"It's packed with so many people," Leora says when they get out from the airport.
After announcing his retirement, he explains his plan to her. He wants her to choose which city they should live in, after all, he can't stay in Sicily or Italy again. It would bring danger to his family and would confuse people inside the Sicily mafia.
So after setting their plan to live the life they want. Leora chooses to live as an ordinary couple in China. She wants to learn more about China's traditional herbs and medicine.
Matteo doesn't have any concerns about her choices, after all, they would have protection from the Chinese mafia. Besides he knows that on his part, he can develop his career in coding in China. After all, China is one of the most advanced countries in terms of technology.
"One of Krystal's men will help us to settle in. We just need to wait for them." Matteo says while dragging their belonging to search for space for them to wait.
"What do you think about this country so far?" Leora asks while they walk from the crowd.
"Noisy." Matteo's short comment and negative statement make her laugh.
"But it will be easy to kill people without being noticed," Matteo smirks at his own jokes.
"I won't allow you to do that," Leora says glaring at him.
"Well, but you choose a good place to hide. With this packed place with so many people, it will be easier to blend in." Matteo says and pats her head. She smiles beamingly at his praises.
"Yeah, but we won't stay in here for long right?" She asked in a dejected voice.
"Well, we can always change our plan and stay in here if you want. After all, we can't move around that much once the baby is born." Matteo drags her to his lap trying to cheer her up.
"Really?" She asks. She wants to stay in one place but at the same time, she wants to travel to see the world too. After all, despite having a baby she is still young so she still wants to see how the world is.
"Yup, we can travel once you are ready for the new adventure." Matteo kissed her forehead and hugged her. He put his hand on her small bumps and patted it gently. The baby is three months old
"Once the baby is born and she grows up, we need to stay in one place. I know some cases when a child is always moving from town to town, they would feel insecure and cannot blend in with others." Leora says seriously looking at him.
"That time is still far away. He is the size of a lime right now, so you don't have to worry. We will give our child what he needs." Matteo kissed her lips.
"We need to go now. One of my men is already here in the parking lot." Matteo says to help her get up and hold her hands before he takes all of their luggage and drags her slowly.
"I thought one of Krystal's men would come to pick us up?" She asks wondering when Sicily Mafia had so much influence in another mafia territory.
"He is technically not my man. he isn't involved with the mafia world, but he owes me something."
"So you guys are friends?" She asked curiously. There is so much about him that she still doesn't know about.
"You can't call us that." He says opens some cars and helps her get inside, closes her door, and puts their luggage.
"Hi?" Leora whispers when she realizes there is someone inside the driver's seat.
"Hi." He shortly replies without looking directly at her.
Looking at his passive response Leora can only grimace at their interaction. He must be doesn't know any English she thinks. She tries to ignore his presence but it's hard when he steals some glance at her when she's not looking at him. She can feel his creepy stares, but when she tries to look up, try to catch his eyes, he always looks at another place trying to avoid her eyes.
"Stop looking at my wife," Matteo says when he slides to the back seat puts his hands on her, and drags her close to his chest. Leora smiles at his action before snuggling into his arms more and she gets a kiss on her head because of her action.
The man then quietly looks ahead and starts the car, while ignoring the couple in the back seat.
"Who is he?" Leora looks up into his eye and whispers.
"One of my friends. Just ignore him, he is a creep." Matteo says nonchalantly while stroking her face.
"Is he always silent like that? Does he know English?" Leora asks again while looking at the man behind the driver's seat warily.
"He knows English, he is just an observer, he won't speak if he isn't required to." Matteo started to play with her hair. He just cannot keep his hands off her.
"How do you guys meet?" Leora asks and yawns after that.
"From the internet." He put her close to him so she could rest comfortably in the car.
"Like an online friend?" Matteo nodded at her and put his hand on her eyes, asking her to sleep.
"I'm not sleepy." Leora pouts and puts her hands on his arms to try to pull his hands from her face but he doesn't not bulge at all.
Not until a couple of minutes, she was already asleep. Looking at that Matteo kisses her head and plays with his phone. He doesn't even make an effort to have a chat with the person in front of him, knowing he won't get anything. Besides he doesn't have anything to talk about him. The only thing that makes that person interested is a hard code to crack or stalk his girl.
The journey from the airport to their new temporary home is not that far. Once they arrive at the place Matteo can see his friends are already there. He is touched to see them coming from around the world to welcome him to his new journey.
He chose not to awaken his wife and with so much care he carried her from the car. His friend in the driver's seat is aware of his situation and cares enough to help him open the door so he can easily carry his wife out.
His friends ran out to the front to welcome him. Once they see his action they are awed in disbelief. One of them tried to tease him, but he swallowed it once he saw Matteo's glare.
Matteo walks inside the house and goes to the second floor where their bedroom is. He carefully laid her on their bed took her shoes and socks off and covered her with the blanket. He stares at her lovingly and kisses her forehead before walking out of the room to greet his friends.
"Why the fuck all of you are in here?" Matteo complains while he steps down from the stairs and sees that his friends are being comfortable on their couches drinking their beer and eating some snacks.
"Why? We need to make sure that the gossips are right." Metta one of his friends says.
"And what are you thinking about sending Frost to pick us up?" Matteo takes the beers from the table and stands beside the stairs looking at them.
"Don't complain. He is the only one that I can contact to pick you up. Be grateful for it." Metta shouts.
"You need to lower your voice f*kers." Razor whisper warningly at his stupid friends.
"Let's talk in my study. You guys will be dead if one of you wakes my wife up." Matteo stands up and walks leaving his friends behind, knowing that they got his message.
The rest of the man gulps in fear, knowing that he never makes a threat, he always does whatever he says. With careful the rest of the man packed their snacks and beer before following him into his study.
*one more chapter before the epilogue. Finally, I can move on to my new novel. Thank you for accompanying me in this novel for years.
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