Episode 2

FIORELLA FERRAZ

The door opens, revealing an incredibly intimidating man, a furious lion, big and cold. Light brown eyes and tanned skin. He approached my father and greeted him with a handshake.

"Ferraz, my friend, good to see you again."

"Argo, it is an honor to be here and reaffirm our agreement."

So he is the father of my future fiancé. Another tyrant who only thinks about money. I folded my arms in front of my body as my father introduces Jonah to the mafia boss. He didn't even look at me, didn't know me, and seemed to be angry with me. Funny because I felt the same way, I didn't even know my future father-in-law and already hated him.

"And this is Fiorella Ferraz, my daughter," my father pointed at me, and the big man looked into my eyes for the first time. He approached and extended his large hand. It took me ages to react, he frowned in anger, waiting for my reciprocation. I held his hand lightly, afraid to touch him, but when I did, he squeezed it, making me shiver. My arm trembled without knowing why.

The contact was extremely brief, he seemed to have an allergy or aversion to me. His voice deepened as he asked us to sit without even looking at us. My father and brother sat down, I remained in the same spot, I don't know why I did that, perhaps I was scared by the magnitude of my future father-in-law's arrogance. I hope his son is sweet, unlike his father, only then can he make me change my mind.

"You may sit, Miss...?"

"Fiorella," I said, "I'm fine standing."

He seemed to explode with anger at my response and exclaimed, "I told you to sit, Fiorella." I couldn't help it, my name sounded like music on those angry lips.

Take me away, daddy, I can't be part of this family. He looks like a monster from a horror movie. I looked at my father, he glared at me, to avoid irritating him, I sat down.

"Mr. Argo."

"Just Argo, Ferraz."

My father held my hand and squeezed it.

"Argo, I raised Fiorella and Jonah practically on my own. I want to say that... this is more than an agreement to me. I am giving up my stronghold because I know that she will be taken care of by your son."

Liar, my father wants to give a good speech, but he is first thinking about what he can gain in the future. The son of an arrogant man like Argo will never be able to take care of any woman.

"You can be sure that, as far as I am concerned, your daughter will be well taken care of," Argo's deep voice echoed through the room, and he looked at me for a moment.

I am already preparing my script to say in front of everyone, I don't want to get married and I won't get married.

"I noticed that you, Adalberto, are very fluent in English, just like your sons."

"We lived in Germany, but we have always been passionate about the English language. My children are very fluent."

"Argo," a woman's voice called the mafioso, then the door opened slowly. A woman and a boy entered, probably this boy is my arranged fiancé. She stood next to Argo and stroked his back.

"Adalberto, this is my wife, Loretha."

Loretha seems nice, just judging by her appearance. I believe that her son didn't take after her at all, as he seems irritated. My father stood up and greeted the woman.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Romanov."

"These are your children, Jonah Ferraz, and the young lady...?"

Argo must be kidding me. I stood up and greeted the woman myself.

"I am Fiorella Ferraz, pleased to meet you, Mrs. Loretha Romanov," I said and looked at Argo. He wrinkled his face at me, I didn't understand where so much anger came from.

"You are beautiful, Fiorella. Congratulations on your children, Mr. Adalberto," Loretha complimented, then she snapped her fingers to call her son. "Jared, come here." The guy got up from the couch, which had sunk when he arrived, and for the first time, he looked in my direction and approached.

"Holy... you are beautiful, miss."

I gave him a half smile while he held my hand and brought it to his lips. His eyes seemed to sparkle.

My future fiancé moved away, my father and Argo start discussing the engagement party that will be tonight.

"You all seem tired, I'll ask them to show you the room so you can relax before the party," Loretha says and everyone stands up.

"I wanted to say something," my father looked at me immediately, trying to intimidate me. "You didn't ask me what I think of this marriage."

Loretha smiles and asks, "Forgive our rudeness, what do you think, Fiorella? Is the party to your liking?" With this question, I realize that Loretha is talking about the buffet and the decoration we were just looking at. But she's mistaken, that's not what I'm going to talk about.

