My Mafia Madness 3

Chapter 12 - Dante's Announcement

A wave of relief flooded over the concerned Reaper as he finally cast his emerald eyes upon his beautiful woman Alexa, rounding the corner with Nicola by her side.

Good old Nicola, he could always rely on his friend to get the job done.

After only just returning from her apparently extended trip to the bathroom, Alexa locked eyes with Dante and smiled warmly at her gorgeous man.

She wasted no time, quickly crossing the floor and walking straight into his open arms.

An immediate sense of comfort submerged her as soon as his masculine arms wrapped around her and pulled her in closer against his firm chest.

“There you are, bella.” his deepened voice rumbled.

“Sorry I took so long.” she replied, snuggling in against him as she too wrapped both her arms around his waist.

“I hope you didn’t miss me too much while I was gone.”

He chuckled softly, lowering his head to place a gentle kiss upon the top of her head.

“Would you blame me if I had?” he enquired, speaking down over her.

Smiling, Alexa lifted her head up to meet his intoxicating daze.

And those captivating emerald-green eyes that stared back at her with such devotion and desire… she felt herself completely swept up within them as the two shared a moment together.

That was, until a voice called out, interrupting their moment.

“Boss. We have visitors.”

Turning his head and thus breaking his daze, Dante looked across at one of his many men standing by the entrance to their VIP booth.

As suggested, it appeared that they had company and Dante knew exactly who these men were.

His heart began to jump about in excitement as he gave the newcomers a nod of acknowledgement before turning his attention back to Alexa once more.

“I have another surprise for you, amore mio.” he spoke with a sly smirk cornering his mouth as Alexa frowned with intrigue.

“Another one?” she sounded sceptical.

“Dante, don’t you think you’ve perhaps done more than enough to spoil me this evening?”

His smile could have melted her heart right then and there as he reached out and gently brushed his fingertips over the smooth skin of her right cheek.

“You’re going to like this one… trust me.” he spoke with a certain look of confidence expressed upon his handsome face.

Reaching out and taking her hand in his, the Mafia Don began to lead his woman along towards the entryway, following along after the new arrivals as they began to make their way down from the VIP area into the main stadium of the building.

Noticing their boss making his move, the others all signalled to one another, and they too began filing out of the booth, headed downstairs as well.

It was time for the main event.

-

As the guests who had filled the Romano booth all seemed to disappear at once, Vincenzo who had been standing by watching with a great interest from his position on the connected balcony, also knew that the time had come.

At long last.

Vincenzo knew that Dante was escorting Alexa downstairs for the big announcement he had planned for her, just as his informant had said would happen during their last secretive meeting.

According to his informant, the Reaper planned on proposing to Alexa, right here in front of so many people and in such a public way.

But in so doing, they would also be out in the open and thus, vulnerable for an attack.

And just as he and his men had previously planned, it was time for them to strike.

Lifting up his phone, Vincenzo began typing away at a text message before hitting ‘send’…

‘It’s go time.’

-

The lights were dimmed as Billie Eilish stood up on the stage, halfway through her incredibly popular song ‘Bad Guy’.

An adoring crowd around her cheered like crazy and danced about amongst themselves, having the time of their lives.

The concert, as it would appear, had been a great success and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves tremendously.

And that included both Alexa and Willow as they were led along through a maze of security and well-dressed bodyguards towards the front area of the stage which looked as if it had been roped off and reserved.

As they passed by the sea of concertgoers, with Alexa having linked arms with Dante, she couldn’t help but feel a little guilty about receiving such special treatment when compared to everyone else around them.

True, this was her birthday celebration, but she didn’t need any of this. Getting to spend time with Dante and the others was exciting enough for her.

Willow on the other hand, relished in being spoiled and proudly sported a grin which stretched from ear to ear as she walked along, latched onto Roberto’s masculine arm.

Once they arrived right up the front a man wearing a dark suit smiled, shaking Dante’s hand and then nodding his head in Alexa’s direction as he bent down and unclipped the large red rope separating them from everyone else in the audience.

