𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 | l.messi

fifteen.

present.

ANTONELLA LOOKED AT her husband with a lot of emotions on her face. confusion and shock being the main ones. she was now seated on the bed and Leo looked at his lap.

he just told his wife everything. from Valentina to his possible daughter.

"s-so...you have another...daughter?" she choked out and he nodded his head. "i asked for a DNA test but...i know she is mine , Anto" he said with a sigh.

Antonella frowned. it was silent for a little until footsteps entered the bedroom. "mama , papa , we're hungry" Mateo pouted.

Antonella swallowed and stood up from the bed as she scooped Ciro up in her arms. "how about pizza tonight?" she asked and they smiled.

"with hot cocoa?" Mateo asked with hopeful eyes and Antonella nodded her head. she gave Ciro a kiss to the forehead and put him down once again.

they all ran downstairs , excited to tell Thiago they're eating pizza's tonight.

Leo stood up to look at his wife. "amor..." he trailed off and she took a breath before turning to face him. "i...i'm going to make pizza's" she said and walked downstairs.

Leo sighed and ran a hand through his hair. his wife was mad at him, no doubt. how will he handle it when he finds out she actually is his daughter?

"papa! come and get pizza's!" Thiago's voice said and Leo walked downstairs where the tv was on and the playstation was turned off.

"let's play tomorrow?" Thiago asked and Leo nodded his head ad ruffled his hair. Antonella was in the kitchen , rolling out the dough as Ciro and Mateo stood next to her ,clearly curious as to what she was doing.

"Anto?" he asked and she sighed before rolling out the dough. she gave the three children some strawberries to keep them busy and finally looked up at him.

"Leo...i just...need time to process all of this." she said. he nodded his head and she went back to rolling out the dough.

Thiago lets his siblings into the living room and played 'Alladin' .
he watched that movie 120+ times and never seemed to get over it.

suddenly , Antonella stopped rolling the dough and looked at her husband. "why didn't you tell me?" she asked.

"i had no idea i had a daughter , Anto. i never saw Valentina after she left" he said , exasperated and Antonella saw that. she felt for her husband

he had so much stress about the upcoming games and then he had to find out he had a long-lost daughter from his ex who passed away recently.

she sighed and wiped her hands with the kitvhen towel before walking around the counter.

she sat next to him on the stool and wrapped her arms around him. she immediately felt himself relax and he hugged her back. he was happy to just be in her arms.

"i'm sorry" he mumbled and she shook her head. "no , Leo. I'm sorry" she said and pulled away from the hug to look at him.

"i'm your wife , i shouldn't have reacted like that. i know that you didn't know about her and i just...i freaked out" she explained as she stared at her lap.

Leo took her hands in his. "you have a right to feel that way , Anto. and yes , i didn't know that i may have a daughter but this could change our lives forever. what do we do if we find out she is mine?" he asked with glossy eyes.

Antonella shook her head. "we'll get through it." she said and he nodded his head. he kissed her on the mouth and she smiled.

"ew , i can still taste the dog spit" she joked and he laughed , happy to be with his wife once again.

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