"The decoration looks perfect, Loretha, I want to say something else."

"Excuse me," Adalberto grabs my arm and starts dragging me out.

"No, dad, let me speak," I pull my arm. "How can you force me to marry someone they don't even know?" Jonah, my brother, covers his mouth in shock, Loretha looks lost, Argo and Adalberto furious. After analyzing each one, I feel more confident to speak. "I don't want this marriage."

"Sorry about my daughter, Mr. Romanov, she's confused. Give me a minute." My father holds my arm tightly and pulls me out of the room. "I'll tell you something, you ungrateful girl, if Argo gives up this marriage because of you, I'll marry you with Victor tomorrow."

"Victor? No, dad."

Victor is an influential old pervert in Germany and a friend of my father's. The old man has shown interest in me, I just didn't know that my father was considering marrying me to him, it makes my stomach churn.

"You're going to go in and apologize, say you want to marry his son, I don't know. Invent something convincing, or you'll marry Victor tomorrow."

Worse than marrying Jared Romanov is marrying Victor. Even so, I won't back down, I won't apologize, damn it.

The door opens and Jonah runs towards us.

"Father, Argo wants to talk to you."

"Do you see what you did, girl?" my father growls and enters the room, leaving me alone with Jonah.

"Do you know what you're? Screwed. Argo is furious in there."

"I don't care, Jonah, I'll only marry on the day of my death."

"Do you know what our father will do? He will marry you to Victor."

"I'll run away, Jonah." Jonah seems sad for me, but still, he thinks it's best for me to marry Jared. "If it were you, Jonah, would you marry?"

"Right away, if Jared were a woman, of course. You'll be in charge of all this in a few years, Fiorella."

"I never wanted this, Jonah. You know me better than anyone, I've always hated being born into a mafia family."

"Fiorella!" Adalberto opens the door smiling. It scares me, I expected him to be furious for ruining the agreement with the two.

ARGO ROMANOV

Everything was going well, Jared seemed a bit irritated at first, but when he laid eyes on the insolent Barbie, he seemed enchanted by the girl. I liked seeing him amazed, it was one less problem for me to worry about. However, the little miss seemed upset, I could see on her face that she didn't want to marry my son. I ignored that damn doll-like face the whole time. I was tired of talking about the engagement when finally Loretha was going to end our meeting, the blondie decided to revolt.

"I wanted to say something. You didn't ask me what I think of this marriage."

Loretha asks about the wedding decorations. However, I already knew she was against it, I knew she would do something to avoid getting married. This girl has no idea what she's getting into. After her speech, her father pulls her out of the room.

"What was that, Argo?"

"The girl doesn't want to get married, Loretha, isn't it obvious?"

Jared approaches. "See, dad, even the girl doesn't want to get married. Forget about this marriage."

"You seemed enchanted with the girl, Jared."

"She's hot, dad, but she's a virgin."

I ignore Jared's comment and brush my fingers on Loretha's face.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this." I lift my eyes and notice Jonah Ferraz is still in the room. "Jonah, can you call your father?"

"Of course."

Next, Adalberto Ferraz enters the room. His face is red, I'm sure he scolded his daughter and is terrified that I will terminate our agreement.

"Adalberto, I understand that you're worried. Jared doesn't agree with this marriage either."

"I want to apologize on behalf of Fiorella, Argo. I really didn't..."

"No need to apologize, my friend," I interrupt. "In fact, I believe it would be better if your daughter stayed with us until the wedding."

"What?" Loretha, Jared, and Adalberto are startled.

"That's right. The girl needs to get used to our family since the wedding is in three months. It would be good for her to familiarize herself with us first."

Fiorella thinks she can say whatever she wants and still come out on top. She will quickly realize that nobody messes with me. That wild beast needs to be tamed since her own father didn't have the guts to do it.

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