CHAPTER 125

Phoebe squeezes my hand hard as we enter the courtyard where the brunch that is now more likely a lunch is begin held. She knows how much I hate attention. How Alessandro thought this was a good idea is beyond me. And without telling me, too.

"Just smile." Phoebe whispers as everyone stops what they're doing and look at us.

I think I grimace more than smile as Alessandro stops talking to a man I absolutely don't know and walks over to me with a devilish smile.

"Baby, you look beautiful." He bends down to kiss me, and I subtly punch him in the stomach without anybody noticing.

"What the fuck is Phoebe talking about some feature in the newspaper!" I whisper through gritted teeth. "I thought I had to lay low!"

He has the audacity to look amused. "This way that motherfucker would know that you are mine, that you're pregnant with my babies."

Well, if he puts it that way it probably makes sense.

"And apparently, I'm the most eligible bachelor in the city. Don't you want people to kno