It felt unreal. Like it never happened. Like he's still laying beside me in bed in our house.

I can still feel his lips tickling on mine, our legs tangled and the heat of our bodies laying
together. It's like he's here. But he isn't. Unfortunately, this is my life. Where everything I
touch gets turned into ashes.

I'm looking like a lost puppy while Victoria is dragging me across the club to the dance
floor. I'm dancing with Vic while she's swaying her hips in rhythm with mine. Can't drink
my pain away tonight since she's waisted. One of us has to be a sobber. She's dancing
and I'm taking care of her when she almost fell asleep on my shoulder. That's my cue.

Dropping herself on the passenger seat while I throw our things at the back of the car.
While pulling away from the club I heard Vic snoring which brought a smile to my face.
Victoria is like my sister. We have been best friends since I know myself. Her dad was
my dad's best man so they are very close.

My older brother, Alexander, is head over heels in love with her but is terrified to tell her.
Vic's older brother, Lorenzo, he and Xander are great friends. It's just that I'm afraid that
Lorenzo won't like that when he finds out.

The car pulled up in front of the gates before I could realize it. I parked the car beside my
dad's black Ferrari and walk to the other side of the car to take The Sleeping Beauty into
her chambers. Her heels were in her hand so I picked her up bridal style and went
upstairs to her room. Opening her bathroom door I quickly took makeup wipes from
under the sink, turned the lights off, and got back to her bed.

I slowly started taking her makeup off without waking her up. I had to change her but she
wasn't wearing anything under her dress, so I put the shirt over it and carefully took her
dress off. Kissing her forehead, turning off the bedside lamp, and getting out of her
room, I went outside with a full bottle of vodka I grabbed from the kitchen.

Getting outside I sat beside the pool putting my now bare legs in the still warm water.
The weather was still very nice even though it was the begging of October. It was around
2 am and by now the bottle was empty. Not a single drop in it. I was exhausted, but then
I heard the footsteps. Reaching for my gun I stopped my actions when my eyes caught
Lorenzo's gaze.

"I thought you might need a refill." He said while passing me the new bottle. I took it and
gulped down half of it. Hearing him sighing beside me I turned to look at him, to see
what was wrong. After what came out of his mouth I wish I didn't.
"It's tomorrow, isn't it?" He said while looking up and I swear I felt a tear sliding down my
cheek. Just nodding I acknowledge his question and that was enough from him.

Tomorrow is 5 years. I can't believe I survived that long, I thought to myself. Lorenzo put
his hand around me and I dropped my head on his shoulder. We slowly finished the
bottle sitting in comfortable silence while the sun started to rise.

The mansion is placed on the hill above New York. It's the most beautiful thing on the
planet. The way orange and yellow shades are mixing and reflecting each other on the
surface of the ocean is like they can't exist one without the other. They are made to be
together and complement each other. I had that.

Lorenzo got up and offered his hand to me to help me get up. I took it since I need to
start getting ready because of the very important meeting later. The guard opened the
mansion door for me and I finally headed to my room.

As I walked into the bathroom, my dark circles were huge because of the lack of sleep I
had. Deciding to shower I grabbed the new towel and hang it beside the shower cabin.
Putting my clothes in the laundry basket I was left naked. The lights were dimmed as I
walked inside and turned the water on while it flowed down my body.

Grabbing the shampoo from the top shelf in the cabin I poured some into my palm. I
smeared it between my hands and applied it to my silk black hair. The foam started to
create between the strands of my hair. Quickly, I washed it out and put a small amount of
conditioner on the ends of my hair. I also washed the conditioner out before wrapping
one towel around my tanned body and the other one around my wet hair.

Turning the lights in the bathroom completely off I started walking toward my walk-in
closet to get dressed. Opening the drawer the first thing my eyes landed on was the
matching black lace set so I decided to wear that. By the time I put it on the towel was
already soaked so I took it off my hair.

After dressing up I sat at my beauty table to dry my hair. While turning on the hairdryer I
thought about what make-up look I should do today. After all, this meeting is very
important. My hair was almost fully dried when the lyrics of the Sarcophagus III by
$ucideboy$ and Ramirez came to my mind. After I finished singing it the only thing left
was to straighten my hair.
The straightener got warm so I started straightening my hair, that a minute ago looked
like a bird's nest. After I finished it, I put some oil on my hair so that it is soft and silk. I
went through the hair with my brush one more time before I started doing my make-up.

I like to listen to music while I'm getting ready, so I took my phone from my bedside table
and opened Spotify. The first song that popped up was Bottoms up by Trey Songz and
Nicki Minaj so I started singing while I applied the ridiculous amount of concealer on my
dark circles.

While quickly blending it I noticed the clock on my phone that said that I'm already late
so I rushed myself. When I'm drawing my eyebrows not that they are not twins, but they
do not know each other. But today it's a different story, this is the evenest thing I ever did
in my life. I applied a ton of mascara and my favorite bloody red lipstick and headed to
my closet to get dressed.

Always first find the shoes you want to wear, because you will get a heart attack later
when you can't pair your outfit with the shoes. I took some pitch-black lace-up sculptured
block heels and I will pair them with the mid-thigh black off-shoulder dress that ties over
the chest. Grabbing my huge black coat I swing it around my shoulders and I smiled
when the fur tickled my neck.

