“Can we skip to the part where I get excited?”Silvana squealed.
Andrea laughed, nodding.
“We are having a baby in the family!”Silvana wrapped her arms around Andrea.
I grinned, cooing softly.“Congratulations,” I mouthed to her.
Hanging with the girls was a breath of fresh air.But somehow, my mind drifted to the conversation I had with Damien earlier tonight.I brought my palm to my tummy, biting on my lip as I made a mental note to check later tonight.
I wasn’t willing to leave any stone unturned.
I didn’t check that night.
But I did a few weeks after.
I found out I was pregnant.
Chapter Six
Isobel
“So, you have neverfelt the need to reach out to him even once?”I asked, staring across the table at Damien in the cozy downtown restaurant.I took a sip of my wine.
Something flickered in his eyes.“Maybe once or twice.Trust me, I tried to make peace with Luciano, but it’s like he’s made up his mind to hate me.So I stopped trying.”He shrugged.
“Does it bother you?”I whispered, reaching for his hand over the table and squeezing it softly.
“No,” his answer was clipped, but I knew it was a lie.
Somehow, I knew he was lying.In their own twisted way, I think they wanted to make peace with each other, but they kept letting their egos get in the way because they didn’t know how to go about it.
“Everything I need is right here.”His dark eyes rested on me unflinchingly.
For a moment, I was certain he heard the loud thudding of my heart against my rib cage like he knew I was hiding something.
It had been a few days since I found out that I was pregnant.I didn’t tell him.I couldn’t tell him.Since then, I had indulged in a thousand ways to keep him distracted without making him suspicious.Damien was paranoid.If I gave away too much, he’d know I was hiding something, and he’d pry it out of me.
