Page 15 of Obsessive Love

"Let's get this meeting started then shall we," he says in a gruff tone, extracting his hand from mine and sitting beside his father.

I brush off the coldness from them both and round the desk with my father, standing beside him as he takes a seat at his desk, facing the Rossi's.

Alessandro pulls out a thick wad of papers and places them on the wooden desk in front of us.

"Here is the marriage contract. I've had my solicitor add in all of the rules and regulations. All you need to do is read through them and sign where necessary. Feel free to voice your opinion if you dislike any of the things I have put in place and, depending on what they are, we can come to a new agreement and draw up a new contract to sign."

My father sighs and drags the contract closer to us as he begins to flip through it. I watch over his shoulder as he bypasses the first few pages until he gets to the one with all of Alessandro's specifications.

We begin to read through them together and after scanning over the first two, I know I'm not going to like the remainder of them.

Jericho will become the head of both the King and the Rossi family and be in charge of all operations.

Every person in each organisation must report to Jericho, including Dominic.

Every decision must be cleared by Jericho.

Sophia and Jericho must make a public appearance at least once a month.

Sophia will accept Kaleb as a bodyguard whilst she is living with and married to Jericho.

Sophia must produce an heir for the Rossi family within the first two years of marriage.

I force myself to stop reading the remaining three points listed and instead stare at my brother, Dominic, who's standing beside Jaylen across the room. The dread on my face must be evident because he frowns and glances between me and my father.

"What are the rules and regulations?" he asks, stepping away from the wall and walking towards the desk.

"The rules and regulations have nothing to do with you, son, so you best go back to where you were standing and let your father decide if he's happy with what I've put in place," Alessandro shouts, causing everyone in the room to turn to him in shock.

"Shouldn't it be Sophia that's agreeing to what's put in place as well, considering it is her life that she's throwing away," Dominic spits back.

A tremor runs through my body as I watch Alessandro stand from his chair and pull a gun from his waistband. Everyone seems to move at the same time; Jericho shoots out of his chair and pushes his father's arm down as he begins to raise it, Jaylen jumps on Dominic and drags him down onto the floor, and my father draws his own gun and points it at Alessandro.

"Put the gun down, Rossi," my father bellows, keeping his eyes trained on Alessandro's hand containing the gun.

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