(NFTMB)Chapter 18
Alessandro
(It’s yours)
Victoria was pregnant. I should have known she was pregnant right from when she walked into my office. She looked different, acted different and seemed different.
I’ve been down that road before with Roberta. How could I not have known?.
Sebastian rested at the edge of my desk as he held Matteo to his chest. He was asleep.
He had been surprised to find out that I fucked Victoria. I wouldn’t blame him though. That was out of character for me.
I was a womanizer and a playboy. My reputation precedes me. Everyone knew that. But having sex with my baby’s nanny was award worthy. That was top of the list. Even for me.
“So what’s the plan boss? Is it yours?”. Sebastian asked.
That was a puzzling question I did not even know the answer to. Was it mine?.
“What if it’s Flynn’s?”. I asked him.
He looked lost in thought as his long fingers rubbed Matteo’s back till his eyes snapped back to mine.
“There’s a higher chance that it’s yours and not his. She told me “remember?”. Sebastian sounds sure of himself.
He was right. Victoria had confided in Sebastian about her pregnancy and her inner battle of giving up the baby for adoption after birth. She also wasn’t sure how her boyfriend would react.
“I’m still confused why she would confide in you about the pregnancy and not me or her boyfriend Flynn”. I asked Sebastian.
“Who knows, boss, maybe I’m easier to talk to than you”. Sebastian tried to lighten up the atmosphere by cracking a joke but I wasn’t in the mood for jokes. I was never in the mood for jokes.
“I know Victoria she would never speak to me about anything, she would rather talk to any other person but me who knows if she has actually informed her boyfriend Flynn”. I hated the sound of that boy’s name.
“No boss, I don’t think so, she sounded like someone who was scared over the phone when we spoke. She was scared of losing her boyfriend and her new relationship, she must truly value him a lot. She almost cried over the phone while speaking about the pregnancy so I doubt it’s his and even if it was his she sounded like someone who knew he wouldn’t want her to keep the pregnancy. She doesn’t want to lose him, so she would rather give up her baby for adoption than face the option of losing her boyfriend”. Sebastian informed me in detail.
I gritted my teeth in anger over the mention of that boy’s name one more time. He was really getting on my last nerve, he wasn’t important before not that he was now anyway, but I hardly noticed him, I only knew him as the new driver boy but lately after he started dating Victoria he seems to always pop up and irritate the fuck out of me. He was really going to get it from me soon.
“So what do you actually suggest I do Sebastian? How do I go about this? Do I badge in on her in her home and demand she tells me the father of her baby or do I just beat up her boyfriend, capture her, bring her back to the mansion and force her to tell me who the hell got her pregnant?”.
My mind was running a million miles in a second, there were a billion thoughts in my head. What if it was my baby?.
What if it wasn’t my baby?
What if it’s Flynn’s baby?
What would I do in the case that it was actually my baby that she was carrying?
I couldn’t imagine Victoria agreeing to live with me and have the baby and then leave my child to me. She would never agree, that woman was stubborn to the very last. She would be the very death of me.
I paced up and down my office as Sebastian calmly patted Matteo’s back as he slept peacefully on Sebastian’s chest.
He was in a fairy tale world while I was thinking about a lot of things with no positive response from my brain.
I was the freaking mafia boss of the Italian mafia, I could basically, with a snap of my fingers get that woman here and demand she tell me the truth who the father of the baby is.
But I knew I couldn’t be that reckless. This was Victoria we’re talking about, not just anyone and she was carrying my child if Sebastian’s assumptions were right.
I needed to think clearly and practically and most importantly, carefully. And being careful wasn’t something I was actually good at being.
“Let’s just say the baby is mine, Sebastian, what do you think happens after?”
“What should I do? should I keep her as my concubine and she’ll produce more children for me? Or do I make her my girlfriend and stick with her for a while until I get bored and then discard her like the others before her?”
“Or do I marry her and make her my woman legally and guarantee that our children would not be seen as bastards. I would let her know that I could never love her. I don’t do love”.
I was confused and that rarely happens. I was always in control of my mind and I knew what to do and when to do it.
“Calm down boss. First things first, we need to pay Victoria a visit and find out who’s baby she’s carrying”. Sebastian continued.
“From there we can now know what to do. But then boss if it’s in my position to answer. I’d say for me, let’s say if the baby turns out to be yours, it would be a better option to marry her immediately and keep her close to yourself because knowing Victoria, she will always find her way back to Flynn”. I listened attentively to him.
“Unless she’s placed with the option of him or her baby, if she truly loves the baby, she will pick the baby and stay away from him even if it means living the rest of her life in a loveless marriage with you, as long as her child is safe she will be yours”.
My ego flared at the thought of Victoria being all mine for the rest of her life. As long as she would stay married to me, I would make sure she would never see that driver boy for the rest of his life.
I looked over at Sebastian and said.
“Let’s go pay Victoria a visit. Hand over Matteo to Amara and get the car ready”. I instructed.
He nodded.
“Yes boss”.
Sebastian killed the engine of the car as we arrived at a rundown apartment complex.
I internally wondered if this was where Victoria actually lived, it looked so old and worn out.
That Flynn boy had better not make his presence known while I was here.
Looking at this place from the outside I prayed the child would turn out to be mine so that I could get her out of this gutter and into a place fit for my child to be born.
I wonder what infections were crawling around in this area, this looks like a place for cutthroats and thieves. How has she been surviving here all this time?.
We are alighted from the car and Sebastian locked the doors before we made our way up to the apartment complex.
He knocked at her door while I stood back and waited for her to appear from the other side, after two knocks a voice was heard from inside.
“Babe? Did you forget anything?”. She yelled before opening the door and coming face to face with Sebastian and I.
My anger rose to a million folds as I glared daggers at her.
“Won’t you let us in Victoria? or is it just your babe that is allowed in?”. I mocked her while trying to calm my nerves.
“Sorry sir. Please come in. Welcome”. She gulped before standing aside and letting us in.
It was so small and cramped up but kind of cozy and warm.
“What would you like to take?”. She asked like a good host would.
“We’re here on an important note, Victoria. That would have to be sometime else”. Sebastian responded.
“Ohhh”. She said looking down at the floor.
“Whose baby are you carrying?”. I asked, going straight to the point.
“Sir?”. She was about to cry.
I wasn’t in the mood for this game as I yelled at her loudly causing her to shake.
“Whose child are you fucking carrying?!”. I was very annoyed at her.
“It’s yours sir”. She squeaked out as she covered her mouth in tears and looked at me pleadingly.
“What?”. A voice was heard from the door.