Lila POV
"Fine. Just know that I'm very disappointed in you, nico."
"That makes two of us. Now, the truth."
She sighed over the speaker. "Nikolai was in love with the tramp. He wanted to marry her."
My heart stopped, and nico took his hand off mine.
"Your father refused. He said that she wasn't good enough for the man who would run this family, and that Nikolai needed to find himself a strong Italian woman. Not a filthy American snob."
Nico sat back down and picked up the phone, holding it in front of him. "What happened?"
"Nikolai was angry, of course. So he went straight to her father, telling Falcone his plans to marry his daughter.
Like us, Falcone wasn't thrilled. He contacted your father and an agreement was made to keep them apart."
I got up from the bed, unable to sit still any longer while I heard this woman talk about Nikolai, and how he wanted to be with me forever.
Every word gnawed at my heart, breaking through my chest.
