𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓

𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒚-𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆

Maria and I had been out for at least an hour, I found out a lot had happened whilst I was gone, she and Mason broke up and she's crushing on Antonio and they both flirt a lot . "I don't see what you see in him" I shake my head "because he's your brother, and he's hot" she mutters the last part but I still heard.

"De Luca runs a third of Italy and so does your brother-" 

"Marco?"

"no, Enzo"

"shouldn't Matteo be running the Mafia is Marco isn't"

"Matteo said he didn't want anything to do with it, for his wife and daughter. Enzo gladly took over and Antonio is his second in command" she explains and I purse my lips together before nodding. "I have a meeting in 10' with-" she reads out loud from her phone and I scowl.

"Deep down. You love him" she teases and I roll my eyes "I don't want to though, i refuse to be the other woman!" I whisper shout and look in the opposite direction. "just give it time" she rubs my back and I take a sip of coffee. "well it was nice catching up, see you tomorrow?" I nod and head home.

"Bianca? I'm back" I get no reply so I pop my head into the main room, Ares sat on our couch with a stupid smirk on his face "she left a note for you: 'i left with Jayden, (the bartender) I should be home before dinner. p.s do not open the door for that dougebag no matter what xoxo'" he recites "well we failed at one thing, didn't we?" he stands up and walks towards me, not wanting to deal with his shit I go upstairs and into my room and sit on my bed.

"Don't be so-" "so what? I have a right to be angry with you, Adriano was probably twice the man you'll ever be" I sneer "he's nothing compared to me" he flares his suit and lies beside me, I stand up to sit somewhere else but he grabs me by my waist and pulls me back down. "Just listen" he says clearly drained and I kind of felt bad but I still kept my angry expression. 

"I don't want to marry Valentine"

"Valentina" i correct, he doesn't even hide the fact he doesn't remember her name 

"Whatever. I didn't want to get engaged to her let alone date her Sofia. I just need you to understand that, I can't stay in my own home knowing the woman i've dreamed of seeing every minute of my life despises me" he says in a low voice so I turn over and look down at him, he was on the verge of sleeping. 

"how long has it been since you slept?"  I ask him and he doesn't answer "Ares? How long has it been since you slept?" I say in a more warning tone, he mumbles something and I shuffle up to his height. "I think, two days" I pull him into a hug as he relaxes "stop doing this to yourself, please" I don't get a reply so I look down to find Ares the calmest I've ever seen him as he slept peacefully.

It had been around 3 hours before the front door opened and closed so I guessed it was Bianca and stayed in my comfortable position, not wanting to wake Ares up. "Sof-" she opens the door before stopping mid word and turns red, I'm guessing with anger.

I hold my finger to my lips and try wriggle out of Ares' hold but he just held on tighter "I told you not to open the door for him" she whisper shouts "I didn't! he was already inside when I got here..." I continue to explain what happened once I got home. After finishing she nods and randomly leaves without saying anything leaving me confused.

A minute later she returns with two magazines rolled inside one hand and I give her a warning look "wake up asshole" she smacks him with the magazine and my eyes widen "Bianca!" I scold and she ignores it "you" Ares grumbles half asleep "I still see a ring on your finger" she sasses and rests her hands on her hips. 

"He's clearly tired Bianca, we'll talk about it later" i mumble and she shakes her head 

"how about we talk about now, First of all, you go on and on about how you love Sofia, yet you couldn't wait for her and get engaged to another woman. Then when she meets a guy who made her smile and feel a tint of joy, you took him away from her because you didn't want her to get with him? Let's not forget about you and her family completely forgetting about her and moving on; but when she comes back its all 'i missed you' 'i love you'" she deadpans with a disgusted look on her face, I could feel tears bubble up inside my eyes as she recited everything, but I refused to cry.

"You think for four years I didn't avoid talking to other girls that I was set up with and act as if they didn't exist while knowing Sofia would return to Italy at some point. Eventually I had to stop and give in to my mothers wishes, I don't know about your brothers side of their story but I'm trying everything in my power to stop this fucking wedding" Ares didn't break eye-contact and neither did Bianca.

"I'm going to the bathroom" I stand up and rush out of the room before breaking into a pool of tears, first I loose my brothers and now I don;t even know if the man I love, loves me enough to not marry another person. 

Life is a little too tough.