Her Mafia Prince ✔️

Chapter 40 - Put It Down

~ Gabriella's POV ~

"Good morning Mrs De Mancuso."

There was that sound again.

"Can you speak one more time? I love your morning voice." Matteo let out a chuckle next to me and although I still had my eyes closed I'm sure he had that confident smirk on his face.

Unfortunately I have no filter when I'm half asleep, which meant I pretty much gave Matteo's ego a boost every morning.

"Did you enjoy the wedding?" I nodded my head as I shuffled closer to him, resting my head on his chest. "It was perfect."

"Good, I'm glad. You deserve the best of everything Gabby." A small smile tugged at my lips as he ran his hand through my hair, both of us enjoying the peace and quiet we finally had after the last few crazy days.

"I saw you leave with Alex yesterday, what was that about?"

The fact Matteo asked me with this without using a swear word in his sentence showed just how far we'd come since the last time he almost killed me for dancing with Alex.

Finally I shifted from my place on his chest and turned to face him properly.

"I was asking him about Mia."
Matteo seemed surprised by response, probably because not many people would have the balls to just go up to someone as rich and powerful as Alex and ask him such a personal question.

"What did he say?" I rolled over onto my back as I let out sigh, a movement which definitely didn't miss Matteo's attention when the bedsheet slipped a little lower on my chest than intended.

"He wasn't happy about it, but I guess he's okay with us looking into it."

"So what have you got for me then Sherlock?" I couldn't help but laugh when Matteo said this before I let out a sigh and looked up at the ceiling.

"He said they used to spend all their time in Naples, did you know that?" I turned my head to look at Matteo who shook his head.

"Alex hardly told me anything."

If these men actually spoke to each other, they probably would have sorted out their issues a long time ago.

"Right, well, I think we should focus on Naples then. He also said he tried to find any birth records or adoption records in relation to Mia's name, but he couldn't."

"I tried that too. I had my private investigator search all over Italy, all the databases and everything, but he couldn't find anything."

"Which names did you try?" Matteo let out a sigh as he thought back to the events that happened five years ago.

"Mia De Mancuso of course, I tried Alex's surname, Williams, aswell. I think I tried her middle name as her surname too."

"Well, which other names might she have used? Think about it, she would have wanted to hide her pregnancy from your whole family and Alex too. She would have been clever about it."

When I said this, Matteo just shook his head, letting out a sigh. "I don't know Gabby."

It fell silent for a while before I voiced my only idea.

"How about your mothers maiden name?"

"Why the hell would she have used that?" I rolled my eyes at Matteo's tone as I sat up, leaning against the headboard as I pulled the bedsheets closer to my chest.

"I don't know, it could just be something she did. If I was trying to hide something like that and I was trying to think of a name, I would probably do that."