They stopped laughing as soon as they saw . I gulped, standing still in the sa position.
"Mira, co on in." Donna Carla said to , gesturing for to approach them as they sat the table.
I slowly walked towards them and placed down my tray. I felt Caterina’s eyes watching like a hawk.
I turned to leave after dropping the tray but Donna Carla called back.
"You should sit with us." She said.
My eyes went to Caterina who was still staring at . I could not read her expression totally but I could tell she hated the sight of from the first ti she saw at that party.
I sat down, looking at my nails like they were the most interesting thing in the world. When Caterina wasn’t looking, I took a closer look at her.
She was a dazzling caral skinned latina. Her curly hair fell down to her waist, her natural lashes looked like falsies and her waist to hip ratio seed nonexistent. She was too beautiful for words. I could not understand why Jace broke up their engagent. I wish I knew the backstory.
"You baked these?" She asked .
I looked up at her face, jolting out of my thoughts.
"Yes I did." I answered.
"They’re nice." She said.
Donna Carla nodded in agreent, taking another bite.
"Thank you." I managed to say in a soft voice.
I watched them converse. They seed close. Caterina seed like the perfect fit to be the wife of Don Romano. And of course she was the one that his mother would approve of since they had a good relationship. She belonged and fit perfectly into their world while I stuck out like a sore thumb.
I was uncomfortable. I wanted to leave.
All of a sudden, Donna Carla got on her feet.
"I have to make a quick phone call. Excuse ." She said and walked off and left alone with the woman who seed to hate my guts.
"How did Jace et you?" She asked after a few seconds of awkward silence.
"Um-"
How was I supposed to answer that? Was she supposed to know that he kidnapped and forced to be his wife and I married him a week after eting him for the first ti?
"I heard he kidnapped you and made you marry him." She said with a sly smile. If she knew already, why was she asking ? That was what I was wondering when she continued speaking.
"Poor thing. I can’t believe he would go this far just to spite ." She chuckled mockingly.
"I don’t understand you." I spoke up.
"He married you just a few weeks after our break up."
That was news to .
"So?"
She laughed. "You’re not just a rebound. You are his plaything. The only difference is that he made you marry him so it could seem serious to ."
I was speechless.
"Jace can be extre in everything. Especially in the bedroom." She winked.
I almost cringed in disgust. I did not need that kind of information.
She continued, "You look so innocent. I don’t think you can even keep up with all his wild fantasies, his roughness, all of it."
I tried to get pictures of them banging out of my head. I saw the way he looked at her while at his event weeks ago. I knew that she fit his wild and hardcore nature and the kind of sex they had would always be too much for to keep up with. I did not plan on being his sex slave anyways so there was no way I could keep up.
"But maybe I shouldn’t judge. Maybe when we have a threeso I would be able to say for sure." She grinned.
I clutched my chest, imdiately disgusted by what she just said.
"I would do no such thing. I’m not anyone’s toy." I said through gritted teeth.
She chuckled again. "Well you look like it."
"Excuse ." I tried to get up. I was done listening to her nonsense.
"I’m not done speaking to you Mira."
"Well I am done."
"Sit or I’ll have my guard shoot you."
"In my husband’s ho?"
I may not have been willing to be his wife but I was his wife regardless.
"Look at you getting too comfortable." She threw her head back and laughed even harder.
"I could have you killed right now and you’ll only be counted as a random casualty in the heat of our breakup while I reunite with Jace. Try ,"
Her face seed to change into sothing evil. She truly ant what she said.
I swallowed. For all I knew she could have been saying the truth. I would be killed and forgotten while they would get back together. I would just be caught in the crossfire of their toxic love. I was a nobody and no one would be able to go to war for .
So like a wimp, I sat back down on the seat.
"Good girl." She grinned as I did.
"I don’t hate you. You haven’t exactly done anything wrong. I just need to remind you of your place."
I listened, fighting back every tear that wanted to co out of my eyes.
"You’re a nobody. A little rat in the midst of predators and you’d be crushed if you try to do more than you’re asked. Just play the dutiful little wife that you are. When Jace Romano is done with you, he knows where the real good pussy is. Who knows, he might be over at mine tonight," She winked again, picking up her bag and getting on her feet while I sat still, trying to keep my emotions in check.
’"Take care, Mrs Romano." She scoffed and walked off.
Her words bit into my skin more than they should have.
I heard the door shut before the tear I had been holding back rolled down my face.
~
I cried so hard when I got back to my room. I cried until I could not breathe anymore.
I sat on the floor and mourned my fate. Why did all the terrible things have to happen to ?
I didn’t know how long I had been on the floor when Jace ca in.
"What happened?"
I shook my head. "It’s nothing. I’m fine."
I tried to wipe my face but he held my hand. How was I supposed to tell him his ex ca and practically threatened my life?
"Mirabel, what happened?!"
I flinched a little bit as his voice went up.
"Please don’t get mad if I tell you."
His jaw ticked.
"That depends on exactly what you tell ."
"Your ex was here and she was an to ." I said.
"Caterina?" His brows furrowed.
I nodded.
"What was she doing here?"
"Donna invited her over."
"What?"
I saw his eyes light up in anger before he spoke next.
"Tell everything."
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