Claimed by The Italian: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance (A Man Who Knows What He Wants Book 202) by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2020-10-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Lydia

Waking up this morning in Lorenzo’s strong arms makes me feel like I’m in heaven. I snuggle into him, feeling happier than I have in a long time. Less than twenty-four hours ago, I thought I didn’t have a chance in hell with him. I thought he was choosing his lifestyle over me, and I felt like I couldn’t blame him for that. After all, we’ve only known each other for such a short time. How could I expect him to leave everything behind for me?

Except now that’s exactly what he’s planning to do. He’s choosing me above everything else in his life. He’s been in the mafia for over twenty years, but only a few days with me and he’s choosing to leave it all behind. I feel a pang of guilt in my stomach. I hate the idea of him having to make so much sacrifice to be with me. I would never want anyone to leave a whole life behind just to be with me. And yet, as his baby grows inside me and our bodies entwine, I know that this is about more than just me now. It’s about our family.

It still plays on my mind as I lay awake in bed. Lorenzo wakes and when sees my still naked form, he growls, kissing my neck gently.

“Good morning, beautiful.”

I blush. I’ve never had a morning like this before, lying naked with my lover and feeling like I belong. I cuddle closer to him.

“Hey, how do you feel today?”

His brow furrows. “How could I feel anything other than amazing when I’m waking up next to you.”

“I mean...I mean about the things we said last night. About running away together. About leaving all this behind...do you still mean it?”

“Of course I do,” he growls without hesitation. “Why would you ever believe that I’d change my mind?”

I sigh. “I just...I can’t help thinking about everything you’re leaving behind, your family, your livelihood, aren’t you sad about all that you’ll be leaving here?”

Lorenzo’s playfulness disappears now. He can see that I want to have a serious conversation. He props himself on his elbow.

“This life, I never really chose it. It chose me,” Lorenzo tells me. “I was born into it, my family has been in the mafia for generations. I grew up with the assumption that the world was mine for the taking because that’s what my father taught me. He trained me from a young age to be his successor in our line of work, when he died I was still so young. But I took over the family because it was my duty...and I always thought that was enough to make me believe that I wanted this.” He pauses. “But if I stop and think about it too much I question why I’m here. I wonder about the other paths life might have taken me on if I was from a normal family, and I crave that normality.”

“Is that what drew you to me?”

“Everything about you drew me to you,” he growls, cupping my cheeks.

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