Page 62 of Remember That Time

"I'm in my bedroom."

That's what I was afraid of.

When I reached the bedroom door, my eyebrows road up. The door was barely hanging on the hinges and it looked as if someone had tried to tear it apart with their bare hands.

I tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.

"Gianni?"

A moment later, he appeared in front of the door. I couldn't see all of him because there was part of a door and a dresser in front of him, but my eyes dropped to his stomach anyway.

"Are you okay?" I asked a near whisper. "Is the baby okay?"

"We're fine." Gianni gave me a weak smile. "We're both just a little freaked out. When Doug broke in, he—"

"His name is Lester. Lester Douglas. He's my executive assistant." Well, ex-executive assistant now."

Gianni frowned. "Tony said his name was Doug."

"Tony said?"

"Yeah, he's Tony's ex-boyfriend, the one that was sniffing around in my underwear drawer."

I was going to kill him...just as soon as Gianni and our baby was safe...and maybe after I recovered from the beat down I was going to receive from Frank and Martino.

"Come on, baby, let's get you out of there."

After Gianni pushed the dresser out of the way, I pushed the door open. The moment I was inside the room, I grabbed Gianni and pulled him into my arms.

"I want to go home."

"Just as soon as the police are done talking to us I'm taking you to the hospital for a check-up and then I am taking you back to the penthouse," I whispered into his hair as I pressed my face against his head. "I don't care if we're married or not, but you will live there with me until we decide to buy a house together. I refuse to go through something like this again."

I felt Gianni's arms tighten around me for just a moment before he whispered back, "Okay."

I refused to accept any other answer.

Chapter Eighteen

~ Janos ~

"Thanks for letting me know."

I hung up the phone and turned toward Gianni. I smiled and took a moment to watch him as he pulled a white jumper over our son's head and then down his body. It amazed me sometimes that he and I had made this adorable little baby.

Gianni picked Neo up and settled him on his shoulder, gently patting his back. "Who was that?"

"Oh." I shook myself out of my daze. "That was the prosecutor. He just wanted to let me know that the verdict has finally come in and the sentencing has been decided."

"Oh?"

"After looking at all of the evidence, the judge gave Lester twenty to life."

Gianni's eyebrows lifted. "For blackmail and attempted murder? That seems a little excessive, doesn't it?"

My upper lip curled back in disgust. "He's lucky he didn't get the death penalty." I would have volunteered to flip the switch on his electric chair myself. "He tried to kill you and Neo. He deserves to die."

"Okay, okay." Gianni handed me our son. "It's over and done with now. We're both safe. Let it go."

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