, Aurora's business. Matteo extended his restaurants in Italy as well as America. His finger-licking dishes got people's attention.

Marco is working in the HR post in Antonio's business and also lurks around the flower shop to see someone certain. Meanwhile, Rocco opened his small art gallery in Rome. Turns out, Rocco had a bunch of A-class artworks in his room.

Alessandro works as a model for famous brands and as a barista in the nearest coffee shop. The hottest barista anyone could ever have. The shop owner raised his pay 3x on the second day. Alexander, on the other hand, works as a full-time flirter or as a 'con artist' as he calls it.

He goes around seducing high-class shady businesswomen, and after getting what he needs, information instead of money, he organizes a masquerade ball and reveals their true colors to the world. In simple words, he works for the government.

Allegra and her group of friends are the biggest scoundrels in the school. As a prank, Ashton and Allegra once put a lot of baking soda in lemon juice and gave it as a 'gift' to their teacher. Let's just say the teacher had an upset stomach for an entire day and even got diarrhea. As an apology, they made salty chocolates and gave them to the teacher.

The teacher left the school.

Leonardo gave an earful to Allegra. Pullings harmful pranks on people are not cool at all. Forcing someone to leave their earning hub is not something to be proud of,

Carlo and Enzo are usually the victims of Ashton and Allegra's insults and pranks. Meanwhile, Mario is under her brother's radar.

According to her brothers, Mario has a crush on Allegra, and they will give him up in the cult if that came out to be true. Allegra teases her brothers now and then that how Mario is just her type.

Mario sits beside her 24/7 while making heart eyes at her just to piss off her brothers.

Allegra after wasting enough oxygen for the day called her best friends over.