“I just… nothing.”
“Bianca, I cannot help you if you don’t help yourself.”
She visibly swallowed. “I didn’t know Klaus had a girlfriend.”
I eyed her. “You came onto him.”
She scowled at me. “It sounds gross when you say it like that. I-I didn’t. I was just trying…” her voice trailed off.
“Listen to me. I understand you feel trapped and angry, but you need to know that Klaus and Alessio are both loyal to me.You are trying to pull at the frayed strings of make-believe, which will not end well for you. Klaus is very much in love with his woman. And Alessio? He is also with someone. They will not falter. We are men, not boys who can’t control our dicks.”
She nodded and looked at her hands. “I don’t even like Klaus like that. He’s a prick.”
I chuckled at that. “He is a good man. You just don’t know him well.”
“He hurt Levin. Levin’s entire life, Klaus hurt him?—”
“That is a matter between Levin and Klaus, not you, Levin, and Klaus. I expect you to let them handle themselves. They’re working on things.”
She breathed out. “You’re right. It’s none of my business. I can only be Levin’s support system.”
“Good.”
“So, um, I’ve been wondering about my babies.”
“What about them?”
“What will happen to them?” she whispered, rubbing her swollen belly. “I know you won’t let me keep them.”
“You cannot keep them and keep them safe,” I said. “When Carmine shows up with Francesca, and they know that an heir impregnated you along with an Ivanov cronie, it will end very badly for all parties involved. The babies must be taken.”
“To where?” Her bottom lip shook as she stared at me. “What will happen to them?”
“Alessandro is handling it. Trust him to do that.”
“I need to know?—”
“It is my understanding that he will have a plan. Perhaps the kings.”
She blinked rapidly at my words. “Really? T-They get to go home?”
I nodded. “That is Alessandro’s plan. It is his decision. I expect him to make the right one, but I cannot guarantee what his plans are.” I paused. “Then there will be a wedding.”
“And I get to go home?” She looked hopefully at me.
“I will still be alive, so the answer is no. You will not be returning home.”
She jumped to her feet, fury radiating off her. “Why? If I am Alessandro’s wife, I can leave! He said he’d set me free?—”
It was now or never.
“It will not be so.”
She glared at me. “So what? I have to die? Are you going to kill me after the wedding? Fuck me first, as is your twisted fucking tradition? Just couldn’t fucking wait to put your cock inside me! You couldn’t get me with Dominic, so you’ll have to do it with Alessandro!”
I got to my feet and went to her. I cradled her face as she stared at me, tears slowly trickling down her cheeks.
“Listen to me. If I wanted to fuck you, I’d have already been buried inside your body,” I murmured. “I have other plans for you.”
