The Mafia's Babies by Kaycee Romano (rocket ebook reader txt) 📖

River rolled her eyes as she got into the passenger's seat while Mateo gave his best friend a death glare.

"Ricardo is right, you are a man-child." River said and then gave him a smug look. "And to answer your question, if you had paid attention in Biology class, you would know that marriage is not exactly a requirement."

"Jesus woman, how could you say something so scandalous?" He threw his hand over his mouth while Mateo and River rolled their eyes.

"Know where you are going?" Mateo asked as he buckled up his seat belt.

"Pretty sure it's same place your other cars are going." She gestured to the cars with his men.

Mateo smiled, nodding.

And he followed them through the otherwise deserted roads for some forty-five minutes until they entered the gates, to Lesio Ranch.

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The house - or should I say some Victorian era mansion - was made of rocks. And it was built around a huge tree, which had a platform built to it with rope ladders hanging down.

In short, add a dog and this was Kiara and Lucas' dream home.

It was midnight when they got there, but the whole place was well lit and there were the prettiest yellow fairy lights decorating the tree.

It was just gorgeous.

"Aren't you hungry?" Mateo asked. "You haven't eaten since lunch."

River shook her head. She was used to lack of food. "The kids are going to wake up some five in the morning today so I better get as much as sleep as I can." She said.

He nodded.

He carried the babies to the room which looked like it was hastily put together and cleaned. They tucked them in, taking off their foot-wears and jackets and covering them with the duvets.

"I will take you to your room." He said.

River nodded and kissed her babies on their foreheads and left the room.

Her room was just on the other side of the stairs and Mateo's was across from hers. "Get some rest. I need to check some things out." He said.

She nodded mumbling a "Good night Mateo."

River walked into her room and it had all of her and the kids' luggage in there.

Probably because the staff didn't know whose was which so they must have left it for her to handle.

River sighed as she pulled a duffel bag off the floor and kept it on the bed.

"It's okay River. It's completely okay to not have control over this situation." She said to herself, feeling the panic return. "It's dangerous but it's not something that will change because you wish it does."

She could feel the lump in her throat and a sickening weight on her chest.

"They are going to be fine. They are going to be just fine!!"

The wetness of her cheeks confirmed that she had resorted to full-blown crying but all of her senses were shutting down and all she could really feel was the increasing need for oxygen.

She clenched her teeth and tried to block out her thoughts.

River pushed the bag off the bed; she could live a day without changing into pajamas.

She quickly kicked off her shoes and got under the covers, trying to focus on the throbbing on her back and the tingling on the back of her head.

It was fine.

Everything was going to be just fine.

Nothing was going to happen to her little monkeys.

At least not as long as there was life left in her.

She just needed to figure all the shit out.

And she was positive that Mateo Adesso would do anything in his power to protect their kids too.

Mateo was a nice guy. He was just born into the Mafia. He was a compassionate dumbass. He will be able to protect their children even if she wasn't.

They were going to be fine.

And with all that security, no one was getting anywhere near their children, it was going to be absolutely alright!