After reaching into his pocket, my father produced a knife. Whimpering, I attempted inching away from him as greatest I might. “That is additionally no solution to deal with your future spouse,” he stated as he started to chop via my binds.

On the point out of Carmine’s future spouse, I recoiled. “I’m a married lady, Father. Though I wasn’t married in a church, it was by a priest, and it was consummated,” I countered.

Hate simmered inside the sneer he shot at me. “Marriages are simply annulled.”

When he completed with my palms, he handed the knife to Carmine. It didn’t shock me in any respect that my father noticed it beneath him to kneel earlier than me. He nonetheless noticed himself because the omnipotent capo. Carmine’s expression informed me he felt the identical approach, however he was left with no selection.

Wincing, I introduced my arms round my physique from the again of the chair earlier than I rubbed my aching wrists. As soon as Carmine completed with my legs, I rolled my toes, attempting to get some feeling again in them.

Earlier than I might get my bearings, Carmine grabbed me by the waist and dragged me to my toes. Though I swayed, I refused to achieve out for Carmine. He dipped his head to the place his rancid cigar breath scorched in opposition to my cheek. “I’m afraid we’re going to should skip the nuptials and go straight for the consummation.”

I stared previous him to my father. “You possibly can’t significantly be supporting him on this insanity.”

“Carmine wants a son and inheritor. Whereas we work on getting your marriage annulled, he can get you pregnant. Then you definitely’ll marry him.”

Oh God. This couldn’t be occurring. How might each of them be so delusional? The ideas of putting up with Carmine raping me repeatedly despatched bile dashing to my throat. “There’s no approach you may make any of this authorized. Neither Callum nor I’d conform to ending our marriage.”

My father’s brows shot up. “Absolutely you don’t doubt my skills or the ability of my alliances?” Once I didn’t reply, he took a handkerchief from his pocket. Though I attempted jerking away from him, he introduced the material to my cheek to wash my wounds. “Forging signatures is little one’s play for a person like me. Regardless of what you assume, my title nonetheless holds respect and energy. There are nonetheless judges and regulation enforcement in my pocket.”

He jerked a chin at Carmine. “Not solely am I nonetheless a really {powerful} man, so is my underboss. With the wedding of his daughter to the pakhan of the Jersey Bratva’s son, we’ve unified a really sturdy and profitable alliance.”

I recoiled in horror as I believed in regards to the teenage woman who was as soon as to be my step-daughter. “However Allegra isn’t even eighteen but.”

Carmine gave me a shark-like grin. “It doesn’t matter if a mother or father provides consent.”

My lips curled in disgust at his response. “She deserves higher.”

“I’m glad to see you’re caring in your future daughter,” Carmine retorted.

I tore my gaze from his again to my father. “When you marry me off to him on this hairbrained scheme, no matter was fractured between you and Rafe won’t ever be mended.”

“I’ve no use for Rafe or his traitorous brothers…” He pointed to my abdomen. “Your son will inherit the Neretti legacy.”

My palms protectively flew to cowl my stomach to attempt to defend my child from his heinous plot. Trembling wildly, I attempted to think about any approach out of the present hell I confronted. I hoped and prayed that Callum had managed to trace me down, and that he would in some way save me.

Carmine licked his lips whereas staring down at me. “Can I take her now, Alessio?”

“Be fast about it. After the cargo arrives for Mikita, we’re heading to the protected home in New York.”

With a lecherous grin, Carmine grabbed my arm and started to pull me away. My abdomen churned once I imagined him placing his palms on different elements of my physique. I wished to avoid wasting myself, however on the similar time, I didn’t need any hurt to come back to my child. Though I attempted clamping my hand down on my mouth, the panicked scream tore via me and echoed off the partitions. “I’m already pregnant!”

Carmine froze. “You lie.”

Part of me wished to inform him I had. That I might endure him violating me if it meant my child would stay protected. However as a substitute, I furiously shook my head. “You possibly can name the Kavanaugh’s OBGYN. I used to be there at the moment. I’m six weeks pregnant.”

Carmine whirled us round to the place we confronted my father. Disgust radiated off of him. Though it pained me to take action, I sank to my knees. “Please, Father, in the event you let me go and abandon this horrible thought, I’ll be sure that no hurt involves you. On the lifetime of my little one, I swear to you that I’ll dealer a peace between you and Callum. No matter how you are feeling about Rafe and my brothers, there is usually a peace and alliance with the Kavanaugh’s. Consider the ability you’d maintain then. You’ll actually be unstoppable.”

For a second, he gave the impression to be weighing my phrases. I prayed with every part inside me that he would settle for my supply. When he closed the hole between us, I held my breath. “I would like nothing to do with any alliance that includes that mick son of a bitch you’ve unfold your legs for.”

Because the hope drained from my physique, my chest caved in agony. Tears stung my eyes. “Please, Father.”

After grabbing me by the arm, he jerked me to my toes. His merciless sneