Chapter 19

Larissa pulled her hands away from Gaetano's grip. It's like her mind went black with only one thing left — his proposal.

She looked over to Gianni, who stared at the tablecloth; Marco stared at his phone.

Then her eyes drifted back to Gaetano.

"Marco, don't you think the room is very hot?" Gianni said more like a whisper, but everyone in the room heard. 

"Yeah, I think we need some fresh air," Marco said before they ran out of the room just to leave the two alone. 

"Treasure, I..." 

"Gaetano, isn't there any other way you can help other than that?" she asked, standing up.

"I like you. In fact, I am falling deeply in love with you, but I don't trust myself not to get hurt. I'm ruined. I'm broken. To get committed to a man now…what if you break me too?" She whispered the last part. 

He stared at her. He didn't know what to say, but to him, she was taking the matter far too personally. He thought