Married to the Mafia Boss

Vittoria

With each day that passes, I feel worse and worse. At first, I blamed the morning sickness, which seemed to have hit me very hard. Pregnancy. Zero out of ten. Do not recommend it if you hate puking.

It’s not just the morning sickness, though. I love Ivan, and I feel so bad for betraying him. The contracts have been handed to the family lawyer, and I know they are going over them. I’m stressed they’ll pick up that something is wrong or point out that the Volkov family is being screwed. I don’t know who the lawyer is or how good they are. I can only hope they don’t pick up on what I’ve done.

I can’t ask any questions as that will only rouse suspicion, and I don’t want to do that. It could put my and my baby’s life in danger. I can’t just sit here doing nothing, though, as the wait is killing me, and I feel so useless.

It’s after the tenth day that I’ve finally had enough. I go from the library to Ivan’s office and knock softly on the door to get his attention.

He looks up and smiles, happy to see me. That’s the worst part. He’s always so excited to be with me.

“What can I do for the most beautiful woman in my life?” he asks, holding out his hand. “A massage? A date night? A holiday somewhere exotic?”

I take his hand, and he pulls me onto his lap. He kisses me deeply, tangling his fingers in my hair. I don’t hold back. I kiss him hungrily before I start to giggle into his mouth. “You’re insatiable.”

“For you, every day,” he growls, kissing my neck softly and giving me shivers.

“I came looking for something to do,” I sigh, closing my eyes until he’s done trailing kisses on my skin. Then I look into his eyes. “I feel absolutely useless now that I have nothing to keep me preoccupied. I wasn’t made to play housewife.”

“While there’s nothing wrong with being a housewife, I know you need a challenge. So tell me, what is it you want most in life?” he asks.

I go quiet and think about it for a moment before saying, “Well, I want to practice law. I didn’t work this hard at my studies to be top of my class, not to practice law.”

“What kind of law do you want to practice?” he asks curiously, stroking my back gently. I love when he does that.

“I want to focus on corporate law, maybe some criminal law if the family needs it, but mostly, I want to be an active part of the family business, yours or mine. Even more than that, I want to build a successful business.”

I sigh and pout at him, and he chuckles before he runs his thumb over my bottom lip that’s jutting out.

“Why don’t we start by getting you some offices for your new firm? You better think of a name so we can set it all up.”This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

I balk at the idea and shake my head. “No, no, that’s too much, Ivan. You can’t just give me a law firm.”

“You’re brilliant, Tori, you’re absolutely amazing, and I have no doubt that it would be a raging success under your guidance,” he says, inclining his head to the side. “It would be an investment, really.”

I sigh and shake my head. “You’re too kind and too generous. I don’t want to take advantage of that.”

Especially because I’m betraying you, I think but do not say out loud.

He kisses my nose. “You will have everything your heart desires, and you can’t stop me from giving it to you. However, I need to finish this work, so can we discuss this later?”

“Yeah, it’s fine. I’ll visit Kira to distract myself,” I say, kissing him softly.

Aleks drives me to Kira, and from there, he hangs out with other guards outside the villa while we talk inside the library.

“Tori, this isn’t good. You need prenatal care and scans, and you need to make sure the baby is healthy. You can’t just ignore the situation,” she says in a hushed, worried tone.

“I know, Kira. I’m not stupid. I’m just figuring it out,” I say. “You don’t understand how complicated the situation is!”

“Oh, don’t I?” she says with a raised eyebrow. “As though I didn’t sleep with Uncle Romero’s rival’s son and have his son, now with a second on the way.”

“Miguel didn’t try to kill Uncle Romero and Papa,” I point out. “I just don’t know what to do at this point.”

“Are you planning on keeping it?” she asks suddenly. “Because you have to decide soon. After you reach a certain number of weeks, they won’t do it anymore.”

“I’m catholic. I would never have an abortion,” I hiss at her, shocked and hurt. “You can’t suggest things like that, surely? Papa didn’t make you have one.”

Kira reaches for my hand. “I didn’t mean you should. I’m just presenting you with your options, judgment-free.”

I squeeze her hand and sigh. “I know I have to deal with this soon, but I don’t know what to do.”

“You should tell Alessandro to get you out of there first of all,” Kira suggests. “And tell him you’re pregnant. He will protect you from Ivan. I swear Alessandro has more power at this point. Ivan wouldn’t dare hurt you.”

“Ivan wouldn’t hurt me at all,” I say confidently. “You don’t know him. You don’t understand him.”

“Are you defending him?” Kira asks, raising an eyebrow

I shake my head quickly. “Not at all. I know what I have to do for my family.” I stand up. “I shouldn’t stay too long. Ivan likes to have dinner with Anastasia and me at six sharp.”

Kira struggles to her feet and reaches for me. I allow her to hug me and awkwardly put my arms around her. She says, “I love you too.” She says it quietly, and I doubt what I heard for a moment.

I look into her eyes, and I can see the love she has for me. I’ve always felt ignored and unloved, but now, I can tell my sister would kill for me.

I kiss both her cheeks. “I love you too.”

We hug again, and then she escorts me to where Aleks is waiting. “I’m ready to go, Aleks,” I say, smiling.

Aleks throws his cards down. “Full house,” he says, taking the three cigars in the middle while Kira’s men complain. Kira clicks her tongue. “He won fair and square, so stop moaning.”

Aleks escorts me to the car, and when I get in, I snort. “How do you know to play poker so well?”

“My mother was a blackjack dealer at a casino. I’d sit at the poker tables when they weren’t busy, and the guys would teach me.”

I think it’s the most I’ve ever heard him say. I smile and sit back, a hand absentmindedly stroking my belly. Should I tell Alessandro? I need to decide soon because Kira is right. I’m going to start showing soon, and then I have no option.”