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"Tomorrow? Has he learned the reason behind the attack then?"
"No."
"Cancel the appointment."
"That's not happening." She huffs out a sigh. "We can't come back tonight anyway. Have you forgotten? The jet returned to Las Vegas so your father could use it last week."
"Use Severu's jet."
"You're being ridiculous. Both Neri and I are perfectly safe here."
I'm done arguing. I know when my wife is being intransigent and when she's willing to listen to reason. The only way she's getting on a plane is against her will. And the only person who will carry my resisting wife onto an airplane is me.
I text our pilot and tell him I want to be wheels up within the hour. We use a private airstrip, so we don't have to wait for a takeoff slot. However, the ground and flight crews have to hustle.
"I will see you in a few hours, Giulia. Do not leave your brother's housefor any reasonin the meantime."
"What? You can't fly to New York on a whim, Raff."
"The safety of my wife and child is not a whim,amate."
"You can't think I would ever put Neri's safety in jeopardy." There is no mistaking the hurt in her tone.
"No, but yourself is a different matter and somehow you don’t understand how importantyouare to both me and our son."
"I'm well aware of how important my incubation abilities are to you."
"You are a hell of a lot more to me than a uterus."
She makes apfftsound and it infuriates me even more than her not contacting me about the attack. It is time my wife realizes that she is fucking vital to me.
"Do me a favor and be there, Giulia. That is unless you want to give me a stress related heart attack."
"Don't say things like that! I already told you I’m not leaving until the OB appointment tomorrow. I just don't know why you think you need to fly out here."
"You don't?"
"No."
"Think about it, wife." I read the text telling me that the plane will be ready to go in twenty-five minutes."Ti amo."
It's the first time I've said the words, but not the first time I've felt them. It would take a stronger man than me not to fall in love with my stubborn, temperamental, soft-hearted wife.
I thought I didn't need to say it, that she knew. Like I know that she loves me.
She gasps, her shock showing how wrong I am in that assumption. "You did not just say that."
"Take a nap,amate, because when I get there, I'm going to exhaust you showing it. Again."
Does she think that men who have no feelings for their wives crave them like I crave her? I know I haven't said the words, but damn it if I haven't shown her with my actions.
How has my highly intelligent wife missed it?
Chapter 14
New York City, New York
Five Families
