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“I’m not as pretty as your mama, but we’re going to have to make it work,” I tell him with a smile. Carefully, I shift him from my arms to being cupped in both hands in front of me. He seems so small like this, and he just looks up at me, eyes wide. “There we are.” We watch each other, and my heart melts as he looks at me with such wonder and perhaps trust. “I never thought I would have a son, but here you are,” I murmur, almost more to myself than him. “And I hope you’re patient because I have no clue what I’m doing. I’m probably going to mess up plenty, so I just need you to not kick me to the curb too quickly, yes?”
Soren kicks his feet, letting out a little sound that’s a mixture of a groan and a grunt. I chuckle.
“I’ll take that as a maybe. I can work with that for now. What we’re going to have to do is keep you away from your uncles so they don’t teach you all their bad habits. YourZioAlessio will have you pulling pranks before you’re five and annoying the shit out of all the others. And yourZioZeno will teach you all the bad words that your Zio Alessio hasn’t. As for your otherzios, they’re going to be just as bad, aren’t they? But don’t worry, me and yourNonnowill keep you out of trouble.”
He kicks his feet again, and this time waves his little arms around, his face brightening. I lift him up to press a kiss to his nose, grinning. “Some day soon,ometto, you’ll have another little brother or sister to chase around and protect. And I have a feeling you’re going to be an excellent big brother.”
“Not any time soon,” Lucy says sleepily, making me turn my head to see her standing in the bathroom doorway. She leans against the frame, my shirt covering her body, and her hair tousled. She gives us a soft smile. “And if you keep talking to him like that, you’re just going to get him excited and he won’t want to go back to sleep.”
“I’m sure I can come up with something boring that will have him falling quickly,” I joke lightly. I look back at Soren. “We’ve been caught,ometto. Time for you to go back to bed.”
“He’ll need to eat a bit soon, so I might as well feed him now.” She holds out her arms, and I hand him over, before shutting the light out, and following her back to the bed, where she’s turned on the bedside lamp.
She gets comfortable again, looking like she’s ready to fall back asleep, as she puts Soren on the opposite breast to earlier. I climb into bed with her, saying nothing, just watching them. This time, Lucy hums softly, like she’s trying to soothe him back to sleep.
Soren finishes far quicker than earlier, and I scoop him up instantly, urging Lucy to go back to sleep. “I have him.” She gives me a grateful smile, rights her shirt, and lies back down.
Soren decides that this time it’s better if he just doesn’t burp as quickly, but after a few minutes, we manage it. I get up to put him back in his bassinet, but he starts to cry again.
It takes another half hour before I can finally get him settled. By the time I get back into bed, wrap my arms around Lucy and draw her close, I’m already falling back asleep. I absently feel her burrow into me, her rounded ass cradling my cock again, and my hand sliding between her breasts to rest lightly at the bottom of her throat.
Even in sleep, I want to know she’s mine.
45
RORI
I knowI’m not alone the moment I open my eyes. I reach for the gun under my pillow, but still when the light turns on. Every sense is on alert, ice slipping through my veins. I whip my head for Hades, but he’s still sleeping, not stirring. He’s drugged. There’s no other explanation.
Fear clenches in my gut, and I try to keep my breathing even.
I know who’s here before I even turn to look at them in the shadowed corner of the room.
“Hello, Ms. O’Brien,” the voice says brightly. Far too fucking brightly.
Fuck.
I’m royally fucked.
46
LUCY
Kidaand I stare at each other, neither of us willing to give in first. Her hands are on her hips, my arms are crossed, and I hear the snickers around us. We’re all in Gia’s old suite, while the men are off doing who knows what. Massimo left early this morning, but not before kissing and teasing the shit out of me to the point where I was a shivering, needy mess. I’m still salty about it.
He dared to tell me that he’d see me later and if I was a good girl he’d help me get off. All before he walked out, whistling and completely pleased with himself.
So Kida is getting the brunt of my irritation, all while strolling in and looking far too pleased and relaxed. The same kind of relaxed I felt this morning. Guess I don’t need to guess what happened with her and Zeno last night, even if she was pissed.
Neither of us have said a word to the other, which the other ladies think is hilarious. “Ten bucks says Kida breaks first,”Sienna snickers. “Lucy’s a mama now, and they just have that natural ability to be stubborn as shit.”
“Hmmm, I don’t know. One cry from Soren right now and Lucy will break,” Sofia disagrees. “Amara? Your thoughts?”
“Oh Kida will break first all the way,” Amara agrees with a laugh.
“I don’t know, Kida looks like she’s ready to throw hands,” Gia snickers.
I already know Kida is going to break first. Her lips start to twitch, and her fingers tap on her hips. Finally, she throws her hands up and exclaims, “Alright, fine, I’m a hypocrite and I’m not even sorry about it.”
