Page 147 of The Devil's Fire

Althaia collapsed on top of me as we caught our breath, our bodies covered in a light coat of sweat.

“Fuck, baby. You know how to empty my balls.” I breathed heavily.

“That’s how I ended up pregnant.” She snickered tiredly, making me chuckle with her.

She closed her eyes and gently cupped my cheek, her thumb tracing soft patterns on my skin.

After what felt like an eternity, I had finally found happiness. She had breathed new life into my existence, filling it with new meaning.

She was my missing piece.

forty-six

Althaia

“Trust me, Damiano. I’m fine to go to work. I’ve even slept so much that I’m awake this early.” I said as I got dressed.

“Keep it closed.” Damiano had a frown on his face as he sat on the end of the bed.

“You’re a businessman. You, out of all people, should know that it’s bad for business if I just keep it closed.” I raised a brow and walked towards him. I stepped in between his legs and his hands rested right on my ass.

“I will write a check for your losses. Keep it closed.” He insisted.

“Look at you; throwing money at the problem.” I laughed.

“Usually works.” He smirked.

“Yeah? Well, it doesn’t work for me. People have their orders ready, and I kind of need to be there to hand them their purchases.” I pointed out.

“You’re pregnant. You shouldn’t be working at all.”

“It doesn’t mean I can’t work. You know what, I’m not even going to discuss this with you anymore.” I shook my head, but still smiled. We had been going over this ever since I said I was going to work.

“The minute you get tired, you’re closing.” Damiano ordered firmly.

“Fine.” I agreed to it just so he would drop it already.

“Good.”

I took a step back, but Damiano pulled me back into him. He didn’t say anything and raised my shirt to place a kiss on my stomach.

I couldn’t help but break into a wide grin at his actions. He was already obsessed with my stomach even though I wasn’t showing yet, and always wanted to touch me more than he usually did. And I didn’t mind it one bit.

A knock sounded on the door, and I already knew it was Luca and Giovanni coming with breakfast. I was slowly getting my appetite back, and I had pretty much demanded a long list of food I wanted. I had to add a ‘please’ and some cute emojis at the end of my long message to Luca because it sounded very bossy.

“I might have gotten carried away with the food…” My eyes went wide when I saw the coffee table that was now made into a whole breakfast buffet. All three of them just stared at the pile of food I ordered.

“No judgment from me, but can you eat all that?” Luca looked kind of both shocked and impressed at the same time.

“No! What do you think I am? I just didn’t know what I wanted, and it turned out I wanted everything.” I laughed. “Oh well, get comfortable and eat!”

I settled on the couch with Damiano sitting next to me and Luca and Giovanni in the armchairs in front of us.

“What are you doing?” Giovanni frowned as I took a sip of my iced caramel macchiato, my favorite drink.

“Drinking?” I said as if it wasn’t obvious.

“You can’t have that.” He got up and snatched it out of my hand before I could even react.

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