Page 61 of Mafia King's Surprise Baby

He looks utterly confused. “Huh?”

“B?” she calls.

I take this as my cue to step out into the open space.

Mattia frowns. It’s obvious he’s not recognizing me. I’m still wearing the features-altering makeup. With the bangs andstraight bob, I must really be unrecognizable as my own brother isn’t putting two and two together.

But then again, he thinks I’m dead.

“Bérénice?” he asks, face still scrunched.

It’s time. I must come out of the shadows.

“Hi, Mattia,” I say.

He blinks. Even after a few times, he still seems stunned.

“B…Bianca?” he finally asks. “You’re alive?”

I nod. “Yes.”

“And all this time…?”

I know what he means. All this time, I was pretending to be Bérénice.

“Yes,” I say.

“I thought I heard you on the phone,” he mutters.

He still looks confused, then his face starts turning red. Confusion gives way to anger, and I know he’s about to blow his top.

Enzo chooses this moment to run into the kitchen and slam into my legs. “Pizza here?”

All of our gazes turn to him. I glance back at my brother. His face is getting redder now, mouth opening and closing as if he can’t find the words. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife so much it’s thick.

“Is this…?” he asks.

“My son. Yes.”

He frowns and narrows his eyes on me. “Leo’s.”

There’s no point denying it. Anyone who knows Leo will be able to see the insane resemblance. “Yes.”

“Damn it, Bianca—”

“Not in front of the kid,” Hana whispers to him, a hand on his arm.

He turns icy eyes onto her, then shrugs her hand off as he curses in Italian. It’s like he can’t bear to look at us, and indeed, he storms out of the room, opening the sliding doors to the deck and stepping out. I can see him screaming his frustration out there, the automatic door having closed making the interior soundproof.

My lower lip is trembling as I turn to Hana.

“This is worse than we expected,” I tell her softly.

She sighs. “Give him time.”

“That’s a luxury I don’t have.”

She places a hand on my shoulder. “I know my husband. He’s quick to anger, but he cools down just as easily. Give him a moment, then go talk to him.”

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