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“What’s that supposed to mean?” he asks, frowning.
“It doesn’t mean anything,” I huff. I don’t want to have this conversation. It’s not like anything will change.
“Principessa,” he starts, and I look away from him, staring out the window. That name hurts more than he’ll ever know.
“I just want to get some rest,” I say quietly, and Nico sighs but he doesn’t say anything more.
I lean my head against the window and close my eyes, but I know that I won’t sleep. My heart aches and my stomach is churning, thinking about what will happen when we get back to Dante’s. Nico will go back to his womanizing ways and I’ll just be sitting at home, pregnant.
This is not how I wanted things to go between us.
I always imagined having children, one boy and one girl, being happy with my husband. But now, I’m pregnant out of wedlock and by a man who doesn’t want me.
I do manage to drift off, because the next thing I know, Nico stops at a diner about half way back to Dante’s.
“I thought we could get a bite,” he says softly, shaking my shoulder.
I blink the sleep out of my eyes, yawning, and get out of the car, walking into the diner ahead of him. Nico follows, seeming sullen. He’s sulking, I guess, but I can’t bring myself to care. Not after the fight we had. If this break needs to happen, the sooner, the better, and we both need to come to terms with it.
Nico orders a burger and fries and I follow suit, looking down at the table instead of at him.
“Are you going to be mad at me forever?” he asks, trying to catch my gaze.
I won’t look at him. “Who says I’m mad?”
Nico scoffs. “You’re clearly mad.”
“There’s nothing to be mad about,” I insist. “This has just run its course.”
“What do you mean?” Nico tilts his head.
“It’s over, right? You don’t want to be with me. So, it’s done. It was fun while it lasted.”
Nico frowns. “I don’t know why it has to be over just because—”
“Just because you don’t want to commit to me?”
“Listen, Aurora, it’s not like I planned this,” he says, sounding exasperated.
“I didn’t plan it either,” I snap. “I’m sure you’ve done this with lots of women, right? Had a fling and moved on? What makes me any different?”
“You’re pregnant with my child,” he says firmly. “That makes it a lot different,principessa.”
“Don’t call me that,” I mumble.
Nico sighs, running a hand through his dark hair. “It doesn’t have to be over just because we’re not exclusive,” he starts, and I snort.
“I’m not interested in being anyone’s second or third choice, Nico. If you’re seeing other women, I don’t want to be with you.”
Nico’s quiet for a moment. “What about the baby?”
“You don’t have to do anything,” I insist. “You can be as involved or uninvolved as you want to be.”
“Of course I want to be involved,” he barks. “That’s my child you’re carrying.”
I shrug. “Well, that’s up to you.”
“I have a life to live, you know,” Nico says. “It’s not like I want to throw everything away just because—”
