-Part forty two-

Zaras pov

The next few days here were Hectic, It was filled with fittings and different appointments

We all got ready and are soon going to leave for the ball

I finally settled on a dress after way too much time picking between a bunch and I quite love it

I was going to do a dusty pink one but I said screw it and decided on red lipstick and I deserve to wear what I want, And Sophia said this one looked beautiful on me

I love how my long blonde hair cascades down my back with my red lip and the dark dress, it makes me feel powerful and I love that change

Sophia is wearing a dark blue dress and decided to go along with my dark aesthetic dress so I feel less scared to be the center of attention in a dark dress like this

She's really sweet for doing that for me, she knows my anxiety is kind of bad when it comes to thinking about everyone looking at me

But I'll have Enzo by my side so it's ok

Also, Mia looks adorable in her little dress!

I'm going down the steps so Enzo can see how I look...he hasn't seen me all day from me getting ready

I slowly step down to see a handsome Enzo in an all-black suit and he looks absolutely scrumptious...geez!!

I take slow steps down to him...he finally realizes it's me and looks my way

Enzo's pov

I look up to see my beautiful queen coming down the steps

It feel like my breath has been knocked out of me

How did I get so damn lucky

my heart won't stop beating like crazy and shit

She looks incredible in her black dress and those beautiful plump red lips

Her long blonde hair is tucked behind her ears Neatly

and her smile

That's the best part...that beautiful smile as she walks closer to me

"You look absolutely breathtaking Amore Mio, " I say kissing her forehead ( my love )

I want to kiss those beautiful lips of hers until there too swollen but my mother will get pissed that Zara's makeup will be ruined

So I have to practically bite my tongue down not to kiss her on the lips

She blushes

I found that she loves nicknames a lot...

And I noticed she loves the Italian ones even more

"Thank you, you look very handsome " she smiles up at me

"And look how adorable Mia is" Zara squeals as Mia walks down the steps

My two beautiful girls

"Mia you look like a princess my girl," I say giving her cheek a big kiss

"DADDY, Careful" she giggles

"Thank you" she smiles up at me

"Did you see Zara she's a Princess too" She says excited

"I do see her and she looks like a queen to me," I say

I take a peek at Zara who's blushing

My beautiful girlfriend.

"Come on you guys we need to leave," my father says

"You all look exquisite!" Mother says

"All thanks to you," Zara says

"Oh, sweetie it wasn't that hard when you were already beautiful, to begin with!" Mother says

And she's completely right.

And there goes Zara's face turning a tint of pink

She's so cute when someone compliments her

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We're at the ball now and mother and Father are introducing us to the people that work for us

Of course, I know most of them but to Zara there all strangers

Theres A lot of employees here for all over so it takes a whole to say hello to most of them

We decide to step aside for drinks and I look over at Zara and frown because she looks pale

I look over at what she's looking at and see her parents, I remember them from meetings my dad has from time to time

I look over at Zara and she's as pale as a ghost and breathing heavy

"What in the living FUC-" she starts until she stops herself realizing Mia is right next to me

"Are you okay?" I ask

"What in the hell are they doing here" she whispers suddenly becoming paler by the second

"They work for my dad and kind of me I guess" I shrug

"What..." she whispers

I don't know what to say she doesn't seem very happy

Her parents notice her and walk towards her with shocked expressions

Zara grasps my hand very tightly

"And here the shit show begins" Zara mumbles

I look at her in confusion

"ZARA! Is that you" her mother says

"WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN YEARS!" Her father exclaims

Her mother goes in to hug her and she flinches...

And not even a tiny flinch...a full-on flinch

Why in the hell did she flinch to her mother

"Hello mother...father" she nods to them

"Well who is this gentleman you're with," her mother asks

"Ummm this is Enzo," she says in a weird tone

Why is she acting so different...

"Well nice to see you Enzo... I'm Victor Zara's father" he says giving me a handshake

"Nice to meet you," I say

"I'm Bianca, Zara's mother" she goes in for a handshake

"Hello," I say with a smile

"You look very familiar" her father says

"My father is Antonio Moretti ," I nod

"The head of the business" her father nods

"That's why I remember you" her mother smiles then turns to Zara

"Well, why the hell have you ignored us for 5 years!" Her mother exclaims

"I-" Zara starts stuttering

"I'm sorry I don't feel so good excuse me," Zara says before she starts running out towards the gardens

"It was nice to meet you guys," I said before walking over to mother to give her Mia

And then I run after Zara

What in the hell was that back there?

"HEY ZARA" I yell

She turns around and I see her and she looks like she is about to either cry or have a panic attack

"Are you okay sweetheart?" I ask her

"Yeah, I'm fine...I'm sorry I just didn't know they worked for you and your father" she whispers

"Why did you flinch" I decide to ask her bluntly

She turns to me with a look of shock

Maybe shocked that I noticed?

"I didn't flinch..." she says

"You did sweetheart...big time," I say sighing

"Well it's a normal reaction to flinch when someone is coming at you like that" she shrugs

"Not to your parent it's not..." we start whisper yelling

"It's not that deep Enzo...I'm just stressed from this whole ball thing" she whispers yells back

"But why'd you flinch? You don't flinch when I hug you" I say

I'm so damn confused...Am I looking too much into this?

