Sold To The Mafia Don

They stopped laughing as soon as they saw me. I gulped, standing still in the same position.

"Mira, come on in." Donna Carmela said to me, gesturing for me to approach them as they sat the table.

I slowly walked towards them and placed down my tray. I felt Caterina's eyes watching me like a hawk.

I turned to leave after dropping the tray but Donna Carmela called me back.

 "You should sit with us." She said.

My eyes went to Caterina who was still staring at me. I could not read her expression totally but I could tell she hated the sight of me from the first time she saw me at that party.

I sat down, looking at my nails like they were the most interesting thing in the world. When Caterina wasn't looking, I took a closer look at her.

She was a dazzling caramel skinned latina. Her curly hair fell down to her waist, her natural lashes looked like falsies and her waist to hip ratio seemed nonexistent. She was too beautiful for words. I could not understand why Jace broke up their engagement. I wish I knew the backstory.

"You baked these?" She asked me.

I looked up at her face, jolting out of my thoughts.

"Yes I did." I answered. 

"They're nice." She said.

Donna Carmela nodded in agreement, taking another bite.

"Thank you." I managed to say in a soft voice. 

I watched them converse. They seemed close. Caterina seemed like the perfect fit to be the wife of Don Romano. And of course she was the one that his mother would approve of since they had a good relationship. She belonged and fit perfectly into their world while I stuck out like a sore thumb.

I was uncomfortable. I wanted to leave.

All of a sudden, Donna Carmela got on her feet. 

"I have to make a quick phone call. Excuse me." She said and walked off and left me alone with the woman who seemed to hate my guts. 

"How did Jace meet you?" She asked after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"Um-"

How was I supposed to answer that? Was she supposed to know that he kidnapped me and forced me to be his wife and I married him a week after meeting him for the first time?

"I heard he kidnapped you and made you marry him." She said with a sly smile. If she knew already, why was she asking me? That was what I was wondering when she continued speaking.

"Poor thing. I can't believe he would go this far just to spite me." She chuckled mockingly.

"I don't understand you." I spoke up.

"He married you just a few weeks after our break up."

That was news to me.

"So?"

She laughed. "You're not just a rebound. You are his plaything. The only difference is that he made you marry him so it could seem serious to me."

I was speechless.

"Jace can be extreme in everything. Especially in the bedroom." She winked.

I almost cringed in disgust. I did not need that kind of information.

She continued, "You look so innocent. I don't think you can even keep up with all his wild fantasies, his roughness, all of it."

I tried to get pictures of them banging out of my head. I saw the way he looked at her while at his event weeks ago. I knew that she fit his wild and hardcore nature and the kind of sex they had would always be too much for me to keep up with. I did not plan on being his sex slave anyways so there was no way I could keep up.

"But maybe I shouldn't judge. Maybe when we have a threesome I would be able to say for sure." She grinned.

I clutched my chest, immediately disgusted by what she just said.

"I would do no such thing. I'm not anyone's toy." I said through gritted teeth.

She chuckled again. "Well you look like it."

"Excuse me." I tried to get up. I was done listening to her nonsense.

"I'm not done speaking to you Mira."

"Well I am done."

"Sit or I'll have my guard shoot you."

"In my husband's home?" 

I may not have been willing to be his wife but I was his wife regardless.

"Look at you getting too comfortable." She threw her head back and laughed even harder.

"I could have you killed right now and you'll only be counted as a random casualty in the heat of our breakup while I reunite with Jace. Try me," 

Her face seemed to change into something evil. She truly meant what she said.

I swallowed. For all I knew she could have been saying the truth. I would be killed and forgotten while they would get back together. I would just be caught in the crossfire of their toxic love. I was a nobody and no one would be able to go to war for me. 

So like a wimp, I sat back down on the seat.

"Good girl." She grinned as I did. 

"I don't hate you. You haven't exactly done anything wrong. I just need to remind you of your place." 

I listened, fighting back every tear that wanted to come out of my eyes.

"You're a nobody. A little rat in the midst of predators and you'd be crushed if you try to do more than you're asked. Just play the dutiful little wife that you are. When Jace Romano is done with you, he knows where the real good pussy is. Who knows, he might be over at mine tonight," She winked again, picking up her bag and getting on her feet while I sat still, trying to keep my emotions in check.

'"Take care, Mrs Romano." She scoffed and walked off. 

Her words bit into my skin more than they should have.

I heard the door shut before the tear I had been holding back rolled down my face.

~

I cried so hard when I got back to my room. I cried until I could not breathe anymore.

I sat on the floor and mourned my fate. Why did all the terrible things have to happen to me?

I didn't know how long I had been on the floor when Jace came in.

"What happened?"

I shook my head. "It's nothing. I'm fine."

I tried to wipe my face but he held my hand. How was I supposed to tell him his ex came and practically threatened my life?

"Mirabel, what happened?!"

I flinched a little bit as his voice went up.

"Please don't get mad if I tell you."

His jaw ticked.

"That depends on exactly what you tell me." 

"Your ex was here and she was mean to me." I said.

"Caterina?" His brows furrowed.

I nodded.

"What was she doing here?"

"Donna invited her over."

"What?"

I saw his eyes light up in anger before he spoke next.

"Tell me everything."