I stared at the two lines on the stick I held in my hands. Positive. I didn't know what to think. My heart was racing and my palms felt sweaty, I didn't know what Stephano would think either, will he happy? The doctor ran some tests and confirmed me three weeks pregnant. I didn't believe it, so he allowed me take the one with the stick which is totally unnecessary but, I needed to be sure, I still couldn't believe it. How come? I rubbed my forehead with the back of palm, cleaning off the sweat before stepping out of the bathroom.
"What is it?" Stephanie was standing outside the door with wide anxious eyes.
"Positive." I whispered, barely audibly.
"Oh my God yes!" She squealed before running off and running back into my ward.
I walked in behind her with a pale face, Sophia was smiling tenderly at me and Stephano... He was just looking at me, with those calm, seemingly sad blue eyes of his.
"We are going to be aunts!" Sophia giggled at Stephanie who nodded excitedly.
"Come on, let's give them some time alone." Sophia pulled Stephanie out of the room. Me and Stephano just stood staring at each other.
"You should sit down, you haven't eaten anything yet." He finally spoke. I quietly walked back to the bed, still in the hospital clothes and plopped down on it.
"You don't look happy." He spoke again.
"Neither do you." I retorted a little too harshly.
And suddenly a smile broke out on his face. "I needed to know if you are happy first, I can't be happy if you're not." He replied.
"Don't say that, I just.... not that I am not happy, but I am scared." I admitted thrutfully.
"Why?" He whispered.
"I don't know what it's like to be a mother I am afraid I won't do it right, I am afraid I will hurt my kids, I can't do this, my life is too tainted to handle this, I have been messed up by that ring, I have killed and I have done the unimaginable, I can't..." I was rambling as tears fell down my cheeks uncontrollably, I didn't realize Stephano was near me now, he wrapped his arms around me in a hug suddenly, causing me to stop talking.
"Shhh." He cooed me, rubbing my back tenderly. "I didn't have a father either, what I had was a gang leader, not a father, but I believe that you don't have to witness love to know how to love, if you just love someone, you won't be able to hurt them, you just need to love, and the rest will come naturally, the care, the affection and everything else." He spoke so tenderly and softly as I leaned my head on his shoulder and placed my hands on his chest allowing his words to sink into my heart.
"I didn't know how to love when I met you. Infact I was taught that love was a bad thing and a sign of weakness, and I should never love anyone. But when I loved you, it happened so naturally, I didn't need to learn how to do it, it just came to me, the care for you and the feeling that I need you to be whole." He told me, and I could hear the sincerety and softness in his voice.
"But I love you too, and I hurt you by going ahead with the mission." I argued, a frown finding its way to my face.
"But you saved me by doing that. And you saved so many others too, maybe we wouldn't be here together in this way if you didn't, but you did what was right and I have no regrets." He replied softly, and I just kept quiet, letting him hold me so tenderly.
"I want to ask you something then." He spoke after what felt like thirty seconds.
"What?" I asked.
"First, should I call you Vanessa or Ariana?" He asked.
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Mr. Mafia's Bodyguard
Romance"Stop fighting it so much Ari, I know you want me just as much as I want you." His lustful voice was like a whisper, his hot breath caressing my face as his dark blue eyes captured mine. Everything screamed at me to give into him, open my mouth and...
