Page 97 of Killian De Luca

But she’ll be okay. We have cameras all over the house so my dad can do his hourly stalking and we have mom’s friends there plus a nurse who is taking care of her if she needs help or anything.

My dad has been talking on the phone with her every other hour and on the phone with Layna and Emma, her best friends, to make sure she is good and still alive and breathing.

I do feel bad that he’s forced to come to this event when he wants to stay with mom and make sure she’s okay. I can see how stressed he is from being away from her.

Ever since my mom got diagnosed, he’s never spent more than a day without her.

“Your last event as an heir.” I look in the mirror and see my dad behind me looking at me.

Right now, we are getting ready in the hotel room with Leo, my dad’s underboss, Alexander, and his son Landon.

My sister and Jane are getting ready in another hotel room.

Jane’s husband, Rowan, was getting ready with us but he finished early and decided to go to her. He never likes being away from her.

momfucker is obsessed to a fault.

So are you.

“I know,” I deadpan.

“Do you know what your role is tonight?” he asks.

I run my hand through my hair and take a deep breath.

He’s fucking stressing me out again.

Since I've come back from the island with Reign, he’s been on my ass, constantly making my life harder.

He gives me constant anxiety whenever I’m around him.

And it’s all because I love a girl I’m not supposed to love.

I heard my mom scolding my dad in their room a few nights ago. My mom was yelling at my dad about how he’s stressing me out and how it’s not good for me. My dad can’t help it though, it’s his thing.

Especially since his wife is dying so he is trying to control something else.

Ace De Luca only cares about himself and what benefits him.

He’s always been like that.

The cold, heartless king everyone knows.

Only person who can tame him is fucking dying.

“Yes,” I mutter. My dad expects me to introduce myself as the new capo and the one who’ll be running things. “I thought you’d be too pissed to name me capo.”

“You are the rightful heir. Thalia won’t take it and you still want it, yes?” My dad raises an eyebrow at me and his jaw clenches.

My hands form a fist at my sides. “Yes.”

“Then you’ll do as I say tonight.” My dad looks away from me and instead looks at himself to make sure he looks decent. He shaved the scruff on his jaw and cut his hair making him look younger and not like his world is falling apart. “Have you spoken to that Pierce girl?”

Reign.

Of course, I have.

I call and text her every day and he knows that because he sees me on my phone or sometimes catches me talking to her. He isn’t stupid.

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