Mine, Always • Ari Levinson

Mama, I'm In Love With A Criminal 💕

Mama. I'm in Love with a Criminal

Summary: After a having a dream of your mom, your own motherly instincts start to kick in as you get closer and closer to giving birth to your first baby with Ari.

Warnings: trauma from broken mother/daughter relationship, bribery, Curtis's mean look.

Takes Place: we're in July 2020 — two months after Oh Baby!🍼

~ Y/n ~

Snapping my earrings in, I take another deep breath to avoid crying.

This pregnancy really has brought out a more sensitive side to me, I'm not normally so quick to show my emotions but here my baby was messing up my hormones.

My shallow breath leaves my mouth as I pick up my second earring, it was beautiful out, hopefully to give us enough luck and positive vibes to what I was going to do today.

Seeing my mom after a year of no contact at all is going to be hard, and I've been mentally preparing myself when Ari suggested we'd go to her house and meet her there.

Because she declined our offer to meet for dinner or lunch a year ago. Where I just wanted her to meet Ari, my boyfriend, but she wasn't interested at all.

I don't know why she's acting like this, she doesn't know Ari at all...not yet.

Unless someone has told her about my whereabouts and how I now live in a nice, luxurious mansion in midtown with my rich boyfriend.

Today I'm throwing it all out there, including the fact that she's going to be a grandma. I hope once I tell her that, it'll provide for anesthesia when I tell her that Ari is...a mafia man.

And also King of New York.

And may or may not be some kind of criminal...ever since our first date I don't really know the complete attributes to Ari's job.

I know the surface stuff, like the gross amount of money he has as well as the way he's first to look into the direction of violence if anyone crosses him.

It'll be fine, I keep telling myself. She will understand and be accepting, it's a lot being thrown at her so some kind of dramatic reaction is expected but I still hope her love for me will outweigh...anything.

"Ari is in the car, waiting for you."

Paul, aka Disco, comes to find me, chewing his minty gum. Ever since I met him I've never seen him without his dark shades or without gum in his mouth.

He's an ex-policeman who turned to work for Ari full time.

"DON'T RUSH ME!" My eyes water, and my hand shakes as I clasp my second earring in.

Paul flinches, a bit concerned and most importantly scared for his life. He looks at my growing bump, and then back to me watching myself attentively through the mirror fighting my tears.

"I'm sorry." Quickly he apologizes, "I just wanted to let you know. Do...do you want me to go get him?"

Mindful of my sorrow state, I nod at him, the tears rolling down my face ruining the makeup I put on just minutes ago.

It's a pretty summer day, so I'm wearing a summer mini dress, and my hair is loosely curled.

No heels, because this baby grew out of nowhere a couple days ago and my ankles are swelling up. Paul calls through the walkie to notify my boyfriend that I need him.