~ Chapter 11 ~

Salvatore looked between the couple and saw the hard glint in Vinny’s eyes.  Yes, Valentina maybe shouldn’t have been so forceful and left marks on Celeste, but Celeste shouldn’t have disrespected her either; and everyone, including Celeste, knew that.  Val did what any princess would have done, stood up for herself.  And he had to make Vinny see that; after all, he was the only one who knew the terms of this agreement.  So, he grabbed Carlos and told him to take Val down to the dance floor while he took Vinny to the office.  Once Carlos took her, much to Vinny’s annoyance, Salvatore grabbed his arm, “let’s go.”

                “Where to?”

                “The office, we need to talk.”  Vinny sighed, but followed him.