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“Perhaps we are perfect together,” she suggested letting him turn her onto her back, slipping between her legs as he lowered himself against her fully.
“No perhaps about it,agape mou, we are perfect together,” he whispered against her lips, taking her slowly letting their breaths mingle as their lips touched and caressed the other, her body taking him fully into her own.
Hailey felt her body shake, each exquisite thrust brought her closer to a peak that even they had not reached before, and as she crashed over it, her lips could not contain her words. “Stefano…my love…”
He did not hear it for his own stated, “S agapo,” before claiming her lips again.
His brain berated him as he held her sleeping body. It would be easy for Hailey to discover what he said and wonder, especially, if she recalled hearing him tell his mother the same thing before she left. It would be impossible to explain away ‘I love you’ coming from his lips while they made love and he would not lose her. He refused to do so.
Chapter 20
Hailey smiled as she rode into the yard, wishing Stefano were home with her but understanding that he was quite busy trying to get things settled at the new company he had recently acquired into the Zeno helm. He was due home tomorrow, just in time for Olympia and Xavier’s wedding, not to mention her ultrasound appointment for her twenty-week check-up.
There was no denying she was pregnant now and she loved it, as did Stefano. Everyone at the office knew they were expecting twins, a slip from Stefano to keep the few whispered comments about her size and the wonder of how far along she really was from becoming fuller questions. True to his word, he had bought her a new office chair and made sure she rested each day when she went into the office, typically by laying down with her during lunch and she loved it, him more every day they were together.
The days they were apart made her love grow by leaps and she knew soon she wouldn’t be able to hide it from him. He was too knowing about her, her moods, her thoughts for him to not discern that he held her entire heart within his hands. She sighed moving into the barn to brush down her horse, taking care of where she stepped to keep the twins safe.
“So, you really did it,” came from the walkway as she closed Dandelion back into her stall.
“Kyra, what are you doing here?” she asked with a glance over her shoulder to ensure she was alone.
“I came to tell you it won’t work. You aren’t getting rid of me so easily. I will not allow Grandfather to leave his entire estate to you and Stefano. I will not be under his thumb for the rest of my life! So, you will ensure he opens my trust, giving me full access to it and keep it well supplied. If not, you’ll find yourself out of his life and that baby without a father because I guarantee Stefano won’t want you once he knows the truth,” Kyra said stalking over to her and for once Hailey felt no intimidation from the girl. She couldn’t hurt her anymore.
“What truth is that Kyra?” she asked taking her gloves and hat, moving around her without fear. Kyra wouldn’t dare physically hurt her and risk the babies. She knew Stefano would murder her if she so much as thought about it.
“The truth of your ‘virginity’ and who originally got it,” Kyra replied, a smile on her lips making Hailey laugh. “Stefano would not be so amused to know that you gave it to Demetrius when you were sixteen.”
“Stefano knows exactly who claimed my virginity Kyra.Helaid stake on it when I was sixteen; he made me his then and came back for me earlier this year. No one else came close to taking it.”
“You were about to give it to Demetrius. Stefano would not be pleased to know that,” Kyra attempted needing to get under her skin, in order to get the freedom that she needed in order to disappear.
“Stefano already knows,” they heard from the doorway and a smile slipped onto Hailey’s lips seeing him.
“You’re home early!” she cried moving quickly to reach him. Her stomach stopped her from being able to settle fully into him and he reached down, lifting her into his arms in order to hold her closer.
“I am…and you’ve gotten beautifully ripe,” he said letting his hand rest on her stomach. “I couldn’t stay away. I needed to see you and hold you,agape mou.”
“I’m glad,” she sighed resting against his side as he set her down, turning them to face Kyra together.
“Why are you here Kyra? Other than in attempt to blackmail my wife, with knowledge that I already have I might add?”
“You wouldn’t have married her if you’d known she wanted Demetrius first,” Kyra said with a glare at Hailey.
“As Hailey stated, I staked my claim of her when she was sixteen. What she didn’t say was that I did it whilst she was in Demetrius’ room, foolishly waiting for him, but I was never going to let him have her. No, I made it quite clear that she would not ever find herself in Demetrius’ bed, only mine when I came back for her. I was not going to take a sixteen-year-olds’ innocence, and I certainly wasn’t going to let her continue to think that Demetrius’ attentions were what love was.”
“That’s not what Mother claims got you together,” Kyra said, and Stefano let out a full laugh.
“You think I would tell our mother what Demetrius attempted to do when my Hailey was but sixteen? I wasn’t going to let her parents know that I have desired her since then. They will never think anything but what we have said. They need not know the moment that I knew I would marry Hailey and make her mine.”
“You cannot mean…” Kyra said her jaw slackening.
“I am quite Greek when it comes to my love, Kyra. The American side of me knew that claiming her as mine at sixteen would not be fondly accepted but I made it clear to Hailey that I would be back for her when it was time. So, you see, Kyra, there is nothing about my wife that I do not know. I have watched over her for years, ensured that she was safe and that your ploys against her did not work. Who do you think deleted the photos from your computer from the camera you’d hidden in Demetrius’ room hoping to humiliate my love?”
Kyra’s face paled as her eyes widened.
“Yes, I know all about your little plots, all of them Kyra. Your camera did not catch me in the room with her or you would have already known all of this, known that coming here to upset my wife in her current condition would be futile. Try to upset her again and I will turn my back on you as I have on Demetrius. Return to London and don’t even think of trying something so juvenile again. You are twenty-five years old Kyra; it is time to start acting it. After all, by the time Hailey reaches your age she will be mother to our children. You could learn quite a bit from her,” Stefano stated before turning them around and walking away.
He waited until they were in the house before cupping her face with a soft smile on his lips. “I am extremely glad I arrived when I did. I always seem to find my siblings on the verge of harming you.”
