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Ava swiped at the tears staining her cheeks and then threw herself into Stefan’s arms.
“Did the bad man hurt you?” Stefan joked with his eyes on me. “My brother is mean. But he likes you. Dante refuses to admit it.”
“Shut up.”
Stefan dabbed at the blood and tears on Ava’s cheeks with his shirt. “No more crying, baby. It’s your birthday. Cheer up.”
I moved past them and lifted a folded slip of paper.
It was Ava’s birth certificate.
I showed it to Nicodemus.
His eyebrows rose. “That’s interesting.”
“Very.” I bobbed my head. “I wonder if this is true.”
“Only one way to find out,” he said in a hushed tone, careful not to attract Ava’s attention to us. “I’ll grab Giancarlo’s toothbrush from the bathroom.”
“Get as many samples as you can. We need proof before we show this to Dad.”
I tucked Ava’s birth certificate into the inner pocket of my suit jacket. There was no way she knew the truth. Because if she had, I doubted she would have tried to protect Giancarlo.
ChapterTwenty-Five
NICO
Iwas in the middle of mixing waffle batter when Ava stumbled downstairs, her dark hair hanging over her shoulders. She scrubbed a hand at her eyes and yawned. "Are you making me waffles?"
Ava was my weakness.
My addiction.
I pointed at the stool in front of the kitchen island. "Sit."
Like a good girl, she followed orders. I poured the batter over the waffle iron and closed the lid with my back to her. Even from a distance, she smelled intoxicating. A fruity scent that always lifted off her skin.
I poured her a glass of orange juice and set it on the counter in front of her.
"What's going to happen with the Vitales?" She sipped her juice, watching me from beneath her dark brows. "Will they come for me?"
I shook my head. "No, you're untouchable."
Only because I made a plan with my brothers last night after we brought Ava home. None of us wanted to marry into the Vitale family. And since Vittoria would arrive within the hour, I knew one way to get her to call off the wedding.
I had to break her fidelity rule.
"Remember when I said I want a dirty little slut who will get on her knees for me in the bedroom?" I moved between her spread thighs and pulled down her lip with my thumb. "Let me do anything I want. I want to fuck you like a whore."
She giggled, and it was cute.
Our girl was inexperienced and naive, but we slowly broke her in.
"I know you've been holding out on me, Nico." Ava peeked up at me, tucking her lip between her teeth. "I'm not a good girl anymore."
"What did I tell you about biting that lip?" I hooked my tie around her neck and pulled her to me, squeezing hard enough for her to gasp.
"Maybe you should do something about it, Nicodemus."
