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An Unwilling Union Chapter 75
Aurelia's POV" I don't understand, what do you mean she doesn't talk?" I made eye contact with Judah and tilted my head slightly. He shrugged, I guessed he was as confused as I was.Reagan glanced at the door, probably contemplating if it was too late to run, she rubbed the back of her neck. "She's mute. She hasn't spoken a word since her mom died." What the effing heck is going on?" What the fuck do you mean by that?" Judah stood up. I quickly reached out to him and dragged him down. He looked ready to attack.Judah whipped his head around and gave me a confused look, I patted his hand."Let me handle this, Judah. You're only going to scare her away, she's going to run and you're never going to see your daughter again." I let my voice go low and made sure he was the only one that heard. I didn't need Reagan getting ideas from me."But…" he started to argue but I gave him a look and he shut up.I faced Reagan, " Reagan, we're a little bit confused, can you please explain what you
An Unwilling Union Chapter 76
Aurelia's POV "You need to move into my room." Judah dropped the bomb on me while I dipped my spoon into my tub of chocolate and cookie dough ice cream. He continued to eat his ice cream while my hand froze in that position, " Excuse me?" I blinked repeatedly, I must have misheard him."You didn't mishear me, I said you need to move into my room. Reagan and Aria are moving in tomorrow, it will be weird for Reagan if she notices that we live in different rooms." " I don't see how that's any of her business if we sleep in separate rooms, Everyone in our house knows that we do and they don't have a problem with that." I just couldn't wrap my head around what he was saying.Judah sighed, " Well, they are paid not to, and also they've been with us from the start, they understand our dynamics. Reagan is new and I don't know if I can trust her yet, No, I know I can't trust her. She'll just be here for a few days or weeks but who knows what she might discover in that time, we need to be o
An Unwilling Union Chapter 77
Judah's POV"Why the hell is it so hard to shop for a preschooler?" I grumbled as I pushed the shopping cart, Reagan and Aurelia held Aria's hands as they strolled down the aisle of the mall. The cart was becoming ridiculously heavy with the amount of stuff that I considered junk that they had thrown into it. How many dollhouses and dolls did a child need? Aurelia twisted and glared at me, I clamped my lips together immediately, I had come to realize that Aurelia was a menace when she was shopping. Aria pointed at a box of children's tea set at the top of the shelf, Aurelia bent and picked her up so she could reach the box, she collected it and handed it to Aurelia who tossed it at me, Thank God for my fast reflexes.By the time we started shopping for clothes and shoes, I came to the conclusion that Aurelia was doing this to spite me. Anytime she dumped an item in the cart, I could see the small hint of a smirk on her lips. She was having fun at my detriment, touche, Aurelia, touc
An Unwilling Union Chapter 78
Aurelia's POVI had Aria on my lap during breakfast, she had concluded that she would rather sit on me than on the chair or Reagan. I cut her Mickey Mouse pancakes into tiny bits, poured syrup over them, and handed her the plastic fork so she could feed herself. I had come to realize that she liked to show how independent she was. She wasn't very good at feeding herself and made a mess of herself, myself, and the surroundings but I still let her do it because it made her happy and it taught her to take care of herself.Aria stuck the fork in a piece of pancake, she brought it up to her mouth and chewed. For the first few minutes, everything was going fine until she got distracted and the piece of dripping pancake fell off the fork and landed with a splat on my pants. It went downhill as quick as it began.I winced and quickly grabbed a napkin and rubbed my stained pants, Aria decided the fork wasn't doing a good job and started to eat with her hands, smearing her lips with syrup, "Ar
An Unwilling Union Chapter 79
Aurelia's POV My favorite girl and I enjoyed our little trip to the park, I strapped her into the swing and pushed her. She squealed with delight, her little sounds of joy melted the anger in my chest. We checked out the slide next, I stood at the end of the slide and watched as she climbed the stairs and slid down. I was tired and patched but I could stop her she raced back up the stairs and slide down again." Come on baby, let's go get something to drink." I wrapped my hand around her waist before she could go up the slide again. She struggled against my hold but I held on tight. She gave me a large frown and a disappointed look. Well, you can't always get what you want, dear. Begrudgingly, she linked her fingers with mine and let me lead her to the lemonade stand. I ordered for both of us and gave her a small cup.She smiled and took a sip, " Do you like it?" I asked, she smiled and nodded. " That's good, I'm glad you do." I pinched her cheek and grinned. " You and your daug
An Unwilling Union Chapter 80
Aurelia's POVI soon discovered that I wasn't a fan of laying in bed all day doing nothing, especially on my belly. After two days after that, I was ready to shoot someone. Luckily the meds and massages did their job and I was now mobile and moving around..Judah and I never got around to having that talk but I was fine with it, he knew now that he always had to talk to me before taking any unanimous decision." We're going on a date tomorrow, I hope you're ready," Judah announced during dinner, I froze halfway through my meal and tilted my head to look at him."Date?" He nodded, " We haven't been on a date in over three weeks and I think leaving the house will boost your spirit, I have everything planned, don't worry about it." I was speechless, I had forgotten about our deal to go on dates every week, and Aria's arrival and my accident completely clouded my memory." You can't just drop that on me you know. What if I had plans?" I crossed my arms and frowned.He raised an eyebrow,
