Chapter Ten #2
He knew he wanted to get Liana pregnant, and that was his responsibility.
Whenever a capo was married, it was time for him to settle down and produce heirs to carry on the next generation, and that was exactly what he was going to do.
Only, he hadn’t exactly taken the time to think about what that meant.
Now, he faced the reality of being a father.
“Are you okay?” Liana asked.
He looked up to see her standing in the doorway. She had on a negligee, and she looked so sexy standing there.
“Yeah, I’m okay.”
“You’re holding that teddy bear pretty tightly,” she said.
He looked down at the bear he was holding and then up toward his wife.
“I don’t know what it means to be a dad.”
“Diego?”
“I saw you with your father and your brother, and I don’t know what that means. I’ve never ... it was always business with my dad. It was always ... dealing with shit.” He ran fingers through his hair. “I don’t know how to be a dad.”
Liana stepped into the room and offered him a smile. “I don’t know what it means to be a mom. I have memories of my mom. I got her until I was ten years old, and then it’s a blank.”
“You’re going to make an amazing mom,” he said.
“You don’t know that.”
“I do. I saw the way you were with everyone, and you have a lot of love and passion. Our child is going to be lucky to have you as a mother.”
She frowned. He put the bear down and got to his feet, closing the distance between them.
“Look at me, you’ve got this.”
“I don’t know. I don’t know what I’ve got.”
He kissed her. “You’re going to be amazing.”
He pulled her into his arms, and she wrapped her arms around him. “Diego, there is something I’ve got to tell you,” she said.
“What?” He felt her tense up. “Tell me?”
She pulled away and cupped his face. “I’m in love with you and I have been trying so hard to not be in love with you.
I’m tired of fighting it. I love you and I want to have this child and I want to grow old with you, and that terrifies me so much, but at the same time, I’m not scared.
I love you, and there is no one else I want. ” And then she kissed him.
“I’m a lucky fucking man,” he said. “I love you, Liana, and no, I’m not just saying that because I think it is something you want to hear. I love you, and even though it terrifies me to be a dad, I want to be with you every single step of the way.”
Just as he kissed her, Diego groaned, because once again his cell phone went off.
He kept it with him because they were chasing the drug dealers of the product that had been killing people.
So far, they’d been able to shut down the production of the drugs.
The scientists were dead and gone. He saw it was Emilio and he quickly put his cell phone to his ear.
“Yeah?”
“I’ve just taken out three men that came to my house,” Emilio said.
“What?”
“Giovanni and Lorenzo have also been hit. Francesco was hit an hour ago. You have got to arm up. They’re coming for you.”
And just like that, the small light in the nursery went off, and the room went black.
Liana gasped. “What is that?”
“They’re here,” Diego said.
If they cut off his power, they were inside his home, and he put Liana behind him and started to walk to the door.
“I’ll call you back.”
“Diego, what is going on?” she asked.
He turned to her and cupped her face. “I need you to stay here, do you understand me?”
“No!” Liana said. “I can shoot. I know I shot that man and my brother took ownership of it to protect me. Don’t keep me in the dark. I can help you.”
Diego looked at her and knew it was as mistake, but leaving her behind was out of the question.
Against his better judgement, he grabbed Liana’s hand and walked her back to their bedroom.
He had several guns locked away in the safe at the back of the closet.
He got to it, opened it, and handed her a gun, loaded and ready.
He was surprised to see her checking to see it was fully loaded.
That was when he heard something break downstairs.
Liana’s gaze went wide.
“You stay behind me,” he said.
She nodded her head.
Heading out of the bedroom, he held his gun ready, and he saw the first man already making his way upstairs.
Diego didn’t like how cocky the little shit was, so he fired his gun, putting a bullet straight through the man’s skull.
He expected Liana to scream or cry, but she didn’t.
She was at his back, and as he moved out, he took aim, but Liana was already shooting.
A second guy went down.
Where Emilio had three men, it would seem they had sent most of the men to his home.
He had no choice but to advance downstairs with Liana at his side. Diego hated that she was having to shoot to kill, but she did so, and he trusted her to have his back.
One by one, the men fell, and he lost count, until he aimed his gun and fired, only he had run out of bullets.
The other man smirked, and Diego charged forward, taking him down to the ground. He was out of bullets, but that didn’t mean he was out of weapons. Pulling his knife from out of his boot, he reached up, and imbedded it into his neck.
Diego didn’t linger and he got to his feet and turned to see Liana there, gun in hand. She dropped, and then he opened his arms. She ran right into them, and he held her tightly. The tears he expected, as she sobbed against his chest, and he refused to let her go.
“I’ve got you,” he said.
Just then, Enzo and Enzo Jr. charged into the house, both armed, looking fucking pissed off as they looked at the men that had been killed.
“Fuck,” Enzo Jr. said. “Sis, you had something to do with this, didn’t you?”
Diego pushed some of her hair off her face and stared into her eyes.
“I might have.”
“Is this going to be a problem?” Diego asked.
She frowned. “No, I don’t think it is. They broke into my house, intent on killing my husband, and we have a baby on the way. They got what was fucking coming to them.”
Diego fucking loved this woman.
“So, I guess this means you two are good?” Enzo asked.
He looked toward his father-in-law. “Yeah, we’re good.”
Enzo Jr. clicked, and just then, there was a small bark, and they all turned to see Misty coming down stairs, her tail wagging, and she ran straight to Diego.
He picked up his little pup and saw the disappointment on Enzo Jr’s face. “Don’t you worry, we’ll get you a dog all your own.”
Liana burst out laughing.
Even though they were surrounded with dead bodies, it was strange for Diego, because he truly felt like everything was going to be okay.