The Mafia's Babies by Kaycee Romano (little readers TXT) 📕

"Did you hear what River said?" Mateo did not take his eyes off the downstairs view.

"Um.. no." Adam didn't want to know what River had said. 

He did not know where Alessia and he stood. 

Yes, they kissed. 

Yes, they made out. 

Yes, they ended up doing the dirty. 

But then they found out that River was rushed back into the ICU, and then they had been busy taking turns taking care of the kids while Mateo was wallowing away in fear, sadness and anger. 

Michelia and Leonardo had visited once, but that was when River was still in the ICU. The couple had joined hands with the Americans and Russians and they were combing through all possible enemies that could want the Mafia down. 

A common enemy. They were looking for a common enemy and it was a pretty tricky situation because the whole of the underworld was divided into two groups, some taking the Italian's side and the others' Russian. Of course, there could be some rat in them who want to get to the top of the food chain but the possibility that they would fight the personal way was pretty slim. 

Whatever be it, the fact remained that the bad guy in this story needed to be caught. And they were going to find them as fast as possible.

"She said something about wedding bells." 

Fuck. Adam cursed inside. The couple had caught up to it already? Were they that bad at acting? The duo had not decided that they would keep it a secret and act like nothing happened but it seemed like an unspoken pact as soon as they reached the waiting area outside the ICU. But to think that they would be caught this fast...

"Do you think she is hinting that I should propose?" 

Adam raised a brow. This was not the conversation that he thought the two of them would be having. 

Of course he was glad that they had not be caught yet. To be honest, he didn't even know where this relationship between him and Alessia were going. So he didn't know what he was supposed to tell Mateo if he asked.

Also, he did not think Leonardo and Mateo would be too happy with him dating Alessia if it got there.

"I don't know Mateo." Adam was kinda sure that River was probably making fun of Alessia but Mateo didn't need to know that. Right? But will River keep it a secret from him? Probably not. "I don't think River will have marriage in mind right now with all that's been going on."

"You think?" Mateo scratched his head. The Sicilian Capo was confused. He was used to River calling him her husband so when she introduced him to one of her nurse friends as her husband, he didn't think much into it. But then she was talking about being pregnant and how much she missed being pregnant. And then she was talking about wedding bells.

He couldn't have been just hearing things, now could he?

"Ahhh brother..." Adam grinned, back to his usual immature mode. "You both are endgame. It's obvious. The hero and heroine of the story has to end up together. That's the law. Don't overthink it. Do it in your own pace and you will know when the right time will be." 

"She did turn me down once." Mateo pointed out. 

Adam rolled his eyes. "Obviously she is going to turn you down if you propose to marry her just to make her a family member so that they don't target her."

"I was just trying to protect her."

"When you yourself know that the girl does not need any protecting." 

Mateo let out a sigh.

It was true. 

But it was also true that he was irrevocably in love with her, and obviously he would want her safe and sound when he was so much in love with her. 

He did not think that it was a sin.

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Jacqueline narrowed her eyes when she turned around after getting her coffee only to see her best friend's bodyguard, Victor the incompetent as she liked to call him, sitting on one of the stools that River loved sitting and watching the street below from. 

She was there. And she knew that this time, it was not in Victor's power to protect her. He was not superman. But Jacqueline was human, and she needed someone to blame and Victor just happened to be the one. 

What could she do?

River was a mother. Her children were only five years old and their father lived a risky life. Jacqueline could not envision anything bad happening to River because it would affect the children even more. Jacqueline was not the legal guardian of the children anymore, but she was still their aunt and she was also like a sister to River. She was scared for them.

She took a deep breath and was ready to present him with another sermon. But before she could take a step forward, she was interrupted by someone. 

"Meyers!" 

Jacqueline furrowed her brows as she turned to watch Sebastian make his way towards her. 

Victor, too, turned around and looked between Sebastian and Jacqueline. 

"Shane, what are you doing here?" She asked. 

"Um... My best friend is admitted here, so duh, I am here." Sebastian gave her a flat look. Did she really think that he was going to stay away for long? He had listened to Adam and kept clear of the place for a day or two, but that was it. He needed to be with the friend who was like a sibling to him. He had been around for about thirty years of her life and he planned to be around for the rest. 

"You coming up with me Vic?" Sebastian asked Victor who nodded, discarding his coffee cup. 

Jacqueline narrowed her eyes. She was not able to give him a piece of her mind because of her best friend's very bad timing. 

But it was okay, she will have plenty of opportunities to do it, right?

"I am having my break as well." She said. "I will come up with you guys."

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"What's taking them so long?" Alessia was pacing around the room.