Page 76 of Unwilling Vow (Mafia Marriages 4)

“She’s so tiny,” Jace says. His gaze moves from his daughter back up to me. “How are you doing?”

“Other than Luka’s men nabbing me off the street?” I’m still bitter about the ordeal, but they brought me to the hospital.

It could have gone a lot worse.

Worry ebbs at me. Is it over with them? Will they be back to come after the little girl or me?

We’re given a few moments of privacy. One of the nurses is across the room caring for another preemie, paying us little attention.

I pin Jace with my stare. “Is it true?” I ask in a hushed whisper. I need to know this little girl will be safe with him.

His brow tightens. “Is what true?”

I nod for him to lean closer.

He follows my silent instruction.

“Everything that Luka told me, that you’re with the mafia, you burned down my house, and killed my family.”

I don’t want it to be true. I’m wordlessly begging him to tell me Luka is a liar and trying to manipulate me and turn me against Jace.

Jace glances down at my exposed chest. He’s not so much gazing at me feeding the little girl in my arms, but something else.

I straighten my back as I’m seated with the little girl against my chest, latched on as she feeds. “Tell me the truth. I deserve it, Jace.”

“It’s not what you think.”

I laugh at the absurdity of his statement. Isn’t that what they always say? “That’s an excuse. So, it’s true?”

Jace grimaces. His eyes darken his mood changes with it. “What I’ve done in the past doesn’t concern you.”

“It does when you’ve murdered my husband and my son!”

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