Ariana's POV:
I woke up early today as Leo fratello is coming home and we have a dinner party also. I am so excited. I got ready and went downstairs. I saw that everyone was here.
"Good morning everyone."
"Good morning." Everyone greeted me back.
"You are up early today Ana." Ben fratello said.
"Yes, because Leo fratello is coming today." I replied excitedly.
"When is his flight landing Rafael?" Alf fratello asked him.
"At 2 p.m." Raf fratello replied.
"Oh then he will have plenty of time to rest and get ready for dinner." Twinnie said. I also nodded. Alf fratello looked a little hesitant and looked like he had something to say. He was looking at his phone time and time again. Just then papa's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Have you invited Leo's friends tonight?" Papa asked Tony fratello.
"Yes dad. I invited them yesterday already." Tony fratello replied.
I again looked at him and saw that he was still looking troubled. Apparently Tony fratello also noticed that because he asked him about it.
"Alfonso, is everything alright?" He looked a little startled like he didn't expect someone to notice it.
"Actually umm... Yes, everything is alright." He spoke hesitantly.
"What is it, Alfonso? You can tell us. We are all family." Papa asked him in a soothing voice. He looked a little relaxed upon hearing that.
"Actually I have someone I want to invite..." He started.
"What's there to hesitate about? Invite them. I also invited my friends from school." Twinnie cut him in the middle and said.
"Matteo, let him complete." Ben Fratello rebuked him for cutting Alf fratello in the middle. Twinnie pouted but then he shut up.
"Alfonso you continue." Raf fratello told him.
"Umm... so her name is Luna Rosen and she... is my girlfriend." He finished speaking.
Everyone fell silent. I looked at papa to see his reaction because all of us siblings knew that he is dating and has a girlfriend for some time. Papa looked emotionless. He looked at Alf fratello without speaking anything. I couldn't guess what he was thinking at all. Alf fratello was also looking nervous.
"When did you start dating?" Papa asked him.
"Umm... almost a year." Papa nodded and didn't say anything else.
"Do you trust her?"
"Yes dad. I love her and trust her completely."
"Ok then. Invite her over. We will all meet her then." Papa said to him. Raf fratello looked a little relieved.
"Ok thank you dad." He went from there to call her to invite her over tonight for dinner. I am happy that he is finally letting us meet his girlfriend. That means that he is confident in her and their relationship to take this step. Now I hope everything will go smoothly tonight.
We all had breakfast and then went to do our pending work and also supervise tonight's preparations.
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I was on my way to the airport to pick Leo fratello up with Tony fratello. He is supposed to land in a few minutes. We arrived at the airport and headed towards the private strip that our family owns. I saw that our jet had just landed and everyone was de boarding the jet.
A few minutes later I saw that Leo fratello had descended from the jet and came towards us. He came after 10 whole days. I smiled at him and gave him a hug.
"Fratello. How are you?"
"I am great Ariana. How have you been? You have been taking care of yourself right?"
"I am perfectly fine and I took care of myself just alright. Now let's go home. We have a surprise for you tonight."
"Really what is it?" He asked smilingly.
"I said surprise fratello. Where is the surprise in it if I tell you beforehand?"
"Okay okay. Don't tell me. Then let's go home. I am really tired and want to sleep." He said. He was really looking tired.
"Princess, go in the car. I want to talk about something to Leo." I nodded and went to the car and sat in it waiting for their conversation to end. After talking they came and sat in the car. We reached our home and went in.
"Fratello let's go and have lunch. I am sure you are hungry. I made your favourite dish today."
"You made lasagna?" He asked excitedly. He said and went directly to the dining room to look.
"First go and wash up. Are you a child that I have to tell you about these things?" Tony fratello chided him. I snickered while twinnie was also laughing silently. Leo fratello looked a little embarrassed and glared at Tony fratello before going to his room.
After he came back we went to the dining room and had our lunch.
"Ariana, your cooking skill is so amazing. This lasagna is so delicious. I feel like I can't eat enough." Leo fratello praised me.
"Thank you fratello. If you like it this much then I will cook it for you when I have time." I said to him with a smile.
If we put some effort in something and the other party praises us it makes us so happy. That's all we need. A single praise from our family telling us that they appreciate us for what we are doing for them. It puts a smile on our faces and then we all think the same thing that it's worth it. So we should praise our family members for their effort in our life and their contributions. Especially the females of our families.
After lunch he went back to his room for some much needed rest while all of us went to look after the final preparations.
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It is now evening and our guests will start to arrive in an hour. So here I am getting ready for tonight. I applied some light makeup and did my hair. Then I wore my dress and heels. I applied my favourite perfume and I am ready to go.
I went to Leo fratello's room and saw that he was ready.
