CHAPTER THREE

BELLA’S POV

Bella was so nervous as her Dad and Luca her Fiancé the man she had been waiting to see all night moved towards where she stood with Alexia and Claire. She stared at this figure coming near her and couldn't believe that this man was going to be her husband in two week’s time, was this a dream.

“Bella this is Luca,your future husband", her father spoke in a deep voice. And all Bella could do was stare for a second,tongue tied.

"Alexia, Claire,come along with me”, her father spoke, as he walked away and they followed him to the other side of the room leaving the two of them.

There were people in the foyer, drinking ,some where dancing but it felt like they left her alone with him in an empty room.

Luca stood across her and looked at her, he was studying her as if she was an alien, his eyes oh my god his eyes stared at her and they were so grey and she looked at him shyly and then looked away it was so intense she couldn't do it, she needed someone to come save her, it felt like they have been standing there for years when it has only been a minute.

“Bella is it?, he spoke her name in a Deep smoky voice it shook her, she almost gasped.

Her instinct in this moment was to bring out her hand for a hand shake. which was just ridiculous, cause he had his own hands in his pockets and how do people greet someone they are about to Marry.

She looked at him and he looked at her with no emotion on his face, and it was expected she knew he was not going to smile at her he was a Mafia leader for hells sake just like her father these kind of men showed no emotions she still wished he showed something,

It was their first meeting after all so she still brought out her own hand for a hand shake and all he did for what felt like forever was stare at it.

“Yes, my name is Bella ",She said as she still waited for him to shake it, it looked like forever but he does take out his big manly hand from his pocket and shook her hand firmly.

The feeling of having his hand in hers was electrifying, she felt it from her hand straight to her belly which surprised her so she took her hand out of his so fast as she looked at him shyly, the only emotion she could see was his eyes looked more grey in colour whatever that meant she did not know. But he still had no emotion on his beautiful chiseled face.

Did he not feel that ? she thought to herself embarrassed.

"Follow me,'' his deep voice beautiful voice says to her, then he took off on his way, all she could do was follow him like a blind person. well that is just great.

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LUCA’S POV

Luca could feel they were being watched from every eye in the room, in every corner, they were trying to read their interact.

The girl he just met was beautiful and small, he could see the shyness, the innocence in how she acted which was the opposite of what he was, this was going to be bad, how could his father think and then decide to give him the softest person out of all the women, nothing about him was soft, this girl was weak and too soft for him. He wasn't going to make her any happy his dad should have known that.

As he walked he could hear the girl follow him, she had looked confused but followed him anyway, he led them to the other room where more people where and called for everyone's attention. He needed to get this done with cause he had somewhere to be.

His right hand Man and younger brother, Sebastian who looked exactly like him came forward and gave him the small box, it had the Ring he had asked his brother to have made.

He turned to the girl to get it over it and her eyes were wide looking at the box in his hand, He took the ring and pulled her little hand to his so he could place the ring onto her finger.

When Luca took her hand in his he felt something move through him at her soft touch,she looked at him as he placed the ring on her little finger as people looked on just as he had wanted them to.

“ lets go and Address everybody, i have business to attend to i need to be gone in a few minutes,” He then says to her breaking the little joy she had in her eyes while looking at her Ring, women and shinny things.

She looked disappointed, Luca knew he was being thoughtless an usual, but he had business matters that needed his attention, his brother, Sebastian had texted him and told him of matters that needed their attention immediately so he had to go.

He knew the Bella girl was too soft for a man like him and he did not want to pretend to be a normal guy because he wasn't, he was very dangerous and far from nice, he was being his normal self so it was better she saw him for who he was and who she was getting herself into marriage with. so he went to the stage did his thing and he was gone.

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BELLA’S POV

She looked at the ring he just gave her, her heart had been beating when he had placed it on her finger, it was so beautiful she couldn’t believe it was hers. And the people looking at them made her feel special.

When she looked at him he did not show any emotion and seemed unbothered about what he was doing, Bella knew right then that he was not actually happy with this marriage arrangement, well of course he was not.

He then looked at her in that moment and it made her feel Crazy she really just wanted him to like her, her naive self wished things to be good between them and they should be happy when they get married but then he spoke.

“lets go and Address everybody i have business to attend to i need to be gone in a few minutes", he said and Bella felt deeply hurt by him, he hasn't said more than four sentences to her,gave her the ring and now he wants to leave, even though she is really nervous around him he should at least get to know her.

he did not even tell her she looks good in the dress she spent time preparing and now he wants to leave already.

Just as he said, He walked to the mick in front with his dominating presence and addressed everybody who was present for coming with the confidence that he has everybody seems to always give him respect because of how dangerous and important he is, Bella felt for herself, she did not have things of her own going on for her how in the hell did their parents think this was a good idea. He has everything for himself but that was a different story for her.

After speaking to the people he went and spoke with her Dad and they seem to be agreeing with each other from where she was looking. He went to his family and she could see his Mom kind of argue with him to stay but i guess it did not work because he left anyway.

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