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“One day we will meet again in hell, Vincent. But you will be there a lot sooner than me.”

I pulled the trigger, blasting his face into an unrecognizable mess of flesh, blood and bones. The scene in front of me was enough to make anyone feel sick. I was lucky the men I had chosen to be here with me were hardened to such sights. At least in front of me, anyway. I threw the gun to the ground and turned to the men standing behind me.

“Do what you need to do. Make sure his body is found, but that it cannot be traced back to us.”

They all bowed their heads in respect to me, and to let me know that my orders would be carried out.

I walked out of the room and headed upstairs to clean up. I had one more visit to make today. One of the most important of my life.

Chapter Thirty-One

GABRIELLA-ROSE

I HAD BEEN BACK in the arms of the men I loved for just over two weeks, and things were just about back to normal. I had spent time with them all, individually and together. We had spent a lot of time talking about what had happened and looking forward to our future together.

I’d spent a lot of time with Gino talking through everything. I didn’t think he would ever stop blaming himself for what had happened, but at least now he was determined to stay with us. I really couldn’t have asked for more from him. He may have thought it was his fault; however, he had nearly given his own life for me.

Hudson and he had also spent their first night together alone, which none of us thought would ever happen. From what Nico and I could gather, a good time was had by both of them. However, neither of them would go into too much detail, much to Nico’s frustration. Overall, everything was wonderful. Well, it would have been if they would have stopped wrapping me up in cotton wool. I constantly had to remind them that I wasn’t ill, just pregnant. Millions of women out there were pregnant and getting along fine. I just wanted to be one of them. Having three overprotective alpha males smothering me all the time was annoying. I felt as though I couldn’t do anything without asking for permission, and it was starting to grate on my nerves.

The only time I felt as though I had a normal life was when I was at work. That was only because I had point-blankly refused to have an assistant. There wasn’t enough work for two people, and if I needed any help, I just grabbed one of the other PAs, who were always happy to give me a hand. It still didn’t mean that I was left alone. Nico and Gino were constantly turning up out of the blue to check on me.

It was a quiet Friday afternoon, as usual. Hudson didn’t have any meetings booked, and Nico was in his office talking to him about something. I had a sneaking suspicion it was something to do with Thanksgiving, as it was only a week away. But I wasn’t allowed to be involved. Why? Because pregnant women need to rest over the holidays.

I was almost pulling my hair out with boredom every evening and weekend. I had even taken up crochet to make a blanket for Munchkin just to have something to do. If it hadn’t been for Gino taking me out for walks in the park, I would probably have gone insane by now. Even then, I’d had to get Monica to contact Hudson to tell him it was good for me to walk as long as someone was with me.

Gino thought I hadn’t noticed all the extra security around us. I knew they were there, though. They had always been there even before Vincent had taken me. I just appreciated that he didn’t make it as obvious as Hudson and Nico. Whenever I went out with them, I was surrounded by men. I was sure some people thought I was some kind of A-list superstar whenever I went out.

Part of me would be glad when Munchkin was born because then my life would mean something. I would have to look after and care for my new child. Currently, I felt as though I was useless. I heard the elevator door open and expected to see Gino walking into the office. However, to my surprise, Viktor walked in.

I got up from my chair and placed a hand on my stomach. “Hey, Munchkin, look who is here to see us. It’s Dedushka Viktor.” Grandpa Victor.

A shocked look came over his face at my use of Russian. I wanted to learn a little so that my child could communicate with Viktor in his own language.

“Malyshka, what’s all this about me being Grandpa Viktor?”

I walked up to him and placed my arms around him, giving him a kiss on the cheek. “Viktor, you are the closest person I have that I can call a father. I want my children to have a grandfather in their lives who is close to them. I would love for it to be you, and for you to spend time with us when the baby is born. I know it will be difficult, what with you being a mafia boss, but I am sure we can work something out.”

A tear fell down his face. Hudson had already told me that his wife and daughter had both been killed and that I was around his daughter’s age. I wanted him to feel he had a second family here if he wanted one.

“Malyshka, you really do not realize how happy this makes me. Now, before this old man turns to complete mush, I need to speak to you all. Are Hudson and Nico here? I know Gino isn’t, but I’m sure you can let him know what I have to say.”

I gave him a smile and nodded. I started to walk toward Hudson’s office and knocked on the door. When Hudson said I could go in, I opened the door, and Viktor and I walked in.

“Viktor has something he needs to tell us all.”

Nico and Hudson got up from their seats and greeted Viktor. It was a regular occurrence now for Viktor to turn up unannounced. I guessed he just wanted to come and check on me, but he always came up with some excuse. This was the first time he had been here since he’d rescued me from Vincent, though. We had spoken on the phone, but that was it. I did wonder why he hadn’t been, but Nico just told me not to think about it. There were some things that I didn’t need or want to know. He suspected that this was one of those times, and I wasn’t going to argue.

“Would you like a drink, Otets?”

Viktor smiled at me again, shaking his head in disbelief. “Thank you, malyshka. I would love one.”

Both Nico and Hudson still had full glasses in front of them, so I quickly fixed Viktor’s drink and then went to sit down next to Hudson on the sofa.

“So what can we do for you today, then, Viktor? I’m sure this isn’t just a social visit to make sure we are looking after Rosa.” Nico, as usual, was the one to get right to the point.

He never messed around when it came to Viktor. I guessed because they were both mafia men, they always suspected that there was something behind a chance meeting.

Viktor chuckled to himself before he started to talk. “Well, I do like to make sure my malyshka is being treated right. However, you are correct. I do have a more important matter to speak about. Or should I say person? Vincent Forbes-Stuart.”