“You were drugged slowly. Someone infiltrated The View and drugged your champagne. The guy who bumped into you pricked you with the final dose, and you passed out. When I made it there, you were in the process of being kidnapped.” I wait for him to tell me who tried to kidnap me and drug me, but he doesn’t finish.
“Who did this? Did it have something to do with my family?” I mean, it makes sense. It happened to Chiara.
“No angel, this one was on me.”
“What do you mean?” His hand is playing with my hospital gown, switching between touching my stomach and my finger with my engagement ring on it. “Julio, what’s wrong? Who did this to me?” His eyes are a mixture of rage and anguish, and my stomach begins to turn. What is he going to say? Is it going to break my heart?
“My uncle ordered this to be done to you.”
“What? Why?” I don’t know much about his family other than that his mother passed, his father is in hiding, and his sister is quickly becoming my best friend.
“He is looking for my father still and thought I knew something. He has no way of reaching me and found out about you and what you mean to me. I took care of it… for now.” Oh boy. I don’t like to see his head hanging with guilt and shame. I gently grip his chin and lift it to look at me.
“I am sorry your family is trying to hurt you, babe.”
“My angel. They hurt you, and you are apologizing to me? I fucking love you, baby.” He kisses me once more before pulling back. His hand is once again rubbing my stomach, and I see something twinkling in his eyes. “There is something else.” What more can he tell me? “You are pregnant.” He places his hand over my stomach and looks up at me. I know I should be saying something right now to him, but words are alluding. Pregnant? A baby? I’m pregnant. There is a life inside of me right at this moment. I feel the euphoria blooming, and then it is replaced with panic.
“Oh, God. The drugs. Is the baby..”
“Shhh. Baby, calm down. The doctor assured me since it is so early, the baby is fine. Relax angel. Our little one is going to be fine.” The finality in his voice is what soothes me and allows me to go back to the feeling of wonder.
“A baby, Julio. We are having a baby.”
“I know, Lily. Thank you. Thank you so much for this gift.” The kiss is slow and deliberate. One hand cradles my face as the other is on my belly in a protective embrace. I place my hand over his and fall into the motion of our mouths on each other. “ I swear to you,” he says as he pulls back a bit, “That I will protect you both with my life. It kills me that this happened to you, angel. I could have lost you both, and that will stay with me forever.”
“Julio, I meant what I said when I told you that I know what comes with this life. I chose it when I chose you. I knew you were my warrior and my protector. No one could have seen this coming. We had guards and everything, babe. I trust you, and I believe you. I love you, Julio. So much.”
“Thank you, baby. I needed to hear that. You should know that the time I gave you to plan this wedding is now cut in half.” I laugh, knowing he is serious. Doesn’t matter to me. A chaplain can come in here and marry us right now. Just him, me, and our baby. I don’t care anymore about the rest of that. I just want the life we are making together. Forever.
EPILOGUE
CLICK
SIX MONTHS LATER
“Swallow it, angel. Let it go to the back of your throat.” Jesus. I should be on my way to a fucking meeting right now with a few of our allies trying to find a way to bridge the alliance and get rid of the filth. Dario is gone on a babymoon with Jewel and Lorelei in anticipation of the arrival of their new baby. Seems she was pregnant when all of the drama went down, and they chose not to share at the moment.
Instead of doing what I am supposed to be doing at this time, my cock is currently being swallowed by my wife’s throat. I am watching as the head of my prick enters her throat. I see the outline of my crown bulging from her neck, and lightning goes off in my eyes. “Shit, baby. You are so fucking messy. Drooling down my balls. Do you feel it dripping down your stomach, angel?” Shit. She loves it when I talk dirty to her. I can tell by the way her throat opens up more, and she moans around my cock.