Bound By Our Past

Chapter 1

For a girl who grew up in the house like mine,it is difficult to believe in love but the day l met Adrian I just knew. When our eyes met for the first time and when he smiled at me. God his eyes were just to die for. I fell in love that day. I fell in love with the boy who could never be mine.

A boy who could never belong in my world but this heart just knows no bounds.

"So you're the princess " he said quite rudely but l couldn't deliver my famous sharp and witty comebacks. The boy in front of me was all things handsome. Sharp cheekbone, strong jaw and arrogant smile. He had every quality l despised in my brothers but l couldn't help the butterflies that fluttered in my belly.

Those blue eyes and that charcoal black hair that was styled to perfection had me swooning. It hurt even looking at him.

l knew that very moment that l wanted him all to myself and l being Aria Lucchese l got what l needed.

"Is there a problem here" Milo my best friend asked as he approached us and putting his hand on my shoulder while looking at the boy in front of me. l frowned at him because even though l had just met this handsome creature l was determined on protecting him against anything or anyone.

l glanced towards the boy feeling my cheeks warming in embarrassment. l hated it when someone tried to stand up for me like l couldn't handle my own.The boy didn't look impressed by Milo's arrival either . In fact for a minute there l felt like he was annoyed but it came as quickly as it left.

"Nothing mate, the princess was just looking at me and l thought maybe she wanted something" he said leaving us alone, as he disappeared into the school hallway and l fumed looking at Milo.

Make no mistake, Milo is also handsome with his dark chocolate eyes and a similar build to the boy l just met but that boy is in a league of his own.

"What the hell, let me no rephrase that, who in the world asked you to be that rude ." l asked him annoyed with his behavior towards the boy l had just met.

"Well you're the one who's always emphasized your hate towards boys like that "he said looking at me warily and confused but l just left him standing to find the boy whom l just let slip away from me.

"Damn Milo" l said looking for the boy in a passage full of high schoolers. It didn't hurt that everyone of them stood out of my way because they were afraid of me. As they should.

Despite the fact that he had disappeared on me l still found out who he was and l was disappointed. He was a boy l couldn't have, a boy my family wouldn't approve of but due to my fiery nature and my thrill for danger it just made me want him more.

"Stay away from him "Milo said the next week when he found out about my infatuation with the new boy. Everyone at school talked about him and due to my behavior the day we met him ,he was convinced that l liked him. Though he wasn't wrong but l couldn't risk telling him about this considering he was a tattletale ever since his induction.

l could trust my best friend before he was a Made men but now he reports everything to my father and his uncle which has put a strain on our relationship.

My father Alonso Lucchese is the don of the Lucchese Family ,while Milo's uncle Luciano Gambino is the don of the Gambino family and also the Capo di Capi of the Five families. My father and Luciano are best friends and that's why Milo is stuck with me like permanent glue.

"It's quite funny that you think l give a flying rat what you think" l said to him. Everyone who knows me, knows that l don't take kindly to orders. l can't believe he honestly thought l would listen to him because he was a Made Men.

He jerked in surprise as he regarded me. Milo knows me or at least he did before he was inducted. Now all we did was fight and argue due to his possessive and protectiveness.

This life has already taken away my mom and it hurts because it was taking my best friend as well.

"l just----" l flipped him and left him standing before he could finish. l wasn't in the mood for his lecture. l knew he didn't like this as much as l did but l hate hearing it because there's nothing we can do about it.

"So what has the princess so angry" l heard a smooth husky velvety voice say behind me. Despite the mocking in his tone l wanted to smile. How could anyone be so perfect.

l hated being called princess. Everyone at school and in the Lucchese family called me the Ice Princess. They say l am as cold as ice.

The name didn't irritate me as much coming from everyone else because it meant they knew what and how l am. l liked the sense of fear l evoked in them as l passed them or if l was anywhere near them. l just didn't like being called Princess by him.

"So if l am the princess then what are you "l said turning to look at him and he raised his eyebrows at my questions.

How can everything about him be perfect. l thought.

"Your knight " he said and we both laughed.