You Are Mine

Chapter Fifty Six

*SEVEN MONTHS LATER*

"Antonio."

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"Antonio."

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"Antonio!"

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Arabella rolled her eyes. The one time he's dead asleep.

She pinched his nose, blocking off his air supply.

He shot up, swatting her hand away, taking in a few deep breaths.

He looked at her furiously before his gaze softened as he took in her features.

"Fiore?"

"I can't say for certain, but I'm almost ninety percent sure that my water broke... or I just peed the bed."

His eyebrows shot up and she could tell he was wide awake by now.

"Have the contractions started yet?"

She nodded her head. They're not as bad as she thought. It just felt like a lot of pressure.

"Why are you still sitting, Arabella? Get up, we're going to the medical wing right now!"

Arabella just looked away from him, her nose in the air.

She just wanted to wake up to a loving man, was that so hard?

Arabella heard him sigh. He walked around the bed to where she was sitting and pressed a light kiss to her lips.

She tried to deepen it but he pulled away as soon as she did.

Arabella huffed out. "I didn't know you would be so horny during pregnancy," he said shyly.

He took her hand and helped her up. She couldn't stay mad at him, and caved in as she placed a kiss on his chest.

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"Everyone's here," Antonio informed her.

"Antonio... I'm, uh, nervous," she admitted sheepishly.

He kissed her hand, reassuring her that everything would be fine.

"Do you want to see Sofia?" he asked, knowing she'd know what to say.

Antonio was just as nervous as Arabella was. He was so cute about it too.

"Sure, you can send her in."

"Hey, Bella. How're you holding up, babes?" Sofia asked.

"I'm just a little jittery, I haven't done this before but at the same time, I'm so excited to meet my little baby."

She smiled at Arabella and kissed her forehead. "You're going to make a great mom, and I bet Antonio will make a great father."

Something seemed off about her, she was keeping something from Arabella.

"What about you, Sof? What's going on?" she asked and watched as Sofia tensed.

"I'm, uh, going to be leaving, after you give birth of course, I just, don't know how to tell everyone."

Arabella's eyebrows raised up. "What, why? Did something happen?"

She shook her head. "I just want to do a bit of travelling, nothing major. I'm sure I'll be back before you know it."

"Oh okay. At least you'll have fun," Arabella told her with a soft smile.

"Dani should be here soon, Giovanni woke up and something happened so they're just getting him settled."

Arabella nodded her head and watched as she left, and Antonio walked back in.

"The doctors say it's time to start pushing. Are you ready, il mio fiore?"

Arabella nodded her head and grabbed ahold of his hand. Two doctors entered and once they were ready, they told her to push.

"Aaah," she cried out, the pain was worse than anything she could have ever imagined.

"Just one more push and you should be done, come on, baby, you can do this," Antonio encouraged, although she was practically breaking his hand by this point.

With one last push, Arabella heard a cry resonate throughout the room and laughed in relief.

Antonio went to cut the umbilical cord but made a disgusted face when he saw the carnage in front of him.

One of the doctors cleaned the baby and handed it to Arabella.

"It's a beautiful baby girl. Just like her mother," Antonio murmured, almost mesmerised by their baby.

"Right... are you ready for the next one then?" the doctor asked, causing both their heads to snap to his.