Chapter 4

I had a very lovely evening with Nona, she's like the mother that I never had.

I was so quick to open up to her about everything, my relationship with Carlos, my relationship with my family, how horrible it has been since my father died and my real mother as well.

She comforted me, laughed with me, she even gave me a long speech to never go back to Carlos.

But I couldn't tell her that I would, she doesn't know the kind of pressure I'm under. If I don't marry Carlos my mother is going to end me.

I went to sleep that night so peacefully, the most peaceful I've slept in a while.

I woke up the next morning, Nona came in and got me some new clothes, and told me to shower and come downstairs for breakfast.

While I the shower, I was thinking of how I was going to ask Valerio for a little bit of whatever he got from the will

I was shameless I know but I'm not even mentally prepared for my mother's problems.

I got out and changed into something comfortable and then got out of my room.

His house was big, very very big.

Even Bigger than Carlo's. The stairs were made of very beautiful marbles, the walls were plain white. The house had a touch of black and grey furnitures, but the main deal was the white and sparkling walls.

A few art here and there.

As I approached the back where Nona said I should have breakfast, I suddenly started hearing arguments.

It was a very very familiar voice.

I quickly got there..

"Carlos?", I quickly called him.

He turned around and looked at me, burning in rage.

"You married my brother? how dare you!", he raked.

I was shaking, whenever Carlos got this upset he would literally pound on me.

"Don't you ever speak to my wife like that again", Valerio Said calmly with a cigarette stick in his mouth.

Carlos seemed to surprisingly calm down, it was the first time I've seen him listen to someone other than himself.

"You left me, what was I supposed to do? you know how my stepmother is, you knew it very well and you abandoned me there, telling me that I was a mistake", I said in a shaky voice.

"Because you are, but coming to marry my brother? this.. this this... this thing?? are you insane? do you even know him? so just like that he has fucked you like the prostitute that you are!".

My heart broke again, he called me a prostitute.

"Carlos if you're going to be in my house and talk to my wife, you better watch how you talk to her, if you don't I'll get people to throw you out and you know I will do it", Valerio said.

Carlos raked his hair and started pacing up and down.

"End this right now", he said to me, "End this marriage prank thing you did".

"Will you take me back?", I asked with desperation in my voice.

"Over my dead body will I do such a thing, but I will not live another day with you being with him, I can't believe this is what you do to me after everything I've done for you. I picked you from the slum, I made you exactly who you are and you turn your back and stab me? you marry him??".

"What did you want me to do when you abandoned me on my wedding day with a hall filled to the brim with people? what did you want me to do?", I asked almost in tears.

"You should have taken the rejection you fool, then bring your family to come and beg me, I might reconsider, but you go ahead and marry the swine in my family, I'm disappointed in you ".

Valerio started chuckling.

"So you reject a woman and then you want her to beg you to marry her? you must really be a Princess ", he said.

"Stay out of this ", Carlos Said.

"Your time Is up, leave my house before I throw you out, and if you plan on coming here again to assault my wife, better stay at home", he said.

Carlos gave me a long stare and then walked pass me and started heading out of the house.

I followed him, chasing him down.

"Carlos wait, please I'm sorry, I didn't have a choice ", I begged.

"Don't come any close to me ".

"Okay I will end everything with Valerio, but please, just take me back, I love you, please ", he stopped abruptly and looked me in the eyes.

"If you ever say those words again, I will cut your tongue, I will never take a whore like you back, if you ever want to set eyes on me again, you end your nasty relationship with that ... that that swine ", he said and walked out on me, leaving me there, cleaning my tears.

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Exactly 5 days of living with Valerio, he told me that they were to have a family meeting and that it was the day the will was going to be shared.

I was to also invite my mother because she was somehow now a part of the family.

I haven't spoken to her since that day, and I honestly wished it would be like that.

I had my entire day hanging out with Nona, cooking with her, talking and helping her braid her hair while Valerio was never home, always working.

I don't know what he did for a living and I honestly never wanted to know.

His family house was another Castle of it's own, I mean of course, they were the Alessandro's.

One of the wealthiest family in Italy.

We came very late, everyone was Seated there, including my mother. She was trying so hard to form a relationship with Mrs Alessandro, but the woman looked bored of her.

Carlos was giving me dagger eyes from the other side of the room, everyone looked at me, with spite, disgust. They never wanted me here

Carlos family always hated me, and now it's worse because they said I married the black Sheep of the family.

"Shall we begin?", the lawyer said clearing his throat.