I felt so tired. After dinner I dozed off, knocked off like a light, I had no idea when Jace ca back into the room that night.
When I woke up, I finally got the chance to look around the room. There was not much difference between this and his room in New York. Only that this one had a balcony I could freely go to.
I sat up and stretched.
My eyes trailed to the bathroom door and saw him leaning against the doorfra staring at intensely. My heart jumped.
Was he trying to give a heart attack? Why was he watching like a predator trying to hunt down a prey?
"What?" I asked him with a frown. I was still upset with him. I was always upset with him in fact. He never ceased to get on my nerves.
"Get ready for brunch. You’re eting my family today." He announced, standing up straight.
I could feel my nerves kick in. He was all dressed up in a suit and looked dashing in it.
"Mira,"
He paused at the door and turned to .
"Dress to kill."
He said that and left to my thoughts.
I knew I had to dress to impress but I wasn’t sure I packed enough for that.
But then my eyes trailed to the couch at the opposite end of the room. I saw a couple of shopping bags.
Inside, I saw a black Dolce and Gabbana dress sheath dress. It was sleek with a high neckline, open back and knee length slit. Looking at the tag, I saw that it was custom made.
He had my asurents? I paused and pondered.
He was Jace Romano. Of course he did!
The heels were black stilettos with red soles. They were high but I could walk in them.
Then I moved to the jewelry. I saw a diamond tennis bracelet. I gasped. Then I opened the box of complinting diamond earrings. They were so beautiful and for sure very expensive.
He added a Valentino clutch. When I opened the gorgeous purse, I saw my initials engraved inside. I covered my mouth in a gasp. He wasn’t done. The last shopping bag I opened contained a Tom Ford’s Black Orchid perfu. It slled heavenly.
I stood back and stared at every item in awe. I wondered if he thought of all of this beforehand to take take the pressure off . If he did, I was super grateful for it.
With no ti to spare, I rushed into the bathroom to get ready. I could not wait to try on every single thing.
After having my bath, I sat in front of the mirror and decided to apply so light makeup to my face. There was no ti to do a full face beat and I was no expert either.
I did the best I could, brushed out my brows, applied mascara and a deep red lipstick with a bit of gloss to make it shine, then I curled my hair a bit and my face was ready.
I slid on every piece of clothing he made ready for . I spun around in front of the mirror, stunned at how beautiful I looked. If Roberto saw right now, he would not recognize his sister. For this reason, I took a video and sent it to him.
Walking out of the room, I felt my confidence skyrocket.
I catwalked down the massive staircase like a beauty queen. My heels clicked the ground as I walked, announcing my presence even before I neared the dining room I was led to by the guard in front of .
The two guards in front of the double door leading to what I correctly assud was the large dining room, pushed the door open and I majestically walked in. All the murmurings I heard stopped as soon as I entered.
They were all seated, Jace was at the head of the table. Our eyes locked for brief second. I saw a slight nod of approval from him and I almost smiled in relief. I looked as good as I thought.
"Good day everyone." I said, taking in all the strange faces as they sized up from head to toe. No one even cracks a smile. I felt judged and my smile had started to waver.
"So this is the girl?" An older won asked Jace with a sneer.
Jace gets on his feet and walked over to where I stood. He put his hand on the small of my back.
He started off by introducing them to first. I took note of their nas and faces, glad they weren’t so much.
When he was done, he wrapped his arm even more possessively around .
"Family. This is my wife, Mrs Mirabel Romano."
They muttered vague responses I could not exactly pick up on. I looked up at Jace and he gave my arm a slight squeeze to probably reassure . I forced a smile.
He led to my seat that was thankfully next to his eyes. I felt uncomfortable and I felt watched by everyone else but him so I kept my eyes glued to the plate as we all ate.
I thought I had passed the stage of scrutiny and everyone was busy minding their business when Jace’s uncle, Ricardo, spoke up.
"What do you know about this family, Mirabel?"
I looked up quickly. How was I supposed to answer that question now? In truth, I barely knew anything about Jace, talk more of his family. If I answered wrongly I would just fuel their bias against . They would believe it even more that I did not belong in their world and hate even more. I could already tell that I thought I was a liability to the Don.
"Uh-"
"And how is that question necessary?"
We all turned to the person that just walked in.
To be continued...
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