His Bride: Being the mafia’s princess

“Can I open my eyes now?”

“Not yet.” Bella mumbled, focused on Lillian’s face as she brushed up her eyelids.

Lillian heaved a sigh with her eyes shut. She had been like this for minutes, but it seemed like hours to her, sitting in front of the mirror, unaware of what Bella was doing to her face.

They wouldn’t have been like this if only Bella hadn’t dragged her out of her room into where they were now, which was in Bella’s room.

“Ugh, what’s taking you so long? Not like it’s my wedding day or something.” She whined with a small pout.

“Just give me a few seconds, I’ll be done before you know it.” Bella muttered, doing a retouch with a setting powder.

“And I’m done.” She heaved with a smile and stepped away from her.

Lillian slowly opened her eyes and her face came into view in the mirror immediately. She let out a bright smile, seeing all the sitting down was not in vain.

The makeup was not bad at all. It was a clear definition of what she actually wanted, the not so heavy type of makeup.

“A shout-out to the most beautiful lady tonight.” Bella cheered, bowing slightly, and she smiled.

“You did a fantastic job.” Lillian uttered in between smiles.

“My brother wouldn’t dare take his eyes off you.” Bella didn’t stop smiling sheepishly as she lowered her head to stare at Lillian’s reflection in the mirror.

“Your wish.” Lillian rolled her eyes, but the smile never left her face.

“It would definitely be a reality, trust me.” Bella assured with a shrug.

“I guess we’re done here.” Lillian mumbled and stood up.

“Yeah, just need this and you’re good to go.” Bella replied as she stretched out a fancy clutch purse to her, and she accepted it with a smile.

“Now, this is whom we call the Disney princess.”

Lillian couldn’t help but to chuckle at Bella’s little drama. She was wearing a one shoulder blue flare dress which stopped above her thigh and a black ankle strap heel.

Her jewelry matched perfectly with her golden clutch purse and her hair was made into waves.

“And you don’t look bad yourself.” Lillian voiced out, scrutinizing her in a go, and shook her head.

Bella wore a green dress which barely showed her foot. It was a round necked, short-sleeved gown and on her feet were white double strap heels.

She also wore a light makeup, giving a dazzling beauty to her round face. Her short red hair was neatly combed to the left side.

She just shrugged and turned back to the dressing table to clear up the tools into the makeup kit without a word.

Lillian patted her back before attempting to leave the room.

“Are you off already?” Bella asked, glancing up at her, and she halted at the door.

“Not really. I just want to do something quick. You should wait for me downstairs, I’ll meet with you soon.”

Bella paused to stare at her for a while, and Lillian flashed her a small smile, which she returned. Lillian didn’t hesitate further and walked out of the room.

Bella finished packing up, dumping the makeup kit near the dressing table afterward. She picked up her purse as she stared around.

Certain she was not forgetting anything, she made her way out of the room and locked the door behind her. She turned to go but halted abruptly in her steps.

“Hi!” Rex smiled at her. He was approaching her, he stopped when he got to where she was.

“Hey!” Bella muttered, returning the smile.

“You look…..” Rex paused to feast on her with his eyes as he glanced up to stare into her eyes.

“Breathtaking tonight.” He mumbled in one breath.

“Thank you. You don’t look bad, either.” She chuckled out softly, breaking away from his intent stare, but his gaze never left her body, especially her face.

There was a little silence until she broke it.

“So, where were you headed?”

“Oh, yeah! I was ordered to call both you and Lillian downstairs, and here I am.” Rex stuttered aimlessly even when he tried to control himself, and Bella chuckled again.

“Umm, Lillian isn’t here currently but we could wait for her downstairs.” She shrugged out, trying to clear off the awkward moment.

“Sure, yeah, that’s true.” He stuttered again and scratched the back of his head.

This time, Bella couldn’t help but to bust into smiles.

“Let’s go.” He mumbled, and she nodded before they walked side by side out of the hallway.

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Lillian placed a gentle knock on the door and heaved a sigh. This was the second knock since she got here, but it seemed like no one was around to answer her.

She knocked on the door again, louder than earlier, and paused once more, hoping to get a positive result this time.

The door opened, and it revealed the one person she wouldn’t love to visit on normal days.

“What are you doing here?” Eva poked her head out, leaving the rest of her body hidden on the other side of the room.

Her forehead creased in a deep frown, making it so obvious she was not happy with the visit.

“I’m sorry, but could you please lend me a few minutes of your time?”

“Please.” Lillian added, hopefully.

“You have two minutes and your time starts now.” Eva rolled her eyes and paved the way for her.

She walked in and Eva closed the door, turning back to face her with hands crossed on her chest.

“I want to apologize for the other day. Even though I wasn’t really at fault, but I still feel bad for the loss of your unborn baby.” Lillian paused and lowered her head, holding to her purse.

“I’m sorry, and please accept my sympathy.”

“What were you thinking when you came in here?” Eva scoffed out.

“Did you really think I would render my forgiveness to you that easily? Oh, you’re so funny.” She chuckled, making Lillian lift her head to stare at her immediately.

“I never expected to earn your forgiveness so easily, so it’s fine.” Lillian smiled at her, and she returned it with a glare.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“You look pathetic right now, and this act doesn’t suit you either. You’re definitely doing this because Don had given you an earful.” Eva eyed her from the head to the toe as a smirk found its way to her lips.

Lillian tilted her head a little to the left, and she was forced to stare at Eva with a questioning look. Their intense gaze were interrupted by the knock on the door, and Eva broke it to answer it.

“The boss wants you downstairs now.” Draco uttered with his face looking stern as always.

“I’ll join him soon.” Eva replied with a small smile and slammed the door back before turning back to face Lillian with a stern look.

“You should leave now, your time is up.”