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“I saw that.” Her face turns to mine again and I raise our joined fingers, my lips finding her fingertips.
Her gaze drops to them, throat working. “I’m going to miss you.”
My other hand rises, thumb brushing along her lips, parting them. “Stop. You won’t miss anything, Bev. This is temporary.”
She pulls from me, her eyes blinking closed. “How can you say that?” It’s a whisper, but it’s full of grief and anger. “You’re married, Remy. You’re getting ready to have children.”
My stomach tightens. I knew she’d have heard about it, but I was hoping she hadn’t. Simply because I wished I wasn’t. I didn’t want children with anyone but her.
She swallows, breath shuddering as she fights for composure. “I’m marrying Gavino and—and I just don’t see howanyof this can go in our favor, Remy.”
Shifting, I turn to face her more fully, my hand tangling in the soft strands of her hair as she closes her eyes, face tilting into the touch. “Don’t give up on us, baby.” The tears she’d been fighting finally fall from her lashes, warm and sticky as they slide beneath my palm. My other hand wipes them away. “Look at me, Bev.”
She does as I ask, water gaze flickering over my face.
“Sei il mio cuore.”You are my heart.Her lip trembles and my thumb strokes her jaw, my head tilting to kiss away a lone tear. Her hand rises to wrap around my wrist, her fingers resting on my pulse point.“I can’t live without you.” My lips press to hers, soft and sure as she clutches to my skin. “I won’t.”
“Remy!”
Air blows through my nose as I drop my keys on the console table, eyes closing at the shrill sound of Viva’s voice.Dio dammi forza. God, give me strength.
“Remy?” I hear her bare feet slapping against the floorboards as she searches the house for me. Turning the corner, her eyes flick to me, her glossy lips pursed into a smirk. “There you are.”
“Here I am.” I mumble, making my way toward my room. I want nothing more but to shower the day away.
“Look at this.” Her footsteps pound behind mine, my gate pausing when she grips my arm and pulls me to as stop.
With a sigh, I turn to look at her. “What, Viva?”
A little white stick is pulled out from behind her back, smiling as she waves it before my face. “Do you know what this means?”
My eyes find hers, shoulders shrugging. “I have no idea. Enlighten me.”
An annoyed huff hits my back as I turn away from her, proceeding toward my room.
“It means,” she grabs onto my arm again, stopping me once more. She waits until I’m looking at her to keep speaking, “that I’m ovulating.”
I feel the sneer on my lips as I pull from her once again. “So?”
“Ugh.” She jogs beside me, moving to stand in front of me to block the stairs. “So, you need to have sex with me. My daddy told me thatCapo Famigliasaid we had to work on having children. You can’t deny me sex anymore.”
She ends her sentence with a smug smirk, her arms crossed over her chest, the test dangling from her fingers.
I grind my teeth at the mention of my father’s request. I know I can’t keep holding off, that my father will become suspicious, but tonight,I don’t care.“Not tonight, Viva.”
Her voice hits my back as I push past her, descending up the steps. “Youhaveto, Remy!” When I don’t stop she stomps her foot, almost screeching, “I’m going to tell your father if you don’t!”
Pausing, I look over my shoulder, “I don’t care, Viva.” My tongue wets my lips, watching her fume below me. “Tell your daddy, tell my father. I don’t care.” I turn away, talking over my shoulder. “While you’re at it, why don’t you tell them how you lost your virginity to my guard, Hosea?”
She had started stomping up the steps after me, but I hear her feet falter. “How did you know about that?”
I stop at the top and look down at her, “Open your mouth about this Viva and I’ll tell them you lost it before we were married. I’ll tell them that they got pig’s blood on our wedding night to hide my embarrassment.”
“They wouldn’t believe you.” She says, but her sails have started to deflate.
“Maybe. We sure can find out together.” My arms cross as I watch her eyes narrow, her lip working as she glared up at me. “That’s what I thought, Viva. Now leave me be for the night.”
“I have needs too, Remy! You can’t blame me for that!” She yells at my back as I leave her on the stairs.
