Ruthless Betrayal: A Dark Mafia Forced Marriage Romance (Dark Enemies Book 2) by Zoe Delaney & Jen Katemi

Author:Zoe Delaney & Jen Katemi [Delaney, Zoe & Katemi, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flourish Books
Published: 2023-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

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“For all the things my hands have held the best by far is you.”

Anonymous

Bianca

We name her Emilia, and she is the most beautiful human being I have ever seen. I don’t think she looks like either one of us, though Rio says she has my coloring and my feisty nature. My concern that he wouldn’t love her as much as he should, because she’s female and not the male heir he assumed, lasted about three seconds.

The doctor had him cut the umbilical cord, and for a big tough Mafia guy, he looked hilariously queasy during that act. But afterward, when our daughter was swaddled and he held her in his arms, the expression on his face was priceless.

For the first time ever, there was wonder and true tenderness in his eyes, and when he shifted his gaze down to me and delivered a tiny smile, a wave of love washed over me.

I made Rio truly happy in that moment.

And I’m not sure anyone else has ever achieved that with him.

I am no longer naïve enough to believe this reprieve from the external world will last, but I will cherish the memory of that shared birth experience forever.

Over the next several weeks, my focus is on Emilia. Learning to breastfeed, which I thought would be instinctive but turns out is far more difficult than I expected. Dealing with the lack of sleep. Venturing out into the extensive estate gardens with Emilia in a baby sling on my chest, being trailed by goons and pretending my life is as normal as any other new mom.

Rio set me up in the suite adjoining his so we wouldn’t wake each other at the wrong time, as he often comes to bed late and is up early, and my schedule currently revolves around our daughter.

He immediately brought in a nanny to help me with Emilia, though the whole concept of paying someone to look after your own child is so far removed from my previous existence that I’ve struggled to let the poor woman do anything. Except change the diapers, and take over one of the feedings at night if I’ve had less sleep than usual for whatever reason.

When Doctor Conner returns for the six-week post-birth checkup, she professes herself pleased with my progress, and happy with the health and weight of my daughter.

“You are young and fit, Mrs. Agosti. As is your child. Strong genes on both sides, clearly. If you have not already, you may resume normal relations with your husband any time you wish.”

“Oh. Well, okay, thank you.” Normal relations? I haven’t thought about sex since before the birth. It just hasn’t crossed my mind with everything I’ve been learning to deal with. Now that she mentions it, though, the thought of becoming intimate once again with Rio will not leave my mind.

But he remains absent, busy with whatever it is Mafia bosses do at work, and I continue to mostly dine alone, and walk the grounds, and wrestle with Penn, the nanny, over who should do this task or that, when it comes to Emilia.

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