Chapter 0010

ROSALINE

I tried my best not to scamper off to the ladies' room and hide. Dom was out of sight, and so were Adonis and Bella. Julian had promised to stay with me, but he had gone off with Dom as well. This was bad.

I could feel someone walking toward me. I was certain it was Terenzio. Through my peripheral vision, I could not see much, but that weighty walk did not belong to any of the men I was utterly comfortable with.

“Excuse me,” came a gravelly voice, and I straightened.

Oh, fuck! I twisted my head gracefully to look at the figure. It was indeed De Vitto, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips and his gaze strangely soft on me.

“I saw you standing here all alone and thought of giving you some company.”

I faked a smile. “How thoughtful of you.” I hoped that that did not sound like a mock.

He extended a hand toward me, and I accepted. “Terenzio De Vitto.”

“Rosaline Guerra.”

Up this close, he looked much like every other Made-man with his tall height and muscles, bu