Chapter 109 Promise Fulfilled
Lila POV
It had been three weeks since I told Nico about the pregnancy and since he asked me to marry him, everything still felt surreal.
Even uncle Lucas and his wife were thrilled about the pregnancy, although I still think Mirabel had figured it out the night of the party when she took my champagne glass from me.
As for other people, Nico didn’t want anyone else to know especially with Damon twisted vendetta against his brother, Nico didn’t want to chance Damon finding out about me carrying Moretti Blood inside me. Damon was a twisted son of a bitch, and even I knew Damon would raise ten sorts of hell if he had to find out.
The security around the house has tripled completely leaving no hall, no room, no square inch without eyes and cameras. I’d gotten used to seeing huge men with big guns patrolling the house and grounds of the estate. It was clear that Nico was a man on a mission, and that mission was protecting his family and I'm included.
I still wasn’t allowed off the estate. In fact, I could barely move around without having a shadow behind me. I didn’t like it, and I made sure Nico knew that but it was like talking to a wall. There was no negotiating with him, especially when it came to me and I couldn’t blame him, even though I yearned for a little freedom, just to go out in the world again. It was starting to feel like the entire world just consisted of us. That there was nothing or no one else but us and Damon.
Nico now included me in more business discussions and he also allowed me to witness some of the initiations of new associates, as well as the executions of those who betrayed him and those who betrayed us.
The more I started to become part of the family, the more I embraced my place as a soon-to-be Capo's wife and the more I realized how much power this family had, the more convinced I became that this was where my child and I belonged. The baby growing inside my belly would have everything he or she would ever want, the best of everythingand that was what every mother wanted for her child.
It was clear that Damon was building an army, plotting against Nico because he was power hungry and he wanted to rule, while Nico was still alive, Damon would never have it all and then there was also the threat of Damon bloodlust for me. Even though Nico had pulled the trigger that killed their mother, Damon blamed me, and he would not rest until he had his full revenge against me which was why I accepted the fact that these walls would hold me prisoner for a very long time, at least until the war with Damon was over.
I placed my hand on my belly as I walked past all the painted canvases. I’d spent a lot of time in my studio now. Always painting, thinking and daydreaming of what the future held in store for us.
Since I wasn’t allowed off the estate, Nico gave Doc orders to have everything he would need to assist in me having a healthy pregnancy brought to the house. An entire room was fitted with medical equipment so it wasn’t necessary for us to go into town.
The ultrasound confirmed I was only a few weeks along, but so far everything seemed fine with the little blip on the screen. It was daunting to think that the little shape with a pulsing line on a black and white screen would turn into a fully formed, perfect human being.
Even Nico had changed and sex had changed also, he was now afraid to let out the darkness that brought us together. He was afraid it would somehow affect the pregnancy. At first I thought it would change the bond between us, but it didn’t because making love was just as powerful. In fact, every time we worshipped each other, it felt like we only grew closer, forming something so strong, something no one would ever break but as soon as it was done, he would cradle me in his arms and whisper, “Soon, little pet.”
Those words would set free numerous butterflies inside my stomach, my core tightening, my soul yearning for “ the soon” to come quickly. He made it clear that once our baby was born, he would possess me again. He would give me the relief I craved by allowing it to flow out of me in tears of crimson. He knew I needed it, and that it was something I would always need and he vowed to give it to me, promised me I would never need to do it to myself again but he made me swear that for the duration of the pregnancy we would not take chances, we would not allow our mutual darkness to touch the life growing inside me.
The door opened, and I immediately knew who it was. True to his word, no one was allowed inside my studio without permission not even him. The only problem was, Nico didn’t know how to knock, and he definitely didn’t like the idea of him asking for permission to have access to me, his queen.
“Still not knocking, I see.” I smiled, my back turned to him.
“I regret not excluding myself when I said no one could enter your studio.”
The way my spine started to tingle all the way up to my neck, I knew he was standing really close to me. “All you have to do is knock.”
“Knocking is like asking permission.” His fingers folded around my hips. “And when it comes to you, there’s not a chance in hell I’ll ever ask permission.”
He pulled me closer, and I closed my eyes loving the way his body felt against mine. “Since you walked in yet again without permission, I guess I should address you as master.”
He stiffened, and his cock reacted almost immediately as it pushed against my ass.
He tightened his grip on my hips. “Do not tempt me, woman.”
“It’s only my master who doesn’t need permission when it comes to me.”
A low growl rumbled from his chest, his fingers digging almost painfully into my flesh.
“You know it’s hard enough as it is, little pet, to keep the beast inside me contained. Why would you tempt me?”
I swayed my hips, rubbing my ass against his cock, and it earned me a moan from his lips. “What if I need you to be my master right now?”
“Lila, don’t.”
But I didn't wait for him to turn me down, couldn't wait to have him on me.