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"Get this shit wrapped up and get back home. I might be your second in command but being the only one here sucks."
I laugh and hang up, watching Melina. She reminds me of a kitten stretching from a nap in the hot sun—except my little kitten is sexy as fuck and makes my cock ache.
"Mmm," she moans. "I love hearing you laugh."
I stand up, still completely naked. I crawl into bed with her, pulling her into me. "It's not something I did much of before you came into my life, Lina. You changed everything." I pause, not used to letting my guard down. Still, she needs to hear this as much as I need to say it. I want her to know how important she is to me. "I thought after my father died that I was immune to emotion in general. Your love brought me back to life."
"That's a coincidence because you gave me life. I felt dead inside before seeing you standing in the hallway of my father's home. I was afraid of my own shadow. You changed everything," she says.
"You saw me?" I ask in surprise.
"Yeah. You stormed out of my father’s conference room, and I had to sneak a look at the man who dared to stand up to the monster."
"You hid in your father's office," I murmur, thinking out loud. “I remember that moment clearly. "I could tell someone was watching me.”
"Yeah, and at dinner, when I discovered where you were, I needed one more look." She shrugs. "That turned out a little different than I imagined. I thought I'd just look at you and dream one last time. I didn't expect you to approach me."
"Did I scare you?" I ask. I can only imagine how she felt. Her entire life she was conditioned to live in fear of men.
She shakes her head. "You never scared me once. I almost felt connected to you from the beginning. I never experienced anything like that before."
"Is that why you lied and said you were twenty-four?" I ask, grinning.
Lina sighs. "Well, you seemed hung up on wanting to know my age. I figured you were worried I wasn't legal. I knew the age in America was twenty-one. I didn't want you to leave."
I push a strand of hair out of her face. "That wasn't possible, Lina. I took one look at you, and I was hooked. If things hadn't blown up with Emilia's father and Niko being hurt, I'd have found you sooner."
She smiles, leaning up to kiss my neck.
"The point is you found me, Antonio. I’m so thankful.”
“I’ll always find you,il mio tesoro.”
A smile plays on her lips and her eyes sparkle in happiness. “You know, I looked up those words because you always call me that. I know what it means. Is that how you see me?" Lina asks, searching my face for answers.
"My treasure? Yes. You are the most valuable thing in my life."
"And will that be how you feel about our child?" she asks coyly.
I stop. "Fuck, your appointment! I've been so worried about you and getting you back that I completely forgot. Lina, you're pregnant?"
"Yes… It appears I got pregnant early on. Which is probably why my clothes are getting tighter. Um... that's another thing. I kind of didn't take any birth control...Ever." She pauses, watching for my reaction. I make her wait, looking at her stoically for a second before I can't hold my laughter in any longer.
"You seem to have had a lot of little secrets from that night, my wife."
"I didn't want to lose my one shot of having you. I'm not sorry because we’re here together, but Iamsorry I misled you."
"I'm not. We were meant to be together, meant to have this life, and our child was meant to be conceived the way it was. It’s fate."
She looks at me with tears pooling in her eyes. "Fate."
I kiss her, moving to hover over her body.
"Now, I’m going to make love to my wife because I find that I need her again," I tell her, kissing her lips softly.
She giggles. "Your wife would be ever so grateful."
I smirk. "You can show me just how grateful." I slide my hand down her body between her legs, finding her already soaking wet. "A better greeting a man couldn't have from his woman," I groan.
