Ruthless Daddy; His Bratty Little Girl
"You can't run this family alone, Julian. A Don needs a Donna beside him. That's not opinion. That's tradition, passed down from your great-grandfather, to your father, to me. It's not something either of us gets to decide we're done with."
"I know the tradition." I keep my voice even. "Which is exactly why I'm taking another bride."
Vittorio's head comes up sharply, and for one long second the room goes quiet enough that I can hear the woman's breathing beside him.
"Baby girl." He crooks two fingers at her without looking away from me, and when she steps closer he grabs her by the wrist and hauls her against his side, his other hand cracking hard across her ass. She gasps, more out of shock