Dante led his guests into the roped off area and within seconds everyone was dancing about with excitement as the music played on right there in front of them.

Glancing around in apparent shock, Alexa couldn’t believe her eyes.

Dante had reserved this space for them to get a good view of the concert.

And not just any old view, it was the best view… they were right up in front of the stage!

You could practically touch the stage from where they were now standing.

And the atmosphere around them was nothing less than electric!

Excitement practically coursed throughout the veins of everyone in attendance there that evening as the tens of thousands of people danced about, singing along to the lyrics as loudly as they possibly could.

And all Alexa could do in this perfect moment was wonder how she had found someone so incredible…

-

With his men in place and their orders understood, Vincenzo stood up on the VIP balcony with his hands clasping at the railing and his eyes watching on over everything going on down below.

He was waiting for his cue to move.

Their plan was to divide Alexa from the others and sweep her away without having been seen.

Vincenzo had more than enough men down there to get the job done.

With the massive crowd of guests down below all cramped together for the concert, they had to be careful of how they went about this.

It was all a matter of timing.

And Vincenzo himself also had a part to play in what would happen here this evening.

He was more than ready to play it… all he needed was the cue.

-

The crowd cheered and clapped extatically as one performer wrapped up and the next were set to make an appearance.

So far, the event had been a fantastic success, and everyone was enjoying themselves.

Including Alexa.

Everyone’s attention was suddenly drawn towards the stage as several well-dressed people stepped out into the bright lights, smiles gracing their faces and microphones in their hands.

As one of the female figures lifted her mic up and spoke into it, the crowd silenced to hear what she had to say.

“Can I have everyone’s attention, please.” she announced.

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. My name is Mandy Symmons and I am but one of the many organisers for this evening’s concert. On behalf of myself and the staff here at Madison Square Garden, we would like to take a moment to acknowledge and pay special thanks to our overly-generous sponsor for this evening’s event…”

As Alexa stood watching the announcement like everyone else around her, she felt the warm arms of her doting man wrapping around her from behind and smiled happily at his gesture as the speaker went on.

“Without such a generous contribution, tonight’s concert wouldn’t at all be possible…” Mandy proclaimed proudly, her smile never fading for even a second.

“So, with that in mind we would like to call to the stage, CEO and representative of Romano Enterprises, Mr. Dante Romano.”

Surprised by this announcement, Alexa turned to face Dante with a big proud smile as she too clapped for him, like everyone else in attendance.

With a handsome smirk, the billionaire reluctantly released his hold on his beautiful woman and strolled from their roped off area up the side stairs, then onto the stage.

This was the kind of thing Dante had done more times than he cared to count and was therefore of second nature to him.

Smile, wave to the crowd, the usual.

But this evening things were different.

Tonight, for the first time since he could even remember, Dante was nervous about what he had planned to do right here and now.

Looking his usually incredible self, the Reaper stopped beside Mandy with a brilliant smile spread wide across his face.

The crowd continued to clap and cheer as Mandy extended her hand for the CEO, who happily reached out and shook hands with her.

She then handed him the microphone and stood back for his announcement as Dante cleared his throat and lifted the microphone up to speak.

And within seconds the entire stadium was silent.

“Thank you, Miss Symmons, and thank you to everyone in attendance here this evening. I’m sure I don’t need to ask if everyone’s enjoying themselves?”

The crowd came to life roaring loudly, causing his smile to widen as he stood proudly, holding the microphone in his hand.

The Don sure knew how to work a crowd.

As he did so, Alexa stood by watching from where she stood.

A sense of pride took her over as she listened intently to his incredibly seductive voice.

‘God, he looks so f*****g hot up there!’ she thought to herself.

“Alright, alright…”

Dante began to settle his audience down once more, merely with the smooth tone of his voice and a wave of his hand.

“As I’m sure you all know, this evening’s concert has been a collaboration of many fantastic talents. Talents who have willingly given their time and energy to perform one hell of a show for us... and what a show they’ve given us so far, am I right?”

