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“Will you kill the person who did it?” I ask.
“Do you want me to?” He frowns.
“Yes,” I answer his question without thought or hesitation.
“Then I’ll kill him.” He nods like it’s just that simple. I guess for him, it is.
“Thank you,” I whisper before turning back on my side and trying to to sleep again.
DARIO
“Why are you trying to hide it?” I ask her as I stand in the door frame and watch her breathing in.
“Because I want today to be about my father and not about us,” she points out, releasing her breath and allowing her stomach to pop back out under the black dress she’s wearing. I don’t think she quite understands how fucking sexy she’s looking now she’s showing. Madalina has been sad since her father died and I’ve been doing my best to be sensitive and give her her space.
I’m not a monster, I understand that losing her father and discovering she’s pregnant with twins is a lot for her to take, but I’m finding it progressively harder to keep my hands off her.
“We’re Mr. and Mrs. DeMarco, wherever we go people will talk,” I remind her, moving closer so I can wrap my arms around her. I get the impression she likes it when I touch her stomach, and when she rests her head back on my shoulder and makes that same soft sigh she always does, I admire how stunning she looks in her condition.
“I was hoping to keep it a secret for a little longer.” She smiles.
“Well, the DeMarco heirs have other ideas, they want theworld to know they are coming.” I can’t describe the level of satisfaction that knowing I knocked her up gives me. She could not be any more owned by me if I tried. Now she has a part of me growing inside her and everyday it’s starting to be a little more obvious.
“People will stare. They’ll want to congratulate us and I’m not ready for that. I just want to grieve for my father and be there for Nic and Serena.”
“And you must let me be there for you.” I remind her that she’s fragile. Over the past few weeks, she’s tried so hard to be strong, but I’ve heard her crying in the bathroom at night. Every time I try to comfort her she pushes me away, and I’ve quickly learned that it’s not my sympathy that she wants.
She wants me to kill whoever it is who killed her father, and it’s getting really fucking tiring trying to figure out who that person is.
In our world, every man has an enemy. Alfeo Conto was awarded one of the best districts when I married his daughter. Many men will have envied that. I’ve had my men look into it, and yet they have come up with nothing. Alfeo murder remains a mystery and that makes me anxious.
There’s every chance that whoever hurt him would want to hurt Madalina too, and for that reason, her protection will be my priority.
“Serena is excited about the babies, it’s about the only thing that's kept her going,” I remind her, trying to give her something to be positive about.
“Nic isn’t,” she points out. Placing her hand over mine.
“Nic doesn’t matter.” I try to hide my distaste for her brother since I know how much Madalina cares for him, her love distracts her from seeing him for what he really is.
A lia-fuckin-bility.
I hold Madalina’s hand as we stand at the cemetery, and the knee-length coat she wears does its job of hiding her condition. I chose not to argue with her today, there will be plenty of other opportunities for people to know that she is expecting, and given the danger I fear she could be in, maybe it’s wise that we do keep it a secret a little longer. At least until I’ve found out who’s head I’m going to take.
I wrap my arm around her shoulder when she sobs, and her brother scowls at me as he comforts Serena. I’ve never understood what her brother's problem with me is. He was the one who fucked up two years ago, and yet my family were forgiving of it. He should be honored that his sister was selected to be my wife, despite his carelessness. The status it bought him would never have been retained any other way, especially considering how he conducts himself.
“Are you coming back to the house?” Serena asks once the burial is over and when Madalina looks to me for approval, I nod my head.
“Maybe for a little while.” She smiles back at her stepmom, linking her arm in hers so they can make their way toward the car together.
“You and your father have a nerve coming here today.” Nic waits until they are out of earshot before he spits his words out under his breath.
“Do you forget who you are talking to?” I look back at him, realizing that we are alone.
“You arranged for this to happen. You had my father killed so your bastard brother could take our district. Was it always part of your plan?”
I don’t know what he is talking about, but I do know this isn’t the time or the place for the conversation.
“Nicolas, I don’t know what you speak of.” I go to move on but he stands in front of me and puffs out his chest.
