All Chapters of SUBSTITUTE BRIDE FOR THE MAFIA DON: Chapter 441 - Chapter 445

Andrea's POVHe laughed, wet and helpless, and then his gaze dropped down between us, to my stomach, and his whole face changed all over again, went soft and awed, and he sank slowly down to his knees right there on the living room floor amid the party wreckage and the deflating balloons.He pressed his forehead gently against me. And then, so carefully, like he didn't quite trust his own big scarred hands, he laid both of them flat over my belly — over the tiny impossible new life just barely beginning there."Hi," he said softly, his voice thick and rough. He was talking to the baby. He was actually talking to the baby. "Hi. It's me. I'm your dad."I put both my hands in his hair and the tears just poured down my face and I couldn't have said a single word if my life had depended on it."I already love you so much it's ridiculous," he told my stomach, very seriously. "I don't even know you yet. You're the size of a — I don't actually know what size you are, I'm going to read every b

Epilogue 3Andrea's POVIt started early in the morning, three weeks before my due date.I woke up around five with a dull, deep ache low in my back, and for a while I just lay there in the dark thinking it was nothing. Just the baby shifting his weight around. Just my poor overtaxed body being uncomfortable, the way it had been for weeks now. But then it came again. And again. A slow, hard tightening that started low across my belly and wrapped all the way around, coming in waves that got harder and harder to breathe through.I lay there and counted, my heart starting to pound. And then I reached over and nudged my husband awake.Dante came awake instantly, the way he always did. "What do you need?" he mumbled, already reaching for the lamp. "Craving? I'll go. Just tell me what and where—""Dante." I grabbed his hand and pressed it flat against my belly. "It's not a craving. I think the baby's coming."He went completely, utterly still for one whole second.And then he was up out of

You made it — all the way to the end. Thank you. Truly, from the bottom of my heart.Thank you for staying through all of it. Every message, every late night you spent reading — that's the reason this book exists. You're the other half of this story.If you loved these two, go check out my other books. You'll find your next obsession in there somewhere. 💛I also have a new book coming. If you love a hockey fake dating romance story then stay tuned. Thank you again for everything. I couldn't do this without you.All my love,Nancy Grey 💛