Chapter 2

ISABELLA

“Good morning, Miss!", one of the security guards who stay inside the house greets me politely with a nod of the head when I arrive in the living room.

Lorenzo always tries to avoid letting many of his men stand guard inside the house so that I can feel more comfortable, but sometimes it is more than necessary.

The good smell of breakfast hits my nostrils as I cross the kitchen to find Mrs. Margarida preparing and stirring something in a pot on the stove.

“Good morning, Marguerite, the smell is divine as always...", I approach the counter seeing various delicacies prepared by the cook and housekeeper that Lorenzo loves so much.

I confess that I also became very attached to the short and very friendly lady who always received me with open arms even when everything started and when Lorenzo was not the same man, he is today with me.

“You didn't have to leave the room miss, your Lorenzo asked me to bring breakfast for you in bed...", she points to a tray with my breakfast.

I pick up the glass of natural orange juice and take a big, long sip before nodding my head in denial to Ms. Marguerite.

“You didn't have to bring me coffee in bed, Marguerite."

“It's the boss's orders and you better get used to it because soon you will be the mistress of this house and all this will also be yours...", she mentions my marriage with her eyes shining, pulling a small smile from my lips.

I grab a piece of toast from the tray, but Marguerite pats my hands and takes the tray in her hands before pointing to the dining room with her head.

“Go sit at the table and let me serve you, miss...", I nod my head, settling down at the long dining table located in the center of the room.

There are many empty chairs, I always thought they were just for decoration since Lorenzo's family is small and very reserved, there are only his two younger brothers and his girlfriends since Lorenzo's parents died in a car accident when they were still small.

All three were raised by their uncle as his children and it was after the uncle's death that Lorenzo became the matriarch and head of the family taking over all the businesses left by his uncle.

During breakfast I keep thinking about how radically my life has changed in the last few years, my father is fortunately well and is still recovering in a habilitation clinic for addicts and I visit him all the time.

I have no one else besides my father and I am an only child, so I ended up getting closer and making Lorenzo's family mine too, even though they look dangerous the Mancini brothers are lovely people.

Only Lorenzo usually tinkers and takes care of the dirty or heavy stuff, but sometimes work needs extra help and the brothers don't hesitate to help my fiancé with his assignments.

It's his birthday today and I'm more than eager to see him and visit him, but I know he never answers his cell phone when he's busy, so I send a message to the Mancini brothers' girlfriends who have become my best friends these days.

I invite them to join me on a shopping trip with me and as expected they don't refuse.

Almost half an hour later I am at the door of the mansion watching the two dark cars approaching the house, they are also almost always forced to have private security guards around because once Marina suffered an attack and was almost kidnapped by family enemies, but everything went well and from then on, the three brothers became obsessed with security.

Marina is the girlfriend of the second oldest brother Marco, he is charismatic but always with a closed and serious expression on his face just like Lorenzo, but I know him too well to know what he is really like.

The youngest and funniest and most outgoing brother is Luca, who always has a friendly smile on his face unlike his older brothers, I love him too much and am always laughing or smiling when I am around him.

Luca is dating Giulia who is also a lovely person and a very kind and caring girl.

The girls get out of their cars accompanied by the security guards and run towards me to greet me with kisses on the cheeks and hugs.

“So, it's decided? The ball will take place that night?", Giulia asks clapping her hands and I agree, smiling.

“Yes, the organizers should be here in a few hours to start organizing and getting everything ready."

“Good, because I found the perfect dress for this occasion and I'm going to wear it anyway...", Marina says, fixing her blond hair in a high bun before we go to one of the cars.

Finally, we decide to go in just one car with one of Lorenzo's drivers driving, but another car with more security guards following us from afar just in case, at the beginning I felt strange to be watched and followed closely, but I also started to understand this better and even accept it.

The mansion is in a well-located part and hidden by the huge forest like a huge castle, the journey to town takes about an hour, and at this time the girls and I are talking about the ball.

Thanks to the people that Lorenzo knows from a specialty luxury chain I was able to find my perfect dress, or rather, the staff was able to make and assemble a model exclusively for me and I loved the result.

Lorenzo still hasn't seen my dress that the team came to yesterday and I hope to keep the surprise until tonight, because I know I will be able to surprise him a lot.

I came to the mall to find perfect accessories to match my dress, but when we arrived the first thing we did was to go into many stores because according to Marina she still needed to find the pair of heels she would wear to the ball tonight.

I also manage to find the jewelry I've been wanting to find and at this moment I think again how my life has changed, today I can have everything I want and the way I want it, not that I don't like it, it's just that I'm still getting used to living in luxury because two years ago I had absolutely nothing.