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RICO. After talking to my mother for a while, I join my brother in the living room. "How does it feel like to be back home?" Carl smirks and I know he must be mocking me for how I behaved yesterday. "Don't start Carl" I sigh holding my head in my palms. "Your girl is here. Pretty how she changed your fucked up mind with just a glance, huh?" he smirks and I follow his gaze, and damn! I did have a good eye. I should have made her my wife already. Being my girlfriend is not safe enough. "Where is she going?" I mumble, trailing my eyes at her official outfit. A mid-thigh white shorts, a white folded button-up shirt that exposes her baby bump, and a long white suit jacket on top. She has white 6-inch sandal heels with a single silver anklet on her left leg. Her long silver hair is tied in a clean ponytail exposing multiple diamond lace earrings. My eyes follow her long milky clean legs and I swallow dryly. Is she really mine? Now this is what we call beauty. Not the ugly bitch that ha
Rico. "I will have one of those" I join Carl on the balcony and point at the cigar in his hand. "You are not supposed to be smoking, brother, and neither do I"" I feel like crap" I sigh, stressfully running my fingers through my hair. "Mia? " he quirks his brow in question and I nod. "She's hurting. I don't know how to make her feel better." I mutter, feeling sad for her. I shouldn't have let her go to work in that state."Yeah, it will take her time. Especially with her condition.""How was it before? I mean us" I reach for the cigar again, but the idiot pushes my hand away. "I'm not letting you smoke, Rico. You never did, and it will be hard to stop if you start now" Why can't I smoke when he is doing just that?I sigh, slumping on the seat beside him. It's not important anyway. "She was your world, Rico, and so you were. When you left, it broke her. The family was here but she could always look at her phone every second just in case you called or stay at the window all the ti
Rico "You are right, He is my man" A bullet goes off in the air, and that brings our attention back to the present. " Enough of chit-chat. See, I have been living in hell for the three months you kept him away from me." Mia mumbles with her gun still pointed at the groaning Bella. The right leg has a fresh bullet hole in the knee. " Dante here" She points at one of the unfamiliar guys she came with. "Promised me he would personally deliver you to me. Thank you, Dante" She smirks at Dante guy and I furrow my brows. They look familiar but who are they? "Let me go. Rico, you have to stop them" Bella wails but it falls on dead ears. I have always wanted to get rid of her. "This one is for looking at him" Mia shoots the other knee and wordlessly motions to the table next to me. One of the guys approaches and picks a dagger and pliers and turns away after silently nodding at me. "You will tell me where to find Maxim and after that, I will slowly kill you. How about that?" Mia gently sm
Rico. I can't stop thinking about what that woman said. Is it true I had an affair with my brother's wife? I don't know what to think. The screams from down the hall make an uncomfortable feeling form in my stomach. Carl and his wife are fighting. Mia hasn't approached me yet, and I have no idea what I will tell her. My gut tells me the woman was lying. If I had a woman like Mia with me, what would possibly make me look at anyone else? The girl is everything and more, and how she just handled business downstairs makes her more beautiful. I will never want to lose a girl like that for something that does not belong to me. I felt nothing when I saw my brother's wife. It can't be true." Hey," I quickly turn around to the sound of her soft voice. She is now changed from the work clothes, and only has a white shirt that I'm assuming is mine from how huge it is on her smaller body. Her eyes are clear, they hold no accusation nor sadness as I expected. "Hi, how was your day?" I ask m
Rico. I wake up early dawn, only to find her missing beside me. She slept a while ago. I quickly get up and pull up some clothes before checking the bathroom. I don't think with the security around here, someone will infiltrate our room and kidnap her. No one is awake yet, so I search the corridors and around the house. When I step into the kitchen, the sight I meet renders me speechless. The girl is sitting beside the fridge with an ice cream plate in her hands. To make it worse, she is fast asleep and her neck is bent in an uncomfortable position. Isn't that stuff cold and the tiled floor too? "Oh! you found her" A voice says behind me and I turn to see one of the guys from yesterday. He is familiar but I can't recall who he is. I furrow my brow deep in thought only to trigger a headache. Blinking severally, I turn to the sleeping girl and gently pick her up. Fuck, she weighs nothing. "Does she do this every day?" I ask the guy and he nods following me to the dining room. "Y
Mia. Kay promised after the first three months, I would start behaving normally but no. I just ate six fucking pancakes and I am about to cry about it. At this point, I think the only thing keeping me sane is work. This is so embarrassing. More reason to believe the kid inside me is a girl. She is causing so much trouble already. Neera arrives with my ringing phone and I thank heavens for saving me from the embarrassment. It's a call from my secretary. This reminds me I have a meeting at ten. "Yes?" I put the phone on speaker and place it on the table. "Boss, the representatives from Bentley will be here in an hour. I am calling to remind you that" her urgent voice comes through. "Thank you" I look at my watch and hastily get up from Rico's arms. As a growing company, I have been receiving offers from different brands and since our client's demands are variable, I am left with no choice but to sign partnerships with different brands. My initial plan was to keep 100% of my compa
Rico I watch her leave and walk back to the living room where everyone else is waiting. "Tell me everything I want to know. From the day I was born to this day," I face the people sitting around me and grab a cancer stick from the table. No one stops me this time, and I am glad because I won't have to be rude to anyone if they try to. My emotions are all over the place right now, and smoking is the only thing I know will ease the tension. Fuck, I am hurting that girl, and It's clear she is just putting on a brave face in front of me. Among the people in the room are my mother, Carl, and his wife, and the three guys that claim to be my friends. "These are yours" Marcus passes me a phone and a wallet. The ID in the wallet reads Ricardo Moreno. What a dumb name. There is also a picture of Mia. The girl in the picture is smiling brightly as her eyes sparkle in delight. I find her smile contagious. I grab the phone from the table and after switching it on, I have no idea what the pa
Mia. "You don't look happy, "Matt says as soon as I hang up and I sigh sitting up in my bed. "Are you happy, Matt?" I ask back and he seems perplexed by my question. Matt glances at my stomach and deeply sighs before running his fingers through his hair. " I Just wish things were different" He mutters and I nod walking to my closet. "Me too" I came home hours ago and he decided to keep me company. Though I was on the verge of falling asleep before Rico's call.It's been a while since I was here and I just thought it would be a good idea if I gave Rico some alone time. I know he feels obliged to be with me because I am pregnant and I don't want that. I want him to want me and not because he feels guilty for not being there for me and his baby.I didn't expect him to call. And of all the excuses I could give, did I have to say I wanted to see Mum? I haven't seen her for a while and I don't plan to any time soon. I am scared that she will act bitchy again and I will be tempted to hur