Gang life (Book 1)

Chapter 20

A few minutes later, we have arrived.

He gets out of the car and walks around to help me out.

He offers me his hand, which I take and step out of the car.

I look up to see a grand looking mansion.

I gape at what I see.

Its massive!

Matéo leads me inside and we walk into a large hall, full of people.

I'm suddenly nervous.

Matéo senses this and whispers in my ear.

"You need to relax, amoré. You look amazing and we are just here to show our faces, ok?" He says.

I nod at him.

As we walk through, I realised that a lot of people are looking at us both.

Some of the women are whispering into their husbands ears, looking at me up and down.

I ignore them.

A man walks up to us.

He is quite good looking, but he isn't Matéo.

He has dark green eyes and naturally tanned skin.

He is built but Matéo is just...

More built.

"Ah, Matéo! Che bello vederti!
( How wonderful to see you!)" he says.

Another Italian...

Wonderful.

"It's good to see you too Riccardo" Matéo says with a genuine smile.

He lets go of me and they hug.

Riccardo turns to me and his eyes widen.

He looks between Matéo and I, and then back to Matéo.

"This is your girl? She went for your stupid ass?" he asks.

He has a thick accent like Matéo.

I turn away shyly.

"Riccardo, this is my wife!" Matéo cuts in, before he can rant on further.

Riccardo glares at him.

I look at Matéo, whose face has gone slightly red and looks a little embarrassed.

Riccardo scoffs.

"Your own big brother, and you say nothing" he asks.

If it helps... my dad knew and still didn't show up!

He rolls his eyes and turns to me.

"What's your name, gorgeous?" He asks.

"Adeline" I respond and he takes my hand before kissing it gently.