DreameNovelMafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 125 I watched nervously as Niccolo and Valentino walked off. I was incredibly scared for him.
I tried not to be a busybody - But I kept glancing over at the alleyway.
They kept their voices down, but from their body language, it looked like they were going to cto blows.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Excuse me," Don Rosolini announced as he stood up, then strolled towards the alleyway.
Alessandra gavea reassuring look - It'll be alright - but my heart was racing.
When Niccolo stormed out of the alleyway, I couldn't take it anymore.
I hurried over to my new brother-in-law - The man who had always terrified me.
He stopped short when he sawcoming towards him, and confusion replaced sof the anger on his face. "Signor Rosolini," I pleaded, "I know it's not my place - "You don't have to call'Signor Rosolini' anymore," he said with a darkly humorous smile. "I'm your brother- in-law now." I swallowed. "...Niccolo..." It felt very strange to call him that to his face, but I soldiered on.
"I know you're very angry at him, but it was my fault," I said. "I was the one who followed him to Sicily. I was the one who - " "You weren't the only one involved, though, were you," Niccolo asked sardonically as he glanced over at the table.
I followed his gaze to Alessandra, and my heart skipped a beat.
He'd probably figured it out long ago, but still - "Sir - uh, Niccolo - I'm asking you to place the blonandalone," I pleaded. "It was my fault. Please don't punish anyone else for what I did." Niccolo looked down atin silence...
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThen all the anger left his face, and he just looked sad.
"I want to apologize to you," he said.
I stared at him. "Uh - what?" "The choices I made, I made for the family," he said quietly. "At the time, I thought they were the best options we had. The only options. Maybe they were, maybe they weren't.
"But what I didn't intend was for you to get caught up in all this. If I could have prevented it, I would have - but I had no idea how deep your feelings for my brother actually were.
"I'm sorry I dragged you into this. More than that... I'm sorry I hurt you." I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
I just stared at him in open-mouthed wonder.
Niccolo smiled sadly. "I hope that one day in the future, you can forgive me... and that we can put this behind us." Tears sprang to my eyes, and I smiled. "Why not put it behind us now?" Before he could say anything, I hugged him.
He seemed shocked at first -
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