Am I just being a annoying overprotective boyfriend?

"Enzo stop making this such a big deal, I don't flinch to you because I love and trust you!" She says whispering

"And I don't know, I haven't seen my parents in 5 years because I don't want to" she shrugs

"So seeing them just made me so shocked that I had to take a step back and maybe it looked like a flinch or something" she sighs

I guess that makes sense...maybe I was overreacting

"I'm sorry I just...I guess that makes sense I'm sorry for assuming" I sigh

"It's fine...but could we avoid them? I don't want to talk to them it's too much right now for my brain to comprehend that they work for you and your dad" she says and then immediately pauses

"Wait... did you know my parents worked for you and your father the whole time..." she says as her voice cracks

"I didn't know for sure I had a hunch when we met and I heard your last name but I wasn't sure until thanksgiving" I shrug

"Why didn't you tell me?" She asks sounding hurt

"I'm sorry sweetheart I didn't know that you would want to know...you made it sound like you weren't close with them and I thought it would be weird to bring it up," I say

"Well how long have they worked for you guys," she asks

"I think like 10 years ?" I say

"Holy shit..." she says

"So that's why they were always gone when I was a kid? They were at damn balls in Italy?" She says with another voice crack

"I'm sorry," I say hugging her

She hugs me tightly and I can tell she's trying hard not to cry

I cup her cheeks with my hands

"How about we forget about your parents for a while and go dance?" I smile slightly

"Like we practiced the night we first kissed" she smiles with a tear sliding down her cheek to which I wipe

"Yes and when we said I love you to each other" I grin

"I would love that," she says

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The whole night we dance, talked and had fun

But I can constantly see Zara looking over her shoulder and tensing up when she makes eye contact with her parents

Something is definitely weird with that but I don't want to question it now

Maybe tomorrow but not here

We dance and dance and after we finish a dance Zara says she wants to do "one more song" and that ends up being another one

She's so cute she Says 'I can dance with you all-day'

Well I can with her as well

The whole night I try to keep her mind off of her parents cus I can tell it's stressing her out for some reason

We make small talk with father and my coworkers and eat and then dance some more

And at some point after a few too many glasses of wine, I can tell Zara is drunk and it's time to head back to my parent's place

We have been here a good Almost 6 hours

"You guys leaving ?" Mother asks

"Yeah Zara's a bit drunk and I can tell Mia is going to fall asleep any minute," I tell her

"Alright, we will be home in probably a few hours" mother smiles

"Okay" I smile hugging my mother before we leave

After we return to my parents place I get Mia ready for bed and tell her good night

I Then go to help Zara and I can tell something is really stressing her out but don't want to overwhelm her right now

"Wow I can't believe I saw my shit parents after 5 years" she laughs and then immediately frowns at some thought

"You okay?" I ask

"You know you really make me feel better" she smiles

"With my shitty parents there...you somehow helped me forget them throughout the night" she wraps her arms around my neck

"I love you my sweet sweet pretty boy " she giggles

Well drunk Zara is somehow even cuter than regular Zara

"Pretty boy?" I raise an eyebrow

She nods and giggles "yeah your very pretty...actually you're too damn handsome for your own good!" She frowns

"Did you see how many women were basically eye f-ing you today, And well actually all the time" she starts frowning even more

How can she think I look at other women when I have the most beautiful one...?

"Sweetheart I don't notice cus I don't look...the whole night I was looking at how beautiful my girlfriend is and if you weren't there I would've thought about you the whole time....in fact I think about you all the time" I smile

She starts...crying?

"How are you this perfect Enzo...I mean geez how'd I get so lucky?" She pecks my lips

And I wipe her tears and chuckle

"It's not funny you cute man" She frowns

And I can't help but laugh more

"Let's dance, I want to dance with my pretty man" she says randomly

"There's no music sweetheart" I laugh

"Who cares," she says grabbing my hand

And so we dance because I will do anything she asks of me

I absolutely love her and if dancing with no music makes her happy so freaking be it

"I love you my Fichetto" she says then giggles at the use of that damn nickname (pretty boy)

I don't hate the nickname...but she won't ever know that

"I love you my muffin," I say laughing

She gasps "you haven't called me that in forever" She laughs

"You like when I call you nicknames?" I ask

"LIKE IT? My pretty boy I LOVE IT" She says laughing

"OOOO NOW I WANT A MUFFIN!" She exclaims

"Well how about we get you in some pj's, take your makeup off and then we can go get a muffin" I say chuckling

"Your the best " she slurs

I laugh

After helping her get ready for bed and then her eating a muffin I take her to her room

"Wait don't go, please...I'm scared" she whispers a bit slurred from being drunk

"Of what sweetheart?" I ask confused

"Of them" she closes her eyes and starts to shake

Okayyy....I don't know who she's referring to but I can tell she's scared

"Hey...it's okay I'll stay," I tell her

She nods and clings to me "I love you enzyyy" she says kissing my chest

"I love you, sweetheart, get some rest," I say

I barely get any sleep because all I think of is who is she scared of?

And I get my answers when she wakes up in cold sweats hours later...

꧁notes꧂

The next chapter is gonna be crazy to be finally writing! How do you think Enzo will react when he finds out the truth about her parents ?

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