Page 175 of His Cursed Heart

"Did you know?" My question doesn't surprise him.

"Since I found out she is pregnant."

"And you just left me there with him? With the man you hated your entire life?"

"Althea," Mamma tries to talk, but Makhim puts his hand on her shoulder, stopping her.

"I kidnapped you four times." It's all he says.

Me and Everette look at him with wide eyes, letting him explain himself.

"Once when you were two months old, and the other three times for your three first birthdays. On papers, you were his, and as much as I fucking wanted to keep you and start a war with him, I couldn't risk my son."

Fucking great.

Another brother.

One that no one knows how he looks.

"I was ready to share you as long as I had a place in your life. I will regret until the day I die that I never fought for you and left you in there."

I nod, feeling a headache forming. When I realized he could be my father, I never actually thought we will discuss this.

"I don't know how much you'll believe me, but I'm sorry for letting you there. I'm sorry that I didn't fight for you when everything I wanted was for you to be safe."

I feel so tired, all I want to do is sleep and get out of this room.

Everette sees my change of spirit and respectfully, thank God, tells my parents to let me rest. Mamma nods and lowers her head to kiss my forehead.

"Ti amo." She whispers and lets Makhim to lead her outside.

My body softens when the door shuts. I just need a few days off from this mess. I didn't come back to put myself in much stress than I was before.

I turn my head and look at Everette who is still caressing my leg. His head lowers and I part my lips when he closes the distance between us. He kisses me slowly, but in a desperate way.

Be still my beating heart.

I move my lips away from his, whispering lowly. "I can't stay here anymore, Everest."

He pecks my lips again, my chest hurting when I see the softens of his green eyes.

"Then let's go home, baby."

About a month later

"Ready?" Althea laughs while holding a Spiderman cake in one hand, and a lighter in the other. She lights up the five candles, her excited face making me laugh.

It's almost six in the morning, the cold morning of October making us shiver. We are in front of Vince's bedroom, waiting for the perfect moment to barge into and scare the shit out of him.

"I've waited for this day since I met him." I grab the confetti thing from my back pocket, stealing a kiss from Althea.

"We aren't going to scare him on his birthday, Everest!" She demands, looking sexy as hell.

That's what she thinks.

I take out a mini trumpet also from my back pocket, smirking like crazy. He's going to be so mad at me, and I can't wait to see his reaction when he realizes that we are back.

The first two weeks after Althea left from the hospital were full of laughter, joy and everything more. We are living on a cloud and I'm ready to fight tooth and nail to keep us like this. Last week, until now, I stole Althea and left for a week and a half in our

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