Page 121 of Mafia Billionaire's Surprise Baby

When Gia lies, her words are too smooth. It’s almost like her body lies too well.

I know the real Gia now.

So I know she’s lying.

“Gia. You know you can tell me anything,” I say softly.

I probably screwed something up. She’s probably panicking about the endless honeymoon we’ve been on. It’s been a lot, I know, especially for her.

But I also thought that maybe, it was okay.

Maybe the sex was… compelling enough to keep Gia from freaking out.

Mostly, I was sure that we were having a good time.

Until this moment.

“We need to talk,” Gia whispers.

That makes my heart sink. “What?”

“We need to talk, Sal. I think we should go back to New York.”

“As we were planning to do.”

“Tomorrow.”

I blink. “What’s this about, Gia?”

“Nothing. We’ve just been away for a long time and we need to go back. It’s time,” she says firmly.

“What do you mean, Gia?”

She holds her shoulders back. “I mean that we’ve been hanging out, and it’s been fun, right?”

Fun?

That word is dangerous. It’s the type of word that people use to let other people down easily when they don’t want to take accountability for their own shit.

I’m just having fun right now.

We’re having fun, aren’t we?

Let’s just have fun together.

I narrow my eyes. “Having fun,” I repeat dully.

“Yeah. The past month… it’s been really fun. But Sal, what are we doing?”

“What do you mean, Gia?”

She sighs and plops down on the bed. “I mean, where is this going. Because the minute we get back to New York, everything is going to go back to normal.”

“What is normal?” I growl at her.

“You know,” she waves a hand at me. “I’m going to take over for Elio in a month when Caterina has the babies. I need to be able to pivot. I need to be able to…”

“Flirt. Fuck. Do the things you need to in order to get what you want,” I say bitterly. “I’m absolutely certain, Gia, that you’ve told me this before.”

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