An Unwilling Union Chapter 81
Judah's POVReagan stood in the study with a bottle of wine and two glasses in an almost sheer negligee that she covered up with a flimsy robe. She had on a shy smile and she shook with fear when I yelled at her. What the hell was she doing here, what did she want?She gulped and moved forward, I narrowed my eyes at that action, " I couldn't sleep so I was going downstairs to get a glass of water, I saw that your lights were still on, also heard your hitter complaint and thought that you could use some company."So that explained her outfit, " Thank you but no, I don't need any company. I'm fine by myself, I'll be done with this in a few minutes and head up to bed." Her smile dimmed, " Oh." She started to turn and paused, " Your study is so beautiful and you have a lot of books. Can I stay here with you until you're done, I won't disturb you. We can just share a glass of wine and I'll peruse through your books while you finish up work." I didn't want to be in the same room with her
An Unwilling Union Chapter 82
Aurelia's POV The yacht was beautiful and so was the dinner that Judah had planned. I had to give it to him, the man knew how to plan a date. We stood on the deck as the yacht moved slowly on the water, the cool wind breezed through my hair, and we were watching the dark sky, well I was watching, I couldn't say the same for Judah, he was too busy being enticed with my hair, playing with it and holding me tightly against him, to notice how ethereal the stars and moon were. "Jude?" "Huh," He rested his jaw on my shoulder and squeezed my belly, sending flutters all around my body."What's the name of the yacht? I couldn't see the name on it when we got in." My fingers traced a pattern on the railing. I was interested in knowing the yacht's name because I had read somewhere that people named their yachts after people or things that were important to them."Hmmm, why don't you guess?" He pressed his nose against my neck and I stilled, this man had a wicked agenda, there was nothing a
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An Unwilling Union Chapter 94
Aurelia's POV"Beloved, we are gathered here to celebrate the life of the deceased, On behalf of all family and friends, I would like to welcome everyone as we have gathered today to remember the deceased. Your presence here today is an affirmation of your love and support to the family. Thank you for being here. Although the family may not remember every word we share here today, they will remember your presence for the rest of their lives." I blocked out the pastor as he spoke focusing on the casket in front of me, I still couldn't believe that I was at this funeral. It seemed so surreal, I kept waiting for someone to say bring out the cameras, and yell ' surprise' because it was all a prank.Judah pulled me close and wrapped his arm around my shoulder gently, trying as much as possible not to touch my cast, I rested my head on his chest and wept. I felt someone's hand on my back, giving me a soothing rub, I raised my head and looked behind, and Diane gave me a small sad smile. She
An Unwilling Union Chapter 93
Aurelia's POVLucia's eyes widened and she hurried to the door, as she was about to open it, the door slammed open with great force, hitting Lucia and sending her flying across the room."Aurelia, you bitch, what did you tell Judah when he called you? What clue did you fucking give him?" He grabbed me by my hair and dragged me towards the door.The sounds of gunshots echoed within the building, giving it a dramatic flair that I quite liked."I didn't say anything, you were there, weren't you? All I did was ask him to save me. Do you really think my husband is that dumb and he just lets me walk around without knowing where I am twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week? I have an inbuilt tracker, you can take me anywhere and he will find me." I was lying through my teeth, I had no idea where the tracker Judah put on me was but I hoped it wasn't built.Giovanni's nose flared and his skin reddened." He might have found you but that doesn't mean he's going to save you, I'm going to kill
An Unwilling Union Chapter 92
Aurelia's POV" AURELIA!" Giovanni's deep tenor voice boomed, I heard him before he opened the door and charged at me. I scurried back and hit my back on the wall. Fuck, there was nowhere to run to."You bitch, you think you can deceive me?" He grabbed me by my neck, raising me and choking me. My hands were still bound so I couldn't claw his fingers away.Luckily, my legs were free, I kneeled him in the balls, he growled and dropped me. I landed on my arm with a loud thud and a crack. Pain surged through me from my arm to my brain."OH MY GOD, WHAT DID I DO TO YOU? YOU BROKE MY ARM." I cried, I couldn't even move my arm. "Good, I'll break something else. The necklace you gave me is fake, it wasn't a true emerald. Where is Trista's necklace, Aurelia?" I managed to act surprised, " it isn't the real one. Oh no, I don't know what happened to it. I've been wearing that necklace all my life, I can't believe it's fake. Maybe someone stole it from me."Giovanni growled, picked up a wooden
An Unwilling Union Chapter 91
