Page 178 of The Devil's Fire

“You’re having a baby?!” He tightly embraced her, lifting her off the ground while shouting with happiness as Althaia laughed at his reaction.

My fingers twitched. I had to resist the urge to snatch her away from his grasp, reminding myself that it was only Raffaele. Arianna had lashed out at me, claiming that my possessiveness had no limits, all because I dared to get annoyed when Lorenzo embraced her.

Brother or not, I didn’t like other men touching her.

“Holy shit, you’re going to be parents!” Raffaele said as he finally let go of her, barely believing the news. “Congrats, man! I’m really happy for you.” He expressed his congratulations by giving me a firm pat on the back.

“Thank you.” I replied, pulling Althaia back to me.

Raffaele went back to her mother, placing an arm around her shoulders. Jacinta took a deep breath to calm down. She was done dealing with his shit today.

“Can you believe our daughter is going to have a baby?” Raffaele smiled big at her. She rolled her eyes and tried to get away, but he held her firmly.

“If you don’t let go of me right now, I will smack you.” Jacinta threatened him.

“La mia bella rosa, you know me so well already. I enjoy getting smacked.” He wiggled his brows.

I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose. I had no idea what his game was, but he told me to trust him. He better have a good plan for all the shit he was doing, and it wasn’t one of his games to get her into bed with him.

“Raffaele! Stop being disgusting and leave my mom alone!” Althaia marched over and pushed him away, coming to her mother’s rescue as she let out a breath of relief.

“Your mother is hot! I can’t help it!” Raffaele continued to annoy the shit out of them, chasing them while they tried to escape him.

Arianna fell in step with me, and I looked at Lorenzo, signaling him to follow them with Cara to leave us alone.

“What did you find out?” I asked once they were out of hearing distance.

“Turns out her parents had an arranged marriage. Jacinta got married off because her father didn’t have a male heir to take over, and you know what that means.”

I nodded as we walked at a slow pace. Althaia’s grandfather from her mother’s side was some kind of mob boss, meaning Jacinta knew this world way better than I initially thought.

The moment I learned Althaia was alive, I quickly skimmed through her family history on her mother’s side. Since they were a small family and all were deceased, I had no interest in them, as they were of no concern.

Now it was worth looking more into it to see if any of their old associates were in contact with Jacinta.

“Jacinta admitted they never loved each other, but had to make it work for the sake of their families.”

“I see. Anything else?” I looked at her when she hesitated. “What is it?”

“… Althaia knows you were engaged.” She muttered. My body tensed, and I could feel the heat of anger rising inside me.

“Did you fucking tell her?” I sneered, clenching my fists.

“Do you take me for an idiot? I was just as surprised as you are!”

“How does she know? Does she know anything else?” I asked in frustration.

“I don’t know.” Arianna sighed. “She caught me off guard when she revealed it, and then she got suspicious of how I reacted.”

“Fucking hell.” I rubbed my jaw in annoyance.

“She only knows that you were engaged, but not any details about Sienna.” She tried to reassure me. I rolled my neck, trying to relieve the tightness in my muscles.

Did her mother tell her? No, it couldn’t be if she had known for a while. Who the fuck told her about Sienna? My frown deepened as nothing came to mind.

“Damiano, she said she has known for a while.” Arianna continued. “Don’t you think it’s time you tell her?” She asked softly, almost carefully.

“No.” I said immediately.

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