"Fratello. You are looking so handsome." He was really looking awesome. He cleaned up well.
"Thank you Ariana. You are also looking gorgeous, sister." He said with a smile.
"Thanks fratello. So did you like the surprise?" Tony fratello and papa had told him about the party and got him to be ready on time.
"I liked it. You all thought about me so much. It will be a very relaxing and fun dinner tonight."
"Do you know that Alf fratello is bringing his girlfriend to the party?" I asked curiously if anyone had told him or not. If not it will be quite a surprise for him.
"Yes Alf told me himself. It's good that he is finally willing to bring her to meet us. Dad always worries about our relationship. It will be relaxing for the rest of us for some time."
"Haww... How can you say that? You should also get a girlfriend so that I can have some female company." He shook his head.
"Not anytime soon princess. Let's go. Everyone will be waiting for us." He quickly changed the subject. I nodded and we went to the hall that is reserved for the parties.
We arrived at the hall and I saw that almost all of the guests had arrived. I saw that all of my fratelli were there also. My parents were also there. We have also invited them. I went towards them.
"Hey mom and dad. How are you guys?" I asked, hugging them.
"We are both fine, Ari. You look so beautiful like a princess." Mom said. I beamed at her compliment.
"Thank you mom. You are also looking beautiful." We chatted for some time.
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Third Person's POV:
The dinner party in the Romano mansion was going well. All of their friends have come.
Leonardo and his brothers knew what he had completed this time was very important for them. Andrey was in the dungeon of their headquarters safely secured and locked so that no one could go there except for the Romano brothers.
All of their men cheered when they saw that he had been captured by their boss. Now they can take revenge for the agony they had to go through or their brothers had gone.
At this dinner party they were not like how they were with Ariana, gentle, but they were like their original self, cold and expressionless. This was their true nature. They were after all mafia brothers.
Ariana also knew that her brothers were like this when outsiders were there. So she didn't find it confusing. They hadn't invited their mafia friends because Ariana still didn't know that they were in the mafia. So they can't risk someone exposing them. They had to protect her.
All of the brothers and Gabriel were standing together and chatting with their guests when they saw that Alfonso came there with a beautiful lady by his side.
The girl was very pretty. She looked like a gentle girl. Perfect for the image they had of her as a baker in their mind. She was his girlfriend. Ariana and the Parker couple were also there with them standing and chatting. They came towards them.
"Hey everyone. This is my beautiful girlfriend Luna Rosen." He introduced her to us.
"Luna, this is my dad Gabriel Romano and these are my brothers. Antonio is the eldest then Leonardo, Rafael, Benjamin and the twins. Matteo is the eldest one and Ariana is the youngest of all. She is the one and only sister of us."
"Hello everyone." She smiled at them sweetly. Ariana immediately felt that she is a sweet girl and her brother's choice was really great.
"Hello." Everyone greeted her back.
"What do you do Miss Rosen?" Gabriel asked her.
"Luna is fine Mr. Romano. I own a bakery shop. I am a baker myself." She said with a smile.
"That's great. So Alf, a gym trainer, got a baker girlfriend huh?" Gabriel teased him.
"Dad. Stop embarrassing me. We can't choose who we love." Alfonso said with a straight face but if anyone looked at him closely they would see that his ears were getting red.
"Ok ok. It's fine as long as you love each other." He said to him. Luna also smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Go and enjoy yourselves. You don't have to stand with me and Luna, you should come by our house another time. Then we can chat and get to know each other." He said with a polite smile.
He can't just accept anyone without getting to know them properly. They are in the mafia business and they all know the danger it brings to them. They have to be vary of everyone that tries to get close to them.
"Definitely Mr. Romano." Luna replied. Then Alf led his girlfriend to a table and sat there. His siblings were also following them.
"So how did you two meet?" Ariana asked them.
"Actually, I often go to his gym. We met a few times and got to know each other. Then he started coming to my bakery. I was very shocked to see him coming to my bakery to get sweets. I mean come on who will believe me if I told them that he is coming to my bakery for the sweets. So I thought that he was taking the sweets for his family or employees. One time I asked him for whom he takes the sweets and he said that he eats them. He likes sweets very much. I couldn't believe him so I asked him to eat it in front of me and... he couldn't eat it. He then confessed that he wanted to go on a date with me but he was too nervous to ask."
"Aww... fratello you are so... cute." Ariana said while laughing.
He was a little embarrassed but he felt that it was worth it. In the end he got what he wanted and now has a beautiful girlfriend that he loves very much. She also knows about their mafia business and has no problem with that. After he told her and she was okay with it only then did he think of introducing her to his family members.
Everyone had a great time during the dinner party. They enjoyed and were able to relax completely and that is a very rare thing that they had a chance to do so. After the party ended everyone went home.
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