Five Years Later He Still Stares At My Picture
Three months after I gave birth to the Bellini family heir, Matteo, the family's Underboss, finally asked me to marry him.
But I turned him down, gave up my son, and walked away alone.
Matteo dismissed it, confident I was just throwing a tantrum and would come crawling back, still madly in love with him.
He told his men, "She schemed to get pregnant just to become Mrs. Bellini. You think she'd actually walk away?"
Five years later, I was accompanying my husband to a charity gala when a small, unfamiliar boy suddenly rushed over and hugged me.
He hugged me tight and shouted to Matteo, who stood a short distance away, "Papa, I found Mamma! You don't have to spend all night staring at her picture anymore!"
My heart hammered against my ribs. When I looked up, I met Matteo's gaze, his eyes startlingly red.