Angelo throws his hands up in the air as we reach the Escalade, where two of his men are waiting. Neither of them looks at me. The guys all know better than to provoke Angelo’s ire. He’s even more possessive now that I’m carrying our baby son.
Only last week, a server in a restaurant made the mistake of ogling my tits when I leaned over to pick up a dropped napkin. When the poor man left to fetch our drinks, Angelo followed; I never saw the server again.
When I asked Kane what happened, he just laughed.
By the time we reach Carloni’s, I’m starving, and the smell of basil and garlic is enough to make my stomach growl so loud the whole damn city can hear it.
Angelo hustles me to our usual table while Kane talks to the guards. Then we wait for the food to arrive. Just as Anthony Carloni brings me my pizza, mostly so he can catch up on gossip, Luka arrives.
He kisses me on the cheek and takes a seat next to me on the leather bench.
“Did you enjoy it?” His excitement is palpable. Today’s episode was the season finale, which is why we planned our vacation for tomorrow. He has the next two months off beforefilming begins again. The schedule is not ideal, as it means he’ll be busy filming the next season of All Saints General when the baby arrives, but I can’t expect him to quit the job he loves.
Not when it makes him so happy.
“I did! Oh my god, it was amazing!” I grin at him before scooping a slice of vegetable pizza and shoving as much of it into my mouth as humanly possible.
Angelo rolls his eyes at my uncouth display but refrains from commenting. He’s learned by now not to get between me and pizza. Not unless he wants to cause World War Three.
“You and Maria were fire, baby.”
Luka laughs. “Yeah, she’s hot.” He leans in to kiss my neck before whispering, “But not as hot as you.”
I snort and nearly choke on my pizza. “Yeah, right. I’m super hot if you like fat whales.”
“Hottest whale I ever saw,” he confirms. “I think I have a whale kink now. Is that bad?”
My laugh turns into a painful wheeze before Angelo shoves a glass of water in my face and scowls at Luka. “Don’t make her laugh. She gets upset when she pees!”
He’s right. The baby loves to play football with my bladder, and laughing too hard has led to a few accidents. But it’s all part of the joys of pregnancy, and as Fina likes to remind me, it’s twice as bad with twins.
I shudder at the thought of carryingtwomonster babies.
Luka orders his pizza and then turns to me.
“I have some news.”
“News?” I grab a third slice of pizza and take a huge bite. Damn, Carloni’s pizza is the best.
“Yeah. They offered me the lead in Moonlight Cove. My agent called when I was on my way here.”
My mouth falls open in surprise. None of us expected he’d get the role. It’s a big step up from a daytime soap, but after winningan award for his part in a harrowing plot arc involving a hostage situation, we hoped he might be at least short-listed.
Moonlight Cove is an adaptation of a best-selling romance, with a famous actress in the frame for the other main part. This movie could be Luka’s breakout role. He’s already famous with millions of online followers, but if this movie is a success, it will lead to more serious roles.
I burst into tears, which is embarrassing. But that’s pregnancy for you: a rollercoaster of emotions, most of which make no fucking sense.
“I’m so happy for you,” I sob. “You deserve this.”
“I couldn’t have done it without you,” he tells me while wiping my tears away with a napkin. Angelo slaps his arm while Kane nods. They’re proud of how far he’s come. We all are.
“You did this all on your own,” I remind him. He put the hard work in attending acting classes every week and working his ass off when he scored small parts. Plenty of people didn’t believe he could successfully transition from influencer to actor, but he’s proved them all wrong, and I’m so proud of him.
Then the penny drops and I gasp.
“But what’s going to happen to Doctor Delicious?”
“If I accept, then the writers will kill off my character.”
