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How can I be happy with a man who just walks all over me? Who does as he pleases without caring what I want?
But I hold my tongue. Mateo is cut from the same cloth. How could he possibly understand?
I remain silent, and Mateo gives me a reassuring squeeze before picking up his cup again.
“Are you joining us for breakfast?” he asks as he heads to the door.
I shake my head. “No, I’m not hungry. I’m going for a run,” I tell him.
I can’t stomach the thought of facing Tiero right now.
My anger is still too fresh.
It’ll be better for both of us if I cool off before confronting him.
I walk past the open terrace door when I see Tiero jog up the stairs from the garden. Not wanting him to see me, I take a step away from the door and hide behind a curtain.
Mateo gets up from his seat and they hug. He slaps Tiero on the back as if congratulating him. He says something I can’t understand, but it has the same smirking sound I heard in his voice earlier when he hinted at what he overheard last night.
Damn, why haven’t I started learning Italian yet?
Tiero grins. It’s a self-satisfied kind of smile that immediately raises my hackles.
Fuck, they must be talking about last night and how he finally got me back into bed.
My fury ignites again, but I try to calm down, taking deep steadying breaths.
I strain my ears, attempting to understand something. And then I hear it.
Bambino.
Accompanied by Tiero’s broad smile.
I knew it.
He really is trying to get me pregnant.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Ella
Bilerisesup,thegreen smoothie turning sour in my stomach.
Tiero is gloating. He’s fucking gloating to his brother about what he’s done.
How could I have been so stupid?
Why did I allow myself to get carried away like that?
I leave the room quietly and make my way outside and begin to run.
I want to run away from my life, away from this mess I’ve created.
Run, run, run.
The urge to get away overwhelms any other impulse.
I thought things were different… or maybe not different but back to what they were on the island. I didn’t dream up our closeness over the past few days.