I took my phone from my beauty table, the black Louis Vuitton purse, and some Versace
sunglasses with a black frame and grey lenses so that my eyes could pop out a little bit.
As I put them on I closed the door of my room and started walking down the stairs.

I walked into the kitchen to grab the coffee and then I spotted Xander sitting at the table
eating his breakfast. That's great I'll go with him to the meeting since dad is already
there. While making myself coffee I also made him one. Bringing coffee to where he sat,
I gave him his coffee while I took one piece of bacon from his plate.

"I'll wait for you in the car." I kissed his cheek. "Hurry up," I said while walking towards
the garage. Diego, the bodyguard, opened the door of the garage for me to walk inside,
and after that, he followed me inside to open the car door for me. But I'm completely
capable of doing it myself so I dismissed him with a quick nod.

The moment I closed the door, Xander sat in the car. I started the engine and we slowly
left the property. While I drove he texted someone the whole ride. So naturally, I was
curious and decided to ask him about it.
"Who are you texting?" I asked, keeping my eyes on the road in front of me. He shifted
in his seat, debating should he answer my question. He let out a heavy sigh before
finally satisfying my curiosity.

"Victoria. I finally grow the balls to ask her but I don't know how." Knew it. I waited for this
moment my whole life. But first I'm going to beat the hell out of my brother because of
how stupid he is. A lot of girls would kill if their best friend ever dated their brother, but
they're both adults. They can make their own decisions.

"Wow, I never thought that I would experience this," I said with a smile. "But are you
fucking stupid, cazzo? Who calls a girl out over a text?" He looked at me like he just
realized his mistake.

"Can you help me?" I smiled after hearing those words. Turning to him, his face softened
realizing that I will not just help him to get with Vic, but to marry her and make her the
mother of his children. My face said it all to him. We always understood each other,
without having to use words. That's just our special bond.

"Okay, enough about me. Did you and dad finish everything?" He asked and shifted his
gaze to my face, waiting for an answer. I just smiled remembering the deal we made.

"Yeah, we finished everything. The contract is ready, he just needs to sign it." Answering,
I pulled up in front of the building where the meeting is held. The Armani Corporation.
The seat of the whole company.

As we got out of the car, Nacho, the guard caught the keys I throw him and went to park
the car. We both headed towards the door when the doorman opened the door for us but
Xander let me walk in first. As I walked through the door I nodded at the doorman as a
sign of appreciation.

Slowly, we headed towards the elevator while we sipped our coffee at the same time. My
brother slightly smiled, like he noticed the same thing I did. After exiting the elevator on
the top floor, I finished my coffee and when I headed to the bin to through it into the
garbage, I received a message on my phone.

I slowly turned around with my phone in my hand I continued walking towards the
conference room, but before I could make it there my body bumped into a wall. At least I
would think it was a wall if I didn't smell that perfume. I would recognize it anywhere.
"Nicolas," I said, without even looking at him. I don't like him. But when I looked up at
him, only then did he acknowledge my presence. I held his gaze before my name left his
lips.

"Ozora, long time no see." My blood boils of how good my name sounds in his mouth.
But I don't let myself show any kind of emotion on my face. I don't involve myself with
men like him. At least not anymore.

My whole body was on fire, but I calmed down before I continued my path toward the
conference room. While I'm still walking, Xander showed up beside me to walk inside
with me.

"Where were you?" I asked him, but then I noticed something different about him. His
eyes were brighter than 5 minutes ago. And then it hit me. Victoria. She must be at the
building and he met her.

"I met Vic. I asked her and she said she is free tonight. So, my little sis, I'm taking your
best friend for myself tonight." Bingo. I finally got my answer. They should go. Xander
was buried in work this past few days, he could use a night off.

"No problem, big bro. I have a ton of paperwork to do tonight so go and have fun. You
deserve it." I finished my answer when he put his hand around my shoulder and kissed
my temple. I live for moments like this.

After a few seconds, we reached the conference room, and when I walked inside every
man turned his attention to my legs, except my father, of course, who shoot them with
dead glares. Perverts.

My father got up and hugged me since I haven't seen him for a month because of his trip
with my mom. When he released me I sat on his right side while Xander sat on his left.
But then I turned my head and noticed that the only empty chair was right beside me and
at that exact moment my nightmare walked through the door.

I mean, come on man. This kind of thing happens only in movies or in mafia stories on
Wattpad. After he sat down, my father started talking. I didn't listen to a word he said,
because I already knew what he gonna say. But then I heard something that I didn't
know about.
"They are getting married and with that our alliance will be made for good." He finished
his speech and I looked at him and interrupted him. On purpose, of course. Anybody
who knows him even a little bit knows that he hates it when people do that.

"Who's getting married?" The question escaped my mouth despite the fact that my
subconscious already knew the answer to that question. After he answered my world
shattered into pieces. It can't get any worse, right?

"Nicolas Diego Rodriquez, The Heir to The Spanish Mafia, and Ozora Vittoria Armani,
The Second Born Heir to The Italian Mafia, are getting married to connect the two most
powerful mafia families in the world. The wedding will be held in the Maldives in two
weeks." My father ended his speech but then Hugo, Nicolas's father, continued.

"You two will live together until the wedding. That decision takes effect immediately."
After Hugo stopped talking, they signed something and everybody exited the room.
Except for me and Nicolas, who just looked at our fathers. I should have stayed quiet.