Mafia Boss's Surprise Baby: An Age Gap Arranged Marriage Romance by Kira Cole

Author:Kira Cole [Cole, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

18

MIA

Dante doesn’t mention Vincenzo for a full week. Jimmy Sawbones comes back to check on us the next day. I don’t take another pill after that first day. It made me sleep a whole twelve hours, and I don’t want to be dead to the world if Dante needs me.

Jimmy says that Dante’s stitches are healing well but warns him not to pop them, and that my ribs should be healed in a couple of weeks. He’s not even sure they’re broken, just bruised. They still hurt like hell.

Nico’s at the mansion almost all the time, rattling around downstairs while Dante and I stay upstairs and order in food. Marisa, the housekeeper who lives downstairs, brings us up some homemade Italian lasagna the second day, and Dante eats so much I think he’s going to be sick.

Looking back later, that week is almost like a second honeymoon. Dante’s doting and sweet, cuddling me in bed when I’m sore, and even though he can’t move around much without pain, he orders me anything I want.

It’s nice.

Dante’s been getting up the past couple of days and heading downstairs, trying to get his strength back. He’s been doing well, and I’m happy for him, but at the same time I’m terrified that he’s about to go after Vincenzo and get hurt again.

But I know this bubble in time when it’s just us is going to come to an end. I’m nervous all the time, and I’m still having nightmares. And now my stomach is rioting.

I brush my teeth in the hall bathroom so that Dante won’t notice. I don’t need him worried about me. I know it’s just the stress and the trauma from the kidnapping.

“I’m going out today,” he says, and my chest tightens.

“Why?” I ask, and it comes out sounding whiny and petulant.

Dante chuckles. “I have to leave the house sometime, pretty girl.”

“You’re hurt,” I argue. “And so am I.”

“We’re on the mend. And I’m not leaving you alone. Nico will be here.”

That does make me feel a bit better, because I know that Nico is his right-hand man. Dante doesn’t make big moves without Nico, and so maybe he’s just doing some other, less dangerous work.

I’m about to ask where he’s going and what time he’ll be home when Nico knocks on the open door, shielding his eyes just in case we aren’t decent.

“Hi, Nico,” I say, and Nico drops his hand, smiling at me.

“Hi, Mia,” he says.

Nico’s a sweet guy. He’s been known as a bit of a womanizer, but what wiseguy hasn’t? Nico isn’t even a made man, just half Sicilian, and he’s handsome.

“I’m going to go out for a meeting,” Dante says, and a look passes between them that I don’t like.

It’s just like with my father and his right-hand, Ricardo. They seem to have a telepathic connection sometimes, after working together for so many years.

I don’t like that I can’t read what Nico and Dante are saying.

“I’ll stay here with the missus,” Nico says. “We’ll order some pizza from Fatty’s.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.