"De Luca is dead," I hear Mikey mumble.
"Yeah," is the only reply I can come up with.
"Julia is pregnant." Mikey mumbles, again.
"Yeah," I reply again. I think my brother might be in shock. I keep letting my mind wander, then Mikey shoots up in bed.
"We need to marry her." I blink at him like he has lost his damn mind.
"What?" Making sure all of my shock is apparent in the one word.
"We need to marry her." He repeats.
"Yeah, I heard you, dumb nuts. But you know just as well as I do that she can't legally marry us both."
"No, she can't, but she can legally marry you." I sit up, resting my head against the headboard as I stare at my brother.
"What do you mean by 'legally marry me'? You know she won't go for that." He must have gotten hit by De Luca's dude harder than I thought.
"Well, if the timeline is correct, she got pregnant by me the night we fucked at the bar. So most likely the baby is mine, well ours, but you know what I mean. So it only makes sense that your name be on the marriage certificate. We will both be her husband, but according to the legal system, it's you and her." He has thought this all through.
"And you are okay with that?"
"Yeah, it's just a piece of paper, but this way, no one can try to claim her based on some stupid mafia-arranged marriage bullshit because she is already married."
"And you think that will stop the mafia?" I question.
"Can I? No, but we have people who can. Luca wouldn't let anything happen, and did you see how pissed he was when he saw us chained up by De Luca?" He isn't wrong. Luca will kill anyone for us.
"Alright, let's say we go along with your plan. Where are we going to go?" I am skeptical, but trying to hear him out.
"Vegas." He smiles at me.
Chapter 36
Julia
"Where are we going?" Mikey and Kai just smile at me, like they have something up their sleeves. They are sitting across from me on this private jet. I turn and look at Mel sitting next to me, and she won't even make eye contact with me. I look over to Luca, who is ignoring us, swirling his whiskey.
“I’m just saying. All of you guys are now on my list!” I say, pointing to each one of them.
“Long as I am at the top.” Kai winks at me, and Mel glares at him.
“If anyone is at the top, it’s me!” She snaps, and I bust up laughing.
"What the fuck did I do to deserve to be on the list?" Luca finally looks up.
"Because none of you will tell me what's going on, and you." I point to Mel, "First hand, knowing I fucking hate surprises."
She smiles at me and shrugs. "Well, you kept the pregnancy from me, so call this Karma." I roll my eyes, pull out my Kindle, and start reading.
"Ohhh, what literature do we have this time?" Mel leans over and looks at my Kindle.
"Go fuck yourself." I snap and pull my Kindle away from her eyeview. She reaches out to grab it from me, and we start wrestling on a plane, laughing so hard that my stomach cramps.
"Hey, don't squish our baby." I hear Mikey yell, but Mel and I continue to wrestle around.
"Ohhhh, hockey smut. I dig it." She grins at me, and I roll my eyes and continue to read.
