Savage Crown II

11. Eleven

Natalia  Continued

Hours later Callum lightly tapped me on my face. "We've landed"

I rose out of bed rubbing my eyes as I looked over to see Zoey still fast asleep. Callum came back into the room handing me my coat then helped me out of the bed as I carried Zoey gently to not wake her up. He watched as I carried her. "Did you want to hold her?" I offered.

"Yes" he quickly responded. I shifted her over to him as he took her in his arms, she wrapped her little arms around his neck. His face a stir of emotions as it was all new to him he held her like a delicate glass doll. We walked off the plane where my white range rover was already parked in front. I opened the back passenger door for him to place Zoey in her seat, he struggled a bit with the belts on the saftey seat but managed to figure them out quickly with a triumphant smile.

The entire drive home the car was quiet. Both of us lost in our thoughts as we drove back to the place I had made a home for me and Zoey. A penthouse overlooking the city complete with the rooftop garden Zoey loved so much.

As we pulled into the underground parking Callum quickly began scoping the place out. "This place doesn't have much sercuity it's dangerous."

"We don't need it here. We go under a different names here and we stay far away from the life my family and you live by"

He didn't buy it though. His mind was already locating all the blind spots, counting all the exits and cameras as we walked towards the elevator.

As I opened the door to our floor he took in everything studying our lives for the past four years. I showed him Zoey's room where he gently placed her in her bed. He stood in the center of the room looking around at everything taking in all her interests and decorations. He walked over to her little desk where the were pictures of Zoey as a baby and pictures of her throughout the years with family and friends. His soft facial expressions quickly turned angry and he walked out of her room.

I closed the door behind me as I stepped out. "Saint Lombardi knew about Zoey too? He spent more time with my own child than me!" He raised his voice.

"Callum you're going to wake her up!" I hissed.

"Everyone knew about her but me and my family" he said as he lowered his voice.

"You tried to kill me Callum! What was I supposed to do? Stay by your side and let you kill me?" Tears fell from my eyes remembering the pain, he stood silent in front of me conflicted as he lifted his hand to wipe the tears from my eyes, for a brief moment I looked up to his eyes, they softened and held a tender gleam to them as if it was him before I knew the truth. I backed away from him and began walking towards my room. "You can sleep in the guestroom down the hall" I pointed at the door." leaving Callum alone in his thoughts.
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The next morning when I woke up Zoey was already out of bed. Callum was with her in the kitchen downstairs making her breakfast. "Morning mama" Zoey smiled as she stuck her fork into her pancakes and shoveled them into her mouth.

"Morning baby" I smiled as I sat down next to her. Callum placed a plate in front of me along with a cup of coffee.

"Eat up tesoro, you got a big announcement to make today"

"Hey you talk like Uncle Sainty" Zoey pointed out.

"I do little one, I'm Irish and Italian." He happily said., "one day I will take you and show you where I'm from"

"Can we go now?" Zoey asked excitedly.

"Soon little one" Callum smiled as he patted her head

I lifted a brow at Callum, but he didn't care, and instead returned my raised expression with a smile. Something about him had me feeling uneasy and on edge, he was being too calm right now and knew that something worse was coming. Ater he turned off the stove he sat down and quickly scrolled away on his phone.