BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON
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No questions were asked.
Valentina stood where the vows had been spoken, her fingers trembling as they brushed the diamond resting on her left hand. The stone caught the candlelight, scattering tiny sparks across the blood-stained marble.
She curled her fingers into a fist.
The ring bit into her skin.
It wasn't heavy because of the diamonds.
It was heavy because, with a single vow, she had become Mrs. De Luca.
The cathedral doors swung open.
A wall of camera flashes exploded across the steps, so bright Valentina instinctively narrowed her eyes. Voices crashed into one another as reporters surged against the barricades, microphones stretching into the air like reaching hands.