NÌKOLAI’S POV I’ve been dreading coming back home to Italy, especially since I haven’t told my father about Valentina. He knows about Lorenzo and everything’s that transpired, but he knows nothing about my relationship with Valentina. Especially about our unborn child too. I haven’t necessarily been hiding it, but at the same time I haven’t disclosed the information either. My father won’t approve of Valentina, considering what family she comes from. Also the fact that she isn’t fully Italian will bother him even more. My father is old school and a total tyrant. I’ve been wanting to get away from him my whole life, so when I took over for him at 18, I moved away. I talk to him here and there, but it’s only about business. I never disclose my personal life because he doesn’t need