Once more another uproar, but this one seemed to die down a little faster and Dante took that as his cue to continue.

To get to the point of his announcement.

“Now… we still have one more exciting performance scheduled for you this evening before the concert concludes. With that in mind, I would first like to make an announcement of my own. One of a more... personal nature…”

Every member of the audience seemed to simultaneously hush in anticipation, hanging onto his every word while listening intently to find out what the billionaire would say next.

Something personal?

Dante searched the crowd for his golden goddess, gripping the microphone in his bare hand tightly as he did so.

And as soon as he met her gaze, the Don smiled and gestured towards her with his hand held out in her direction.

He was signalling for her to come up onto the stage… and what he said next would only confirm it.

“Alexa, baby… will you come up here for a moment please, bella?”

Alexa’s chocolate brown eyes widened with a mixture of shock and astonishment as she looked up at Dante in confusion.

She felt her brows furrow inwards as Willow playfully nudged her from the side.

The people around them cheered her on as Willow leaned in and spoke with a giant grin spread across her face.

“Go on girl, get your ass up there!”

Willow was already ushering her best friend along towards the side of the stage where a small staircase waited.

“Don’t make me carry you up there! GO!”

Not knowing what was going on around her, Alexa fell into a strange sort of trance as she was led along from the top of the stairs towards her loving man standing dead centre in the middle of the stage.

His hand was still held out for her and his smile warm, loving.

Everything and everyone else in the entire world instantly faded away as she crossed the length of the stage, making her way towards the soon-to-be father of her child.

She had no idea of what Dante had in mind with this supposed announcement.

Right now, it was the least of her concerns as she continued onwards to reach the utterly intoxicating man who held her heart within his hands.

As soon as she reached him, Alexa took his hand and allowed him to pull her in closer so that she was pressed up against his side with his strong arm wrapped around her from behind.

Still confused, Alexa leaned in and whispered nervously to him.

“Dante, what is this? What are you doing?”

But he too quickly leaned in, whispering his calming reply to help reassure her.

“Relax, bella. I’ve got you.”

Turning to face the crowd of tens of thousands now surrounding them, Alexa suddenly felt somewhat overcome by such overpowering attention.

Dante on the other hand continued to speak into his microphone with obvious carisma and confidence.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to officially introduce to you and to the entire world my gorgeous girlfriend, Miss Alexa Myers.” he announced proudly before going on.

“Take a bow, bella."

The crowd cheered as Alexa’s cheeks turned a crimson shade in embarrassment. She giggled to try and hide her modesty as Dante continued his speech.

“This woman...” he paused, shaking his head for a moment.

“Not only has she shown me how to love again, but she has also given me the most precious gift that a woman can give her man…”

Alexa felt as Dante moved in from behind her and wrapped his free hand around her, placing his open palm on top of her belly as he spoke into the microphone just over her shoulder.

“...she is giving me a child of my own... a son.”

The audience seemed to swoon for a moment, lost in a unanimous sound of ‘awe’ and a sea of smiles at such a touching gesture.

Everyone appeared surprised and yet incredibly smitten by such an exciting announcement.

That the infamous billionaire and CEO, Dante Romano was soon expecting his first child!

Closing her eyes and unable to stop the massive smile now showing on her face, Alexa hadn’t yet noticed that Dante had retracted his arm and stepped in behind her.

And at that very moment, the billionaire was doing something that caused everyone in the audience to gasp simultaneously in disbelief and excitement.

The sound of their shockingly united gasp alerted Alexa to suddenly open her eyes and turn around in search of him.

And she immediately froze when she spotted the Mafia Don down on one knee, staring up at her with those dreamy emerald-green eyes of his.

Her hands flew up to cover her mouth as she stood still before him.

The entire stadium went dead silent as they waited for Dante to speak; for this surprisingly romantic scene to play out before their very eyes...

And none was more surprised than Alexa herself!