DOMINIC
It was one thing to say to Lilliana that I would convince Ralph of our marriage, a decision I had taken overnight but didn't regret for a moment since then, but executing the plan was another thing. For f**k's sake, he was my father's right-hand man. I have grown up watching what he did to people who pissed him off or posed trouble for the Romanos.
So, I knew what he was capable of doing.
But when the door opened, and I saw Lilliana, donned in a sea-green dress and paired with sexy stilts, her hair let down and her eyes shining brighter than the stars, I found all the strength and determination to make this woman mine - officially, legally, and perpetually f*****g mine.
"You are here," she said, mirroring the excitement of a toddler.
Stepping inside, I hugged her, banding an
