My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 173

Chapter 173: Why... do I feel like you keep rushing things?

Ashley giggled as she leaned against the headboard of the bed, thinking about how Primo had called her. Even she was surprised by how touching it was to be called that. But it had felt magical.

As though she would be able to do anything for the boy.

"Lucian," she turned to him, who was waiting for her verdict. "Do you know Primo just called me his mama?"

Lucian blinked. Was that why she’d been giggling and smiling all night?

"Shocking, right?" She bumped her shoulder against his lightly before drawing back. "I didn’t think I would like it, but... I love it."

She lowered her head, her smile still there. However, her worries were ever-present as well. As she’d said, she didn’t even know how to be a parent. She had never taken care of anyone else in that sense.

"Do you think... I’ll do a good job?" she asked, turning to him again, her expression worried. "I mean, I don’t want to disappoint him."

Lucian studied her face and said quietly, with clear certainty in his voice, "You won’t."

"How so?"

"Because you’re already better than his real mother... and me."

Ashley blinked, her eyes scanning his face. He said that so seriously, and she knew he meant every word.

"You’re not a bad parent," she blurted out quietly, her shoulders sagging. "Anyway, about Emma..."

She trailed off, lost in thought.

Earlier that day, she had been avoiding any topic about Emma until she was ready. She had known they wouldn’t get through the night without discussing it. But now, it wasn’t that she wanted to avoid it. She just couldn’t quite wrap her head around this new information.

Ashley fluttered her lashes slowly, studying Lucian. "You’re... you’re technically Primo’s uncle?" she asked, and he nodded. "Wait. But you didn’t have a sibling."

Even in her first life, she had known Lucian was an only child. It might have been surprising given what kind of organization Dominion originally was. Even so, Ashley had known this much.

Lucian drew a deep breath, settling comfortably against the headboard.

"Emma is a child the previous Don had with his trophy wife," he answered, and that already explained it.

Normally, he would have left it at that. However, because of that habit of his, it had hurt her. So he continued.

"The previous Don only recognized one child, and that was his child with the old madam, but he had a few children with other women," he explained. "Emma is one of them."

Ashley’s mouth parted as she nodded slowly.

"Emma was privileged to live a comfortable life. She could get anything she wanted and never needed to work because her allowance was more than enough to cover her expensive lifestyle," he continued. "However, she was never allowed to exist."

"Huh?"

Lucian glanced at her. "She could do everything she wanted... except be a part of Dominion or the De Luca family. She was not even allowed to enter Dominion’s territory. That was the condition the previous Don and the madam of Dominion set for her."

In other words, Emma could live her life however she pleased, as long as she stayed far from Dominion.

"I met Emma later in life. I won’t say we got along, but somehow, once she figured out I was her brother, she wouldn’t leave me alone," he said, not particularly keen on elaborating about his complicated relationship with Emma.

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