Page 145 of Ruthless Mafia Daddy

“Let me take these.” Andre reaches for the flowers. “You’ll knock someone out if you’re not careful.”

Rosa shrugs it off and perches beside me on the bed.

“Rosa, Marco.” I glance between the pair of them. “I’d like you to meet your new niece, Holly Sofia De Luca.”

“After Mom?” Marco asks, moving to stand at the end of the bed, his face a picture of awe as he looks at the baby nestled in my arms.

Andre moves to his side and slings an arm around his brother’s shoulders. “Holly for Lila’s mother, and Sofia for ours. It seemed fitting seeing as they are no longer with us, and we wanted her to know where she came from.”

“It’s a beautiful name.” Rosa’s voice is thick with tears.

I reach out and squeeze her hand. “Would you like to hold her?”

Rosa’s eyes light up, and she nods.

I place Holly in Rosa’s arms before leaning back against the plush pillows, exhaustion threatening to pull me under.

Marco is shaking his head. “I still can’t believe that you pushed a baby out of your?—”

Andre looks a little green as he watches Rosa rock the baby. “Let’s not finish that sentence.”

“For someone who’s had a lot of experience with blood, labor really freaks you out, doesn’t it?”

Marco shudders. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

“I think Marco’s the real baby here, not Holly,” Rosa mutters before handing Holly back to me.

Andre grins. “You’ve got that right.”

He catches my eye and flashes me a wink, causing my cheeks to heat.

With one look, I’m transported back to the night in the bar all those months ago where our paths first collided.

I smile, knowing that despite the journey not being perfect, I will never once regret it as it brought me here, to this room, surrounded by my new family.

“I love you,” I mouth to him.

He whispers it back.

My life has been so full these past six months. I never knew how happy I could be.

And I can’t wait to see the journey with the new addition to the family. The living proof or my love for Andre and his for me.

I look down at her. So beautiful. So peaceful.

Life waiting to happen.

“Welcome to the world, little one,” I whisper.

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