"Mr. Violenta!" A deep voice called out. A man not older than forty, dressed in a black tuxedo with a mask on, walked towards us. His arm was wrapped around a woman who was dressed impeccably and approached us with a warm smile on her beautiful face and a red mask covering her eyes.
“Mr. Violenta, it's a pleasure to see you again.” The man said, bringing out an outstretched arm, which Sin shook.
“ The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Bianchi.” Sin says, giving a curt nod before turning to address the woman beside him. “ Lauren.”
“ Only you could make an entrance as grand as this, Sin.” She chuckles, leaving the side of the man. She tucked both of her arms into Sins' other arm while her eyes sparkled with delight, pressing her breast to his arm, and I wondered if she had no shame in doing that in front of her date.
"I’m so glad you decided to come. I thought this was going to be another gathering without your presence. " Great, i thought, with fake enthusiasm.
I didn’t realise my hold on Sin’s arm had tightened, not until he turned to look at me, the amusement in his eyes as he gazed into my then my hand wrapped around his before looking at my eyes.
When I realised what I was doing, I tried pulling away, but just like the last time, he stopped me before slowly removing the hands that looked like a vine on his right arm.
“ You haven’t introduced the woman beside you.” The man asked, looking at me with a face filled with curiosity, the same as the woman.
" I don’t think Sin needs to introduce her to my love. " The woman said, her lips cast down in defiance. “ She is simply irrelevant.”
" That’s where you're wrong, Lauren." Sin responds, his handsome face void of any emotion. "She is anything but irrelevant. "Dopotutto sarà la donna che regnerà accanto a me (She is, after all, going to be the donna, ruling beside me).” He said it in Italian, and while I wasn't sure what he said, his words were enough to stun both of them.
"What, you can’t be serious?" The woman exclaimed, still looking stunned, and I began to wonder what he said. She turned her full attention towards me. "Her." She voiced out the word with a sneer
I gave her a serene smile as I tilted my head up a little, giving her a firm look. Her eyes darted from my masked face down to my neck where my necklace lay, and she gasped.
"You must really mean it, seeing as she is wearing the Violante family heirloom.” She says, her tone bitter and full of jealousy.
"I hope you don’t take to heart my wife’s reaction, she is a bit shocked by the news." the man said with a smile. “ Though it would be nice to see the face that was able to grab the attention of a man such as Mr. Violenta, I sincerely give you my congratulations.”
Yet again, I had no idea what he was congratulating me on, but instead of querying him, I smiled, muttering out a thank you.
" I hope you don’t mind if I steal away your date for a while. I have matters to discuss with him, which are of privacy. " The man asked
I didn’t like the idea of being here alone without Sin, but I couldn’t turn down the man’s request, not when he had asked politely
"Sure, why not?"
"No," Sin said firmly. He removed his hand from mine, wrapping it around his waist. " I do not plan on leaving my date."
I raised an eyebrow in his direction while the man face looked conflicted, the woman beside him had a pain-stricken face. But deep in my heart, there's something lit at his words.
Nevertheless, I didn’t want to seem like an obstacle to whatever the man wanted. "Don't worry about me, Nikolai." I smiled sweetly in his face. "I'm thirsty, why don't you handle your matters while I go get a drink in the buffet table."
"But..."
I shook my head while the smile was still playing on my lips, but my eyes hardened in his direction. "I’m fine here. It must be a matter of importance since he requested some privacy with you.”
I heard him sigh heavily. "Okay, fine. But don’t forget our promise. "
I rolled my eyes and smiled, “ Sure, I will stay in your line of sight.”
“ You don’t have to worry about her; my wife can keep her company.”
No!, please take her away. I wanted to yell, but instead gave a fake smile.
Sin gave me a brief glance to see if I was alright with it, and I nodded, letting him know I didn’t mind.
"Fine," he says, leaning down to peck my lips. " I’m watching your every move, piccola tentatrice . Don't do something that we might both regret at the end. "
I tilted my head while grinning wickedly in his face. "Like what?"
His beautiful dark orb sparked dangerously for my liking. I should have known that it's not a good idea to provoke him. He might be a civilized gentleman on the outside, but he's still a barbaric man on the inside. "Something like stirring my jealousy, amore. You do not want to what happens when I get jealous."
I gave him a coy smile. "Do I?"
He stalked my space even more. My heart gave a sudden jolt at his predatory gestures. I placed my hands on his hard chest when he finally closed the space between us.
"Why don't you try and let's find out if you can handle my jealousy, Mani?"
"I’m just kidding, Nikolai." I smiled warily at his dark eyes. "You should go now. Mr. Bianchi is waiting for you. "
Finally, he turned around and left Lauren and I in the middle of the hallway. As he signaled everyone's attention inside, I quietly observed him. Everyone tries to catch his eye so they can get a chance to speak to him because he is such an influential member of society.
Now I understand the arrogance that comes with him.
Deciding not to look at them anymore, I turned my gaze to Lauren Her eyes were almost spilling out fire, directed at me.
There is no way I’m doing this right now!