The Vows We Break: A Dark Mafia Romance (Sicilian Mafia Wars Book 1) by Meaghan Pierce

Author:Meaghan Pierce [Pierce, Meaghan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pierced Soul Publishing
Published: 2023-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Alexei took two paces away from the elevators before realizing Carina hadn’t followed him out. Turning on his heel, he shot his arm out to catch the door before it slid closed again. She was rooted in place in the middle of the car, envelope still aloft, staring at the opposite wall. A moment frozen in time.

He blocked the entrance with his body so people wouldn’t be able to get on and watched her. He wanted to know what she was thinking, but her face was half hidden behind the envelope in her hand.

When the elevator began buzzing angrily to announce the open door, she jumped, crushing the papers she held before loosening her grip. Without making eye contact, she darted around him and bolted for the lobby doors. He chased after her, cursing under his breath.

He didn’t know why he’d said it. But the idea of her being pregnant with that bastard’s baby, with anyone’s baby but his, tore open a feral place inside him. A place that wanted to clearly mark her as his, to make sure the world knew exactly who she belonged to.

Children had never really crossed his mind before. He couldn’t honestly say they were crossing his mind now. Though picturing Carina swollen with his child was becoming more enticing by the minute. Knowing she’d be his. Forever. He didn’t hate the idea. Carina, however, seemed to be of a different opinion on the matter. And it was starting to piss him off.

Gritting his teeth, he followed her through the gaudy gold doors onto the street, eyes quickly darting over their surroundings to make sure no one was following them. That was his purpose here today, after all. He didn’t see anyone who looked out of place or watched them a little too long.

By the time he refocused on her, she was already halfway across the street, expertly weaving through the rush of traffic on those damned heels. The same heels that did things to her calves and her ass that made him want to fuck her wearing nothing else.

When she moved to wrench open the car door, he slapped a hand against it to keep it closed. For the first time, she looked up at him, and the look in her eyes surprised him. He’d expected anger, maybe outrage, but it was something else entirely. Fear? No. It couldn’t be that. Why the hell would the idea of being a mother to his child make her afraid?

“Are you going to say something?”

“I have absolutely nothing to say to your absurd outburst.” Her mouth thinned into a hard line, and she crossed her arms over her chest.

“Absurd,” he repeated, rolling the word around on his tongue and angling his body closer to hers.

“I hardly think now is the time to talk about it,” she said when he opened his mouth to speak. “Unless you want to stand out in the open, in the middle of Romano territory, trying to explain to me the perfectly rational reason you had for casually discussing your desire to breed me like a bitch in heat.

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