Chapter 3

Damien's POV

(Days before the wedding, after having breakfast together)

After breakfast that morning, I went to my company, I am a mob boss and I am also the CEO of the most richest company in the world. My right hand men Luca and Enzo who were also my best friends. We met each other when we were in college and because their parents worked for my father, we because close.

Everyone fears me anywhere I go, when I got to my company, everyone stood where they were and allowed me to pass, I got to my private elevator and entered with Luca and Enzo. My office was at the top floor and nobody was allowed to go there without my permission, the only person there was my receptionist.

We arrived at the top floor and my receptionist greeted us then I went straight to my office with Luca and Enzo behind me. When I entered, I went to sit down on my chair and they say down on the couch.

"Are you really getting married?" Enzo asked.

"I have to unless my father won't give me what belongs to me" I replied 

"And which is?" Luca asked.

I thought about a few days ago when my father said he had something important to discuss with me.

(Flashback, a few days ago)

The door of my office flew opened and the only person who could do that without me shooting them in the head was my father, Dante Moretti. My father strode into my office and sat down on the couch in front of me.

"Yes father, please come in" I said sarcastically. My old man just looked at me and laughed.

"Hey son, how are you doing?" He asked. My relationship with my parents is very good. I love them will all the fibre in my body and my little sister, Sofia, she can be a devil but she means the world to me.

My father and mother met at a gala because there parents did an arranged marriage for them. But my father was already in love with my mother before my mother knew him. He always told me that the first time he saw my mother, he could not move, his heart almost gave up because of her beauty. At first after their marriage, things did not go smoothly but with time, my mother fell in love with him. I have always wanted a love like theirs.

"To what do I owe this visit today father?" I asked him.

"Well your mother is inviting you for dinner and your sister will be back tonight" he said. My sister Sofia, has been abroad for school and now she is back.

"Okay father, I will be there" I said.

"Don't be late, you know how your mother is with time" he said. My mother Isabella was someone who is always punctual.

"Yes father I know" I told him

"Good" then he stood up and left.

(Later that evening at the Moretti mansion)

I entered my parents house and the first thing I saw was my younger sister running to me and threw herself to me for a hug.

"Damien, I have missed you so much" she said while hugging me . I put my arms around her and hugged her too.

"I missed you too little devil" I said 

"Hy, don't call me that" she said . She hated it when I called her little devil.

"Well that is what you are, isn't it?" I teased. She just smacked my hand. Then I saw my mother coming to meet us.

"Sofia, let your brother through, my mother said while bringing me in for a hug.

"Hello mother" I hugged her back. Then we went to the dinning table to have dinner, my father was already at the table. We all sat down and the maid brought out the food. We said prayers. My mother always says "before you eat, always say a little prayer" she taught us that growing up.

"Son, after dinner come to my office, I have something important to discuss with you " my father said

"Is everything okay?" I asked 

"Everything is fine" he replied then we continued with our dinner. After dinner, I followed my father to his office.

"Sit" his father said

"Father, what is going on?" I asked 

"The Viper are trying to over throne us" my father said.

"What? But we have more power on our side than them" I replied. The vipers has always been our biggest rivals. When my father was still the head of the Maifa, he went through a lot to build our Maifa to where it is but the Viper wanted to be stronger.

"Yes but they don't believe in you" my father Said

"Why is that?" I asked

"The believe you are able to rule serpent of you had a partner beside you" my father said. I knew where this was going, they wanted me to get married in other to prove my capability.

"They want me to get married?" I asked my father

"Yes or they will shift their alliance to the vipers " my father said.

"Fuck" I banged my hands angrily on his table.

"How can they do this? After everything we have been through together" I said 

"Son,calm down. You are already old enough to have a partner beside you" my father said.

"But I don't want to get married, I don't want to bring an innocent person to our world " I said. Being in the Mafia means constant danger so that was the reason why I don't do love. I want to fall in love someday like my parents but I am scared.

"Son, I know the world we live in is a dangerous one but you have to look at the bright side" my father said.

"Okay father, I will do that, I will get married " I said 

"Well, I already picked the perfect person for you" my father said, I just looked at him weirdly 

"Who?" I asked 

"The Smith family" my father said 

"No, never , anyone but them, don't you know about their family? Paul Smith and his wife are greedy people and let us not talk about his daughter, Jade Smith, she is always in the spotlight" I argued 

"I was not talking about their daughter, I was talking about their son" my father said

"Son? What son?" I asked him

"Paul Smith has a son called Noah, his first wife, Aria and him had a son but when she died and he got married to Vivian, the son was not seen by the outside world" my father said 

"And how did you know about the son?" I asked 

"I have my ways and Paul Smith owes me money so he sold his son in exchange " my father said .

"Look son, I need you to marry him not only for the alliance but for some other reason which I will explain to you when the time is right " my father said. This was the first time my father ever pleaded me for something, and I could not say no.

"Okay father, I am only doing this for you, we will only be married on paper that is all, no love will be involved and the wedding will be very small, only close family and friends" I told him

"Thank you son, but please try to know him, he will be worth it in the future " my father said and I excused myself.

On my way out I stopped to greet my mother and sister goodnight 

"Goodnight mother" I said and kissed her on her hair

"Goodnight my son, and thank you for doing this, you won't regret this" my mother said. I just said okay and left.

My father sent me a text saying I should go and pick him and let him stay at my place before the wedding so we could know each other well but I did not want to go so I sent Enzo and Luca instead.

That night when they got back, Luca sent me a text saying they had arrived so I went downstairs. When I got downstairs, I saw Luca and Enzo and thanked them.

"You want to tell us who is he and why he is here?" Enzo asked

"I will tell you tomorrow " I said and they left. I entered the living room and saw him, his back was facing me, he looked really small for a guy. He looked lost looking at the city lights. I got this penthouse because of the view. He did not notice my presence so I had to make myself known. I told him there won't be love in this marriage and all and I saw something changed in his eyes, he looked like he had given up on something but I just brushed it off. 

I then showed him to his room and told him not to enter my room without my permission. The next morning I got ready for work and asked my maid Elena to call him out for breakfast. Elena was like a second mother to me, the was my mother's maid while me and my sister were growing up so when I moved out, I begged my mother to take her with me.

Then he came downstairs, he was in the same clothes as he was yesterday, I saw dark circles under his eyes. I told him he would work as my personal assistant and all and I left for work.

(End of Flashback, back to the present)

"If I don't get married, the alliance with the other maifa gang will go to the vipers and I can't let that happen" I told them

"But why him?" Enzo asked 

"My father's choice" I replied 

"I never knew the Smiths had a son, only their Jade has always been in the spotlight light" Luca said

"Well I don't care, as long as he is a Smith, they are all the same, greedy people " I said 

"Damien, I think he is different, why don't you try to know him better before you conclude he is like them" Luca said 

"I agree with Luca, something is different about him, just the few minutes we spent alone in the ride to your penthouse was what made me think so" Enzo said.

I just looked at the two of them, they sound like my parents, they have only known him for a few hours and now they think he is not like his family. I did not say anything, I just continued with my work. Luca and Enzo left my office to their office which was below my floor. Later that night, I got home and saw Elena .

"Good evening Elena" I greeted her

"Welcome my child"she said 

"Where is he?" I asked her

"He has been inside since, he only came out to eat and he does not eat well " she said. I noticed his plate this morning and saw he only had a few bites.

"Okay thank you, goodnight Elena" I bid her goodnight then I passed his room, I wanted to knock but I decided against it and I went to my room and called it a night.