บททั้งหมดของ Married to the Villain : บทที่ 61 - บทที่ 70

JUDE POVWe waited six more weeks before we announced the pregnancy to them at the dining table one evening.For a moment, both of them only watched with wide eyes. Then they began to cheer. They didn’t know what a baby meant: babysitting and diaper changing duties.Isadora laughed in relief.Simona jumped up from her chair and rushed over to Isadora , throwing her arms around her.“Careful,” I said. “Your mom has a baby in her belly.”Simona nodded wide-eyed and stared at Isadora’s still flat stomach. “Can it hear me?”“Yes.”She leaned down. “Please be a little sister. Boys are annoying.”“Hey! You’re annoying.” Daniele had talked with his mouth full and a few noodles fell out when he spoke.Simona wrinkled her nose. “You stink.”Daniele swallowed and let out a burp. “That stinks.” “Ewww!”“Enough,” I said firmly. “We’re having dinner.” Daniele nodded, but he kept his eyes on Simona.Simona stroked Isadora ’s belly as if it was a magic lamp and would grant her a wish before she retu

ISADORA POV“Don’t waste your time,” I said before I closed the door. There was only one person who could guarantee my parents’ silence at this point. The man my father feared like the devil, and not just because he was his Capo.“Is Luca still in Philly?”Elia frowned. “I think so. The meeting is supposed to go late. He won’t return to New York until tomorrow morning.”“Find out where he is and take me to him.”Elia cut his gaze to me. “You can’t just go to the Capo.”“Said Capo is also my cousin. He can make time for family, right?”“What is going on, Isadora ? You can trust me, or Jude wouldn’t have chosen me as your bodyguard.”“I trust you.” I looked out of the window. Elia was a good man, and an even better soldier and bodyguard.“But you won’t tell me what this is about?”I leaned my forehead against the glass. “I can’t.” Elia was Jude ’s soldier first. He was loyal to him. He’d tell Jude the truth the moment he found out.“Because Jude isn’t supposed to know.” A hint of suspic

JUDE POV“I expect you to tell me when there’s a traitor in the family.” “Andrea was a rat.”“Was he? Or was he just the man who fucked your wife?”With anyone but Luca, I might have attacked. I stifled my fury. “He was both. The Vice President of the chapter of the Tartarus MC in Philadelphia that I dismembered told me they had a contact, and the description fit Andrea.”“Did you press a confession out of him?”“It’s what I should have done,” I admitted. I held Luca’s gaze. “When I came home after attacking the clubhouse, I found my naked, heavily pregnant wife riding my brother-in-law—her half-brother—under my roof with my little son downstairs, thinking they were playing some game. When I confronted Andrea, he bragged to me about fucking my wife from the first day of our marriage and that my children weren’t mine. I beat him to death with my bare fists, broke every fucking bone in his body, smashed in his cheating face until his eyes popped out, and I would do it again.”Luca nodd

JUDE POVI wrapped an arm around Isadora, steadying her. I was so nervous; for once in my life, my hands weren’t steady. After helping Isadora get dressed, calling Elia, and telling Daniele to take care of Simona, I drove us to the hospital, all the while whispering words of comfort. I wasn’t even sure what exactly I said; I barely noticed the street ahead of us, but I got us there safely.I’d never been present during a birth. Josephine hadn’t allowed me to witness this moment of a baby being born. I hadn’t insisted because I wanted her and our baby to be safe during labor. I didn’t want her arguing with me.This time was different. In every regard, Isadora wanted me by her side and needed me. I held her hand through every new wave of pain, felt her body convulse under the force of it, and marveled at her strength and her ability to gift me with her beautiful smile whenever she got a respite. Seeing her in agony was the worst thing I could imagine, but I was grateful that she allowed

FLASH BACKSome questions leave us with more questions.“It's not what you think, Isadora ” he said, sounding like he knew exactly what I thought.I guess they all say the same thing.That evening, Lucy had come to me, wearing a sad look. From the moment she stood before me, I could tell whatever made her look that way had to do with me.“What troubles you, Lucy?,” I asked her.“I swear, I didn't wanna take it, but Puertelas threatened me. She said that was the only way I would remain in the job. I didn't wanna take it, Isadora ,” she said again, feeling really sorry for me.How I hate to be made to look like one in need of some help.“I know, my friend,” I said to her, pretending to have taken it under my chin. “Whatever happened has got nothing to do with you. I know you will never betray me.”“I swear, someone paid her to remove you as Dani's maid.”“I know who did,” I said.“Really?,” she asked, surprised.I just nodded.She looked at me for a moment, as if she meant to get whatev