“we can be friends alright.” he says winking at her. She shakes her head and walks away. I like the atmosphere being with them gives me. “Val we should all hang out again like this. What do you about it?” I say out loud to everyone including handro and Sergio. He just smiles at me and nods his head slightly to show he is in agreement. It fills me with renewed self confidence. We have not been dating for so long and when it comes to family he has made it quite clear to me and everyone that should know that family always comes first. The empire is the family without the family there would be no Costellos. It is all intertwined. There is no one without the other. First he protected me by bringing me to his home and introducing me to his brothers as his woman and that speaks volumes. He c

