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*** The presentation was rather straightforward, less dramatic than I expected, Maria had brought my son forward and I took him, holding him to my chest in the center of the room, Niko stood at my side beside him was his uncle Matteo and Valentina. Tommy stood at my other side. The capo said five words “Angelo Marino Salvatore, my heir” Soft applause followed and I returned Angelo to Maria’s waiting arms, she had explicit orders to take him directly to our rooms, to get changed as they were already fed and, then bed. Rico is to stay up with them since the girls are tied up at the moment. I considered hiring contracted staff but outside, especially here in the mansion… my husband said and I quote ‘make do’ So far so good. The Brodetto di Pesce a native Italian seafood stew was delicious but I couldn’t bring myself to enjoy it, not with Valentina sitting at our table, after the whole wine ordeal I considered moving her to another table, let someone else deal with her for the
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“Go where?” I tried to swallow as I pointed a shaky at the door. “You heard the boss, we stay here, you stay here” With his finger on the trigger, he kept his eyes on the door where Niko disappeared for what felt like hours now. I needed to know if he was fine, if I stayed here another minute I’d lose it. “Not when my husband is out there, we need to do something, help them” “You would only be a distraction, you are my charge, he asked me to guard you and I won’t fail him.” Get yourself together. I ordered, I can’t fall apart right now. Clasping my hands together in front of me, I tucked in my chin, “Do you hear that?” His knuckles whitened as his fingers tightened around his weapon, brows tensing as if listening in, his voice lowered I could barely hear when he muttered “Hear what?’ “My point exactly, there’s been nothing for some time now, whatever’s happened, it is over” Gray eyes narrowed “We will know that when someone comes with a report, otherwise you” he pointed a fing
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I turn to the sound of the door opening softly, “Hey…” I trailed at the sight of my husband, his eyes dark, jaw hard. I was right, he didn’t come up last night, Maria came for a while to see if I needed anything, I’d been so relieved to see her, and when she informed me that hr and the girls were fine and the intruders hadn't thought to make their way near the kitchen I wanted to break into sobs. Thankfully the children had slept through the crazies. Last night, I left them for a bit to get changed out of my dress, during that time I tried to get my head to quiet down as I took off my makeup and washed my face but my hands shook, my stomach quivered from anxiety, fear clawed at my throat, now that I was in the privacy of my rooms I felt nauseous, with a hand over my mouth I blinked back tears swallowing down the bile that threatened to climb up my gullet. I blinked repeatedly to clear images of blood and dead bodies from my mind. The empty eyes. Men had died on either side.
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I followed right at his heels. “Niko listen to me, we can stay with you, stay indoors and out of sight, come on, don’t be like this.” “And risk our children, the mansion was attacked last night-“ “I was there Niko, I haven’t forgotten” I snapped at his back. Still giving me his back he paused as we got to the stairs “Then you know why we must do this” he released a tired sigh “Don’t make this harder than it already is” I take the stairs two at a time my ankle almost giving out beneath me as I lunged forward to grab his arm just as he was about to move, he paused until I caught up with him, my breath coming out faster as I panted “If it’s so hard then don’t send us away, a family is supposed to stay together, I am not in support of this” “Noted” he stated and kept walking. Damn it! I swiped my damp palms on my jeans and followed after him. What in the what was going on? I knew he was unsettled after what transpired last night, in our house no less, I was also concerned but t
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I turned away from him, the sight of him felt like a fist was wrapped around my throat, my chest, my heart, I chewed on my bottom lip, sniffling I wiped my cheek on Angelo’s back. "How can you bare to send us away like this?" My heart broke. I was trying to put a handle on my feelings as I swayed from side to side to get my son back to sleep. Firm fingers wrapped around my upper arm and I felt him at my back, “You think I want this, sending you away? You, the kids” he pulled me flush against his chest, I looked at him with teary eyes over my shoulder, his eyes hold mine “You are my life, Lola it kills me, sending you away, I want you here with me” I turned with our son to face him, as his hands smoothened up my arms. “I want you where I can see you, and have you in my arms every night, to hear my children’s laughter, I don’t want to miss a second with them, but you can’t say, I won’t” he paused, swallowing hard, and his eyes falls shut. “I won’t be able to do what needs to be d
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“Say goodbye to your daughter” I managed to say before closing the car door. I didn’t know if I should be glad that Caela slept soundly as Niko leaned down to kiss her forehead and cradled her first in his palm for a moment. I managed my tears when the black SUV drove out of the black titanium gate leading out of the mansion, turning back only once to see the twins secured in their car seat, and then I faced ahead. There were no armed men stationed at the gate as usual, and now that I think of it, they had been missing from their posts at the mansion. I dried my cheeks and swept my hair behind me. “Would it not be safer to leave in the night?” I asked in a low voice when I finally found my voice “What if someone was watching the house?” A pair of aviators sitting on his strong nose shielding dark green eyes Miguel nodded as he eased the large vehicle into traffic “Exactly, there's nothing suspicious about a lone vehicle leaving the mansion at two in the afternoon, but at the d
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We establish a routine over the course of the week, the twins rise with the sun and so do I. I feed them then place them in a playpen Miguel had set up on the side of the living room, then I get to making breakfast. After that, it’s bath time and another feeding before putting them down for a nap with that I have a few hours to do other things, I wasn't exaggerating when I said caring for two babies was a lot. at least they haven't been crying. I do some cleaning and laundry while they’re down every afternoon because babies can be a messy bunch. I found an old crossword puzzle book so I strike out the words while I wait for the laundry to be out, by the time it’s folded and put away, the twins are up and I have a reason to live once more. It’s clear they miss home, miss him, after the first few days the thrill of a new environment faded and I didn't have to stop Angelo from crawling under the carved chairs in the kitchen or trying to eat them and Caela from trying to go outside, s
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He jerks back as though he’s been struck. I’ve suspected it for days now, I was a few days late and somehow I just felt it. A smash of black brows come together over dark green eyes “The fuck? How?”Why do men always ask that particular question?How else does a woman become pregnant? If I wasn’t so weak I'd roll my eyes but that would take too much effort “You know how.” We’d been careful, I’d been adamant and against another baby. And Niko obliged me, sneaking in as much time around the kids to quench the raving hunger after months of nothing, as ever, his need was great, our passion explosive, a few times we got carried away and fumble the ball, it would be hard not to with his intensity, he looks at me and I go damp between my legs with need.it was those eyes.His scent.His electric touch that made me so hot for him.I wasn’t foolish enough to think that one time wasn’t enough. Miguel’s eyes a little wider than their normal size dropped to my middle. “You don’t look pregna
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