Aurelia's POVPanic clawed at my throat but I refused to give in to my fear, yes my father may have kidnapped his daughters, one who was heavily pregnant and was in labor but I wasn't going to let him see that I was scared.I looked around and couldn't see Lucia, that gave me a little relief, maybe they were finally going to allow her to give birth. I tipped my chin up and put on an expressionless face, " Father, this is a surprise. If you wanted a reunion you could have just come to my house, I wouldn't have kicked you out." Father grinned, pulling apart his lips to reveal his brown teeth from years of chewing tobacco. "Aurelia, you've really grown up, I see you now have a mouth on you, just like Lucia said." I stilled, ice flowed through my veins. What had Lucia had to do with this? When did Lucia tell him that? What the hell was going on?"Ah, I can see the confusion on your face. Don't worry too much, it will all be clear in a minute." He clapped his hands once, a door opened
An Unwilling Union Chapter 90
Aurelia's POVMy fake necklace had arrived and it was beautiful, I could hardly differentiate it from the original. I had to send the original necklace to Sabrina's house so I wouldn't mix them up. I kept the fake necklace in the spot I kept the original in case Lucia tried to steal it again."So how's it going with Lucia?" Judah climbed into bed, wrapped his arms around my waist, and pulled me close to him, he wasn't aware of what had been going on with Lucia and I quickly brought him up to speed but kept the fake necklace part out."What! She's trying to steal from you? No way, she's got to go." His hand dropped from my waist, he jerked up and crossed his arms over his chest."Jude, baby, calm down, I'm taking care of it. I'm not kicking her out, she's pregnant, I won't do that to my niece or nephew."" No way, I don't give two fucks if she's pregnant, I don't want her in this house. This is my fucking house, I don't trust her and my gut tells me she's going to pull some stupid stun
An Unwilling Union Chapter 89
Aurelia's POV"Erm, Aurelia, I don't know how to say this and I don't want you to take it the wrong way but I caught your sister trying to go into your room, two days ago when you and Mr. Bianco went out to have dinner with his mother." My glass of water froze halfway to my lips. For a minute, it was almost like I had shut down and needed a minute to reboot.Slowly I put the glass on the table and took in deep breaths then looked at Opal and Gina through my heavy eyelids.Opal was in front, Gina stood behind her, holding her hand tight and the other hand on her shoulder."I'm sorry, what did you say, Opal?" I pushed my laptop to the side and clasped my hands on the table."Well, two days ago when you guys were out having dinner, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't made Miss Aria's bed, and I forgot to take her dirty clothes to be washed so I went upstairs and I saw Lucia going to your room, at first I thought she had forgotten where her room was but that was impossible because it was
An Unwilling Union Chapter 88
Aurelia's POVJust when I thought I had escaped my family and my life was finally in a good place, Bam, life hit me hard and reminded me that I couldn't have it all.Lucia sat opposite me, wide as a whale, tears flowing down her cheeks, I couldn't bring myself to stand up and sympathize with her. "Are you sure this is what you want to do? It's not too late to kick her out." Judah whispered, he held my hand and squeezed."I'm good, I want to hear her out and see what's wrong. She looks like she needs help right now." I whispered back, he pressed his lips together and glared at Lucia who was still bawling her eyes out."Lucia, that's enough. Why are you here?" I knew my tone was harsh but who could blame me, this was the person who drugged me, forced me to take her place as Judah's wife, and slept with my boyfriend.She reduced her loud wails to quiet sobs, " Aurelia, I'm so sorry but I had nowhere else to go. As you can already see, I'm pregnant for Owen, he broke up with me and said
An Unwilling Union Chapter 87
Aurelia's POVI had barely slept in a week, everything I closed my eyes, I kept seeing myself holding my pen knife and driving it into the bodies of my kidnappers.Insomnia was my best friend now, fatigue was a familiar friend, and unproductivity was now my roommate. I couldn't do anything except to put on a bright smile for everyone. I didn't anyone to worry about me, I wanted to prove that I was strong and fearless but I wasn't. I was a big fraud and I needed help immediately but I was too much of a wuss to ask for it.It was 3 a.m. and I hadn't slept a wink, I tried to, I really did but immediately my eyes shut, Max's lifeless eyes stared into mine and I just jumped up instantly.Judah wasn't home, he had been gone for about 4 days so it was easier for me to fake it. I got out of bed, went downstairs, unlocked Judah's alcohol cabinet, and brought out a bottle of vodka. Not bothering to take a shot glass, I popped it open, sat on the couch, and started chugging it down my throat. T
An Unwilling Union Chapter 86
Judah's POV"Where the hell could she be?" I slammed my hands on the steering wheel."Don't worry, we'll find her soon. She couldn't have gone too far. If she's not on the highway, she's probably still in the woods and we have men combing every corner of it. We will find her." Gavin's reassuring words did nothing for me because then it started to rain."Oh for fuck sake, I don't fucking need this right now!" I screamed to no one in particular." Reverse and let's go another lap, she can't have walked this far by now. She'll probably be at the back now." Dario looked at the window, " It's too far from the warehouse." He was right, I put the car in reverse, turned, and started driving back to where I started from, driving at a snail's pace."Hey! Hey! Someone's there! Look someone's beside the road!" Gavin slapped my arm and pointed at a crumpled body at the side of the road. I recognized the grey cargo parts immediately."Shit, that's Aurelia." I drove closer, hurriedly parked, and ru
