Marked For Crime Royalty| Book One | ✓

45 - False Betrayal

Teresa's eyes popped open and just as quick, she jumped out the bed, and ran into the restroom, and all her morning sickness came up into the toilet as she coughed, hating the awful taste in her mouth.

With her hand on the counter, she held herself up and then she felt her hair being lifted and she knew Adriano was in there with her. He rubbed her back and her eyes closed, taking a second to breathe. She heard the water running and then she was handed a damp towel as she sat back, wiping her mouth.

"Are you okay?" He questioned, concerned and she nodded, flushing the toilet.

"Just another disadvantage of being pregnant" She laughed, standing up and grabbing her toothbrush.

"Well come when you're done" He kissed her cheek, walking away.

She brushed her teeth over three times, wanting to make sure any taste or smell of the vomit was rid of. She washed her face, including brushing her hair.

After she was finished, she walked into the kitchen, sitting on the stool and he placed something down in front of her. Grabbing the bottle , she saw that they were gummies. Turning the plastic bottle, it read Prenatal.

She giggled and then a small bowl of strawberry yogurt was placed in front of her with a granola bar and some water.

"C'mon take your vitamins" He said, nudging the bottle and with a giggle, she took two of them out and ate them, grateful they didn't taste bad. Of course they wouldn't, there gummies.

She feels better now as she sucked the last of the yogurt off the spoon. She smiled, rubbing her stomach as if she had a bump but she seemed not to be able to stop since she found out she was pregnant.

Adriano walked out of her room, with his head down, his eyebrows furrowing as he stared at his phone. Putting the top on the bottle water, she questioned him and he looked up at her saying, "He's home if you-" He didn't get to finish before she got up and ran into her room, slamming her door and going into her closet.

She couldn't wait to see him.

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Luciano looked up from his phone as he heard knocks on his door and he got up, walking downstairs just to see Laura had answered it and he made it down, his designer watching him and Laura finding his eyes and moving back. He smiled, giving the woman, his designer also named Michelle a brief hug before inviting her in. He realized Laura closed the door, confusing him.

"Dove si trova? " (Where is he?) He questioned, referring to her assistant, also the one who was going to help Laura.

"È un po' in ritardo. Non c'è bisogno di preoccuparsi" ( He is running a bit late, no need to worry) She assured and he trusted her word for it. He stared at Michelle, "Why so early?" He questioned and she giggled.

"Luciano, it's 3 in the afternoon" She said and his eyebrows lifted. He didn't realize he slept in. Apologizing, he gestured to Laura, introducing her as a friend, and not his ex. Laura rolled her eyes, walking away and Luciano gestured for Michelle to follow.

She laid her things on his bed as she waited for him to gather himself.

"We weren't scheduled for another three weeks. Why the sudden change?" She questioned and he stepped out, wiping his face with a towel.

He set it down on his dresser. "I miei abiti precedenti sono ricoperti da una certa fragranza e un mio amico è allergico ad esso. Asma indotto da allergia". (My previous outfits are covered in a certain fragrance and a friend of mine is allergic to it. Allergy induced asthma.)

" You know how I would take it seriously rather than washing them and not completely ridding them of the essence." He explained and she nodded, without any questions asked. He decided to refer to Teresa as a friend simply because no one needed to know who she was, most of his men didn't even know. That way if it were to spread who she was, only a certain amount of people would have known, only a certain amount of people he would have to kill.