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“Meet me at the hospital, I’m going with you. She was willing to stick her neck out for us both,” he says.
“All right. I’ll be there in twenty minutes,” I say and hang up.
My eyelids feel heavy as I try to open them. I blink a few times as my vision clears.Where am I?I try to sit up, but my head is swimming and my neck hurts.
“Good morning. It’s about time you woke up so we can talk,” I hear a male voice from the other side of the room. I turn toward it the best I can and see Rocco. Then I remember, there was a knock at my door and I thought, more like I hoped it was Hawk. But it was Rocco and two men. They must’ve drugged me because all I remember is a sharp sting in my neck and then it was lights out.
“Where am I?” I ask groggily.
“You’re at my house, of course. I decided to take you off Hawk’s and Matteo’s hands. Neither of them deserves such a treasure as you,” he says as he stands and makes his way to me with the use of his cane.
“Rocco, whatever you’re planning, please don’t do it,” I plead.
He laughs and runs his finger down the slope of my jaw before sitting beside me on the bed. “When I’m through with you, little kitten, you’ll forget you ever met them,” he says seductively.
He leans toward me and grins as I shrink back. “Don’t touch me,” I beg.
He pulls back. “Not to worry. We’re going to be spending a lot of time together. I won’t touch you until you beg for it. That’s not my thing. But you will…beg for it, I mean,” he says confidently.
“When you’re ready to shower, let me know. I’ll send someone to help you so you don’t fall,” he says as he stands back up.
“Hawk will be looking for me. And he’ll find me,” I say even if I’m not sure if it’s true.
He smiles. “I hope he does. But we’ll see. It doesn’t seem like he cares too much. I was watching. But it would give me great pleasure to take something he supposedly loves from him like he took something I loved from me.”
“You love Angelica?” I ask.
He stiffens. “Yes, I did. But Hawk made sure I could never have her. And now I’ll do the same for him.”
“Wait, you have a son,” I blurt out as he edges closer to the door.
His face becomes unreadable. “You lie. Angelica had a miscarriage.”
I pull myself into a sitting position and prop against the headboard. “She didn’t. She and Aldo told everyone she did, but she had a son. And she tried to say he was Hawk’s, but Matteo pulled DNA from you the night you were at his office and you’re his father. She lied, to her own brother, to Hawk, and to you.”
The color seeps from his face. “Please don’t look so sad. This is a good thing, Rocco. It can be a good thing. You have a chance to be a father. I don’t know where it leaves you and Angelica but think about him.”
He stays silent.
“I don’t know you. But I think you’re misunderstood. I think you’re doing the best you can with what you know. Now you have someone to live for, to be better for.” I try again.
“What’s his name?” he asks suddenly.
“Ethan,” I answer. “He’s beautiful. He favors you.”
He blinks rapidly and my heart almost breaks for him.Almost.I’d feel a lot worse for him if he hadn’t kidnapped me.
He pulls out his phone and takes a picture of me and then taps out something on it before making a call. “Bring me my son if you want her back,” he says and then hangs up.
“You better hope he follows through,” he says grimly.
“Who? What do you mean?” I ask.
“This development spoils my plans for us…for now. I called Matteo. You’ll love this…they’re together searching for you. It seems you’ve captured both their hearts, Brittney. But you better hope they bring my son to me. Until they do, you aren’t going anywhere,” he says.
“You can’t use him as leverage. He’s an innocent child.Your child,”I say. “I may not like Angelica, but do you truly think she’ll offer her son up in exchange for me?”
“I’ll deal with her. She has plenty to answer for,” he says maliciously.
