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38–A Proposal of Shadows
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In The Devil's Embrace 48–Epilogue
MARYJANE I watch Gustavo hold both our babies in his arms. He gently rocks them and sings to them. I didn’t even know Gustavo could sing before they were born, but these two tiny humans have brought out the softest side of him.Autumn and Felix are nine months old today. They’re giant for their age, but still look small in his arms.Felix is a mini Gustavo. He has the same red-brown eyes and dark hair. I found a baby photo of Gustavo, and the two are identical. I can’t believe my baby is going to grow up to be as big as his father. When I hold him in my arms, I try to picture him as big as Gustavo, but it doesn’t seem possible.Autumn is a mix of the two of us. She also has Gustavo’s eyes, but has my auburn hair and tan skin. She’s already a daddy’s girl—Gustavo is constantly fawning over her.“Can you believe we made something so perfect?” he murmurs.My heart melts. I really can’t. We’re exhausted from taking care of these two, but every moment is worth it. I remember the first tim
In The Devil's Embrace 47–Starlight, Tears, and Socks
GUSTAVO Maryjane is five months pregnant. Her stomach is already huge from the two babies that are growing inside of it. She has started to waddle when she walks, and it’s the most adorable thing ever.She’s so hot pregnant. I love showing off that I’ve claimed her as mine. The minute these babies are out of her stomach I’m going to want to put another there.“Ugh,” Maryjane whines as she holds her back. “They’re so big.”“Well, I am their father.” I smirk at her and she glares at me.“Sex was a bad idea. I had it and got pregnant within a month.”She doesn’t mean it. Maryjane has just been bitchy because she’s so uncomfortable. I’ve heard her whine about every inconvenience for about a month now. She nearly had a meltdown when there was a rock in her shoe two days ago.It doesn’t help that the hormones are getting to her. She’ll start crying at random times. The girl has started sobbing in the middle of movies, because they were out of her favorite ice cream, and once because she sa
In The Devil's Embrace 46–A Garden of Vows
MARYJANE We had the wedding ready in three weeks. Rather, Gustavo did. I told him it was either now, or a year from now. I don’t want to wear a wedding dress with a giant baby bump.It’s being held in the backyard of Antonio’s estate. It’s beautiful here—they’ve temporarily converted the outdoor greenhouse into a chapel. It’s hexagon shaped, with lush greenery growing around the glass walls.The reception will be held on the lawn. There’s a cover for the area we’ll be dining. The seats are Chiavari chairs, with fine linens. The hedges and greenery in the backyard offer beautiful decorations by themselves, but we chose to add extra roses.The wedding is small. I’d say about fifty people will be here, not including security or staff. I like it that way. It’s embarrassing kissing in front of another person, let alone fifty of them.It’s weird to think we’ll live here one day. When Antonio needs to retire, Gustavo will take over as boss. And when Gustavo is done…I glance to my stomach. O
In The Devil's Embrace 45–Two Heartbeats, One Promise
MARYJANE “We need to hurry,” Gustavo worries. “What if the baby is hurt?”Gustavo is convinced that Eduardo hurt the baby. The truth is he and his men didn’t touch me—other than the first time I puked—while I was in that cell. I know Gustavo is picturing them kicking my stomach, but that’s not how it happened.It’s the next morning, and we’re at an OBGYN. Gustavo used his ‘connections’—I bet he paid someone or twisted their arm—to get me seen.“It’s not for another fifteen minutes, calm down,” I say.Gustavo is most definitely not calm. He’s pacing back and forth in the waiting room, waiting for my name to be called. I’m glad he made the appointment before they opened, because he looks like a mad man right now.“Hey,” I say, grabbing his pant leg. “It’s going to be alright.”He runs his hand through his hair. Gustavo looks like a mess. I’ve never seen his hair so disheveled, or the bags under his eyes this dark.“I know.” He says it more for himself than me.When they call my name, h
In The Devil's Embrace 44- Blood and Relief
MARYJANE He can't. I don't want Gustavo's last memories of me to be however they killed me. I want him to remember the good things when he thinks back to me."Obviously. I'm thinking of torturing you and then burning you alive, just like he did to one of my men."That doesn't sound like a good way to die. I try to be strong, but I can't stop a tear from rolling down my cheek. It's still better than the first option.Our conversation is broken by gunfire in the lower area of the warehouse. I instinctively crouch to the ground, not wanting to get hit by a stray bullet. I can still protect this baby.Eduardo yells at his man to watch me, and he grabs his pistol as he runs downstairs. Slipper's killer has my arm in a death grip as he watches the scene below. I still can't see anything.Neither can he, because he pulls me closer to the railing. I pop my head out from behind the crate and see Taime. He has a bored look on his face, as if he's done this hundreds of times before. He probably
In The Devil's Embrace 43–Loft of Green Eyes
MARYJANE I think I’ve been here a day and a half. It’s hard to say, because they keepme in an area with no windows. The men have locked me in a tiny cell. It’sconnected to two of the concrete walls, and the other two are steel bars.I need to ask any time I want to use the bathroom. They didn’t know Iwas pregnant, so the first time I urgently requested ‘el bano’—at least Iknow the word in Spanish—they ignored me. I threw up through the cellbars.They slapped me after and made me clean it up. I asked to go to thebathroom, why the heck are the men getting mad at me when it’s their fault.It happened one more time before they got smart and gave me a bucket.I’m stuck in a small cell that smells like my vomit. Sometimes I catchthe smell, and it makes me puke again.My situation is even worse than the status of my environment. Theman who killed Slippers is the one who watches me most of the time. I hatelooking at him. All I can see is his face as he took his knife and ripped open
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