LILLIANA
My heart was beating so fast within the confines of my chest I thought I would explode.
I have been to the Romano Mansion countless times, but not once for an occasion as special as the one dedicated to me. Dominic and I have been through so many trials of love and hate that anything beyond the realm of our perfect little world scared me.
"You are nervous," my brother's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
Ralph caught a last-minute emergency, which was why Marco was accompanying me to the Romano Mansion for the gracious dinner invitation.
"I have every reason to be," I reminded him. Despite the chill in Chicago's night, I felt the shimmering beads of sweat forming on my skin.
"Validation from the Romano family means that much to you?"
"It doesn't. I just don't want to
