Just a while back, I asked my father to look into why Salvatore’s wedding was postponed, passing it off as my need to know what was going on in our world. When he got back to me after some digging, he told me that his wedding to her has been set for next year, though there’s no official date yet.
Dad said the only information he could get on her is that she’s suffering from some kind of illness that needs to be treated. Ever since I heard those words from my father, I’ve been worried about her because of this mysterious illness that she supposedly has. I need to see her with my own two eyes to make sure she’s okay and to ensure that it’s nothing life-threatening. From the sound of things, even Salvatore doesn’t know where she is or what is actually wrong with her.Useless asshole!
The other thing that’s really nagging at me is the fact that if she really was sick, then why would her father send her to a convent of all places? Shouldn’t he have sent her somewhere with the best medical facility and treatment available?
So really, none of this is making any fucking sense, which has me convinced there’s something else happening and I intend to find out what it is. Dad also mentioned that they said she’ll be back for the nuptials when she's in good health again.
Yeah, that shit is never happening. If she’s going to marry anyone in this lifetime, it’s going to be me.No one else gets to have her. All this time without her has made me realize that I feel more for her than just wanting to fuck her brains out. That’s how I knew I’d gone off the fucking deep end already, where she’s concerned.
I’m still lost in my head when the phone on my desk rings, pulling me out of my thoughts as I turn my chair around.
“Yeah,” I say into the phone when I see it’s Xander calling.
“I’ve found her!” is the first thing he says through the line after I’ve answered. My heart races instantly as his wordsregister in my mind. I’m suddenly feeling the excitement build up at the thought of getting to her soon.
“Send me all the details!” I tell him, before hanging up.
I quickly turn my computer on and have just logged into my email when I see the one he sent has landed in my inbox. I open it and read through all the information he’s sent me. Hmm, hiding close to home in plain sight because I never would’ve thought to look for her at the convent that she’s currently at.
“I’m coming for you, baby, and when I find you, you’re never going to leave me again. I can’t wait to punish your little ass either,” I mutter into the silence, as I shut everything down and get ready to leave.
I call Aldo on the way out, letting him know to get ready for an out-of-town trip. I already know he’s going to put a team together quickly. Normally, I’d go alone, but I have no clue what to expect when I get there, and it’s better to be safe than sorry. I’m not going to be stupid and walk into any sort of ambush, alone. I’d be really shitty at my job and might as well shoot myself in the head if I ever let Bernardo Bellucci get the drop on me. Not that he knows I’m currently looking for her. Plus, I have no clue whether he has guards around her, and I don’t want a bloodbath. That’s where my guys come in.
By the time I make it down to the garage of my building, Aldo is already there in the driver’s seat, one of the guys in the front with him, while the others are in the second vehicle. I get in the back and shut the door behind me. I give him the address, and he puts it into the GPS before driving off a moment later.
It takes just over an hour to get to the small town in Indiana. As we drive through, it almost looks deserted and run-down in some areas. Yeah, it’s definitely not a place I’d have thought to look for her. Though the downtown area is a little more populated and busier at the moment.
We stop at the hotel, get a few rooms for ourselves to set up as our base while we do some recon, then come up with a plan to get my girl back. I’m not going to storm into a convent with guns blazing. No, I want to do this as quietly as possible.
After we’re all checked in, Aldo and I leave to do surveillance on the monastery. We’re there for about thirty minutes when I see a familiar face walking by, in front of the church. I smile to myself because I know that’s going to be my way in. I wonder what the fuck he’s doing here of all places.
“Let’s go back to the hotel,” I tell Aldo. “I’ve found our way in.”
“Sure thing, boss,” he replies and starts the car. I happen to look up again, and that’s when I spot her. My jaw drops when I take her in, because what the actual fuck? She’s walking down the little path with another girl, coming from the building behind the church, which is where I assume she’s staying.
“Stop!” I command, just as Aldo’s about to pull away from where we’re currently parked.
“Is everything okay, boss?” he questions as he switches the gear to park again.
“Yeah, everything’s fine. I just spotted her!”
We both look back in the direction of my girl. She’s busy chatting with the other girl, and when they get closer to the street, I finally get a better look at her. I instantly recognize her and wonder what the hell she’s doing here, too. Well, things have certainly gotten a whole lot more complicated. Ah, then again, that would explain why he’s here.
Now back to the reason my jaw dropped like two seconds ago, and why I’m pretty much sitting here in shock. It’s not just because I saw her. Nope. It’s because of the very pregnant belly that she’s carrying.
She’s fucking pregnant, and she didn’t tell me?! Who the fuck does that?
I’m beyond pissed, and that’s the only reason I’m not storming out of this car right now and confronting her. If I do, then I might just strangle her ass for not telling me she’s pregnant with my child. I’m one hundred percent certain that the kid in her belly is mine.
Unless she let that asshole Salvatore touch her…
In which case, I’d have to kill her ass for letting another man touch what’s mine.When the hell did I become such a raging lunatic?
I take a deep breath in and let it out a second later. I have to remember that she had no way of calling me since she didn’t have my number or a goddamn phone. Plus, I’m sure her asshole of a father sent her away before she had the chance to tell me about the baby. Now, I’m thinking this is the reason he did that in the first place.
It’s not because she’s ill or anything like that. It’s because he wanted to hide her pregnancy from everyone. Motherfucker! I was content to let the asshole live in his delusions, but now I want to strangle him with my bare hands.
I look back up, just in time to see the girls getting into the car that was waiting. A nun is with them as well. She gets into the car too, and it pulls out onto the street a moment later.