'Ok here's the plan,' Adriano says turning around in his seat.
'We know already,' Lorenzo says.
'Terzo and I will walk in together,' Zoya says.
'Alora and I will go in next,' Alessandro adds.
'Then Adriano will walk in with Dilara,' Matteo says.
'Why do we need a plan if this is a small family gathering?' I ask.
Lorenzo looks at Adriano.
'You haven't told her?' He asks. Adriano sighs before turning to me.
'This isn't a family gathering, it's a mafia gathering,' he says. My heart drops.
'There will be dangerous men with their women who will have eyes on you,' he continues.
'Why me?' I ask.
'Because your technically dating the next heir of the Italian mafia group The Vipers,' Terzo says.
Fucking hell, he's the heir?
'You'll look desirable to everyone,' Zoya adds.
'Don't be scared,' Adriano says. 'We have security surrounding the perimeter.'
That makes me feel so much better.
'I'm not scared,' I reply calmly.
Maybe a little, but I'm not going to show it.
Alessandro opens up one of the black bags on the seat next to him.
'Take two knives each,' he says passing the bag.
It finally reaches me and I take one of the knives that has a red metal hilt. The other one is so sharp it can cut skin, even if you just ran your finger over the blade.
I strap the red one to my thigh and put the other one on my calf.
Alessandro passes a bag of guns round. Adriano takes two and so does everyone else.
'Who's Lorenzo going with?' I ask.
'Amira,' Lorenzo replies.
'Lorenzo looooves her,' Matteo laughs.
Lorenzo elbows him in the stomach.
'Wait, Amira is part of the mafia?' I ask.
'Of course,' Terzo says. 'She's a badass,'
'But she doesn't have a tattoo,' I say.
'It's against her religion,' Adriano says. 'So we gave her a snake necklace instead.'
He adjusts the gun in his waistband. An old man in a suit opens the door of the limo.
'Show time,' Terzo says.
He and Zoya get out and link arms. Alessandro helps Alora out and Adriano and I follow behind them.
I straighten out my dress, and Adriano puts his hand on my lower back. I put my arm around him and we walk towards the gigantic mansion in front of us.
'Hey guys!' Amira says.
She's wearing a white hijab put into a turban style and a long, nude dress. Her eye makeup is amazing.
She's able to look so beautiful while being modest.
Around her neck are layers of gold necklaces and I see a gold snake one. She's wearing matching gold earrings.
I look behind me at Lorenzo and see him fixing his hair in the car window. He turns around and as soon as he lays his eyes on her he smiles.
She walks over to him and links arms with him.
We walk past a bunch of security guards who let us walk past without a second glance. Maybe it's because Adriano's family is hosting the party.
We enter the mansion and there's a huge diamond chandelier in the middle of the ceiling.
There are people everywhere in suits and amazing dresses, drinking wine, laughing and dancing.
Adriano pulls me closer to him and removes the hair from my neck. He puts his face in the crook of my neck.
'What are you doing?' I mutter under my breath.
'You're supposed to be dating me,' he says.
Oh right, show time.
I put my face down near his ear and giggle.
We walk through the crowds of people.
'We'll meet up again at the end.' Zoya says.
Terzo and Zoya walk to the other side of the hall. Alora and Alessandro walk in the opposite direction. Matteo walks off, and Lorenzo and Amira are lost in the crowd behind us.
Adriano and I continue walking and I see the eyes of men who have women sitting on their laps follow my every move.
'They're watching us,' I mumble while smiling.
'Keep walking,' Adriano replies.
We reach Adriano's mum, Vittoria and she's standing with a man with blonde hair and blue eyes, the girl at his side has smooth dark skin and both her eyes are different colours.
She smiles at us, showing her dimples.
'Zahira, meet my son Adriano and his girlfriend Dilara,' Vittoria says.
The girl holds out her hand and gold bangles clink with the movement. Adriano takes it and shakes it and I do the same.
He doesn't put his hand around me again.
'It's nice to finally meet you,' She says. Her accent shows that she's from France.
'This is my husband, Chase,' She says signalling to the blonde next to her.
We shake hands.
'We where just talking about the opportunity of joining our two mafias.' Vittoria says, mostly to Adriano.
'An alliance,' Chase says.
'We're more than happy to cooperate if you are,' Adriano smiles.
'How about you let Dilara mingle while we talk business?' Vittoria asks.
Her eyes say that she's not asking us, she's telling us.
'Dilara go make some friends,' Adriano says ignoring the expression on my face. I nod and walk off.
A waiter passes me and I take a glass of wine from his tray.
So much men are staring at me, but they're not approaching me. They know I'm here with Adriano.
'What's a pretty girl like you doing here alone?' A voice asks.
I turn around and see a tall, built man with dark hair and brown eyes.
'And you are?' I ask, drinking from my glass.
'Xuan,' he replies. 'Xuan Liu.'
I go to walk away but he stops me.
'Does a name come with that pretty face?' He asks.
He must not know who brought me here, he's flirting with me.
'Quite the charmer aren't you?' I ask. He shrugs smirking.
'I'm Dilara Caesar,' I finally say.
'Would you like to dance?' He asks extending his hand. I look over at Adriano who's busy speaking to Zahira and Chase and some other people.
Why not?
'Sure,' I reply taking his hand.
*AUTHORS NOTE*
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