Page 201 of Mafia Billionaire's Surprise Baby

“She loves you, you know,” Liam whispers.

I look over at him.

“When I saw you two looking at each other in the forest, I knew. I think I knew long before that, if I’m bein’ honest with you,” Liam says slowly.

“And are we honest with each other?”

He looks me up and down. “You love her too, don’t you?”

Honesty. “Yes,” I say clearly. “More than anything in the world.”

He nods.

“She wouldn’t tell me about the baby. She just… kept throwing up her guts. Over and over. Every day. When I took her to my doctor in Dublin, he said something was… a condition she had. He knew it right away though,” Liam adds. “Something to do with extra bad morning sickness.”

My eyes shut. “You don’t have to make me feel terrible for not being there for her. I already feel like shit,” I snap.

“I’m no’ tryin’ to do that, Sal.”

It’s the first time he’s said my name.

Liam sighs and peels himself off of the wall. “I need to marry to solidify my title as the leader of the gang. It’s in the rules of the organization. Signed, sealed, delivered.”

I glance up at him.

He makes it sound like he hasn’t married Gia…

Yet.

“I need to marry. But I’ll no’ have a wife who hates me. Call me an idiot if ye must, but like fuck am I going to marry another man’s bride,” Liam says with a little shrug of his shoulders.

“Irish…”

“And I’ll be havin’ you use my name,” he says, glaring at me.

I shake my head. “Liam.”

“I’m no’ a bad man, Sal. And I’m certainly no’ going to stand in the way of what is between you two.”

“Why?”

The question has multiple layers. Why not stand between us? Why not take what you want in order to run your organization? Why back off now?

“Part of it? Whatever’s going on between you is white hot, and if I’m in the middle of it, I’m gonna just end up burned,” he says with a wry grin.

Liam claps a hand on my back. “When she wakes, make it right,” he murmurs.

“If you think I can make Gia do anything, then you’re fucking crazier than I am.”

He laughs. “Gia won’t be forced. But I’ve a feeling that you can offer her something no man can. And that, my friend, is going to lure her more than anything I could ever offer.”

With that, Liam MacAntyre walks out of the hall. I hear him say goodbye to Elio.

Beyond that, I don’t fucking care.

I turn to the door.

My hand shakes when it’s on the handle. I turn it, the door squeaking lightly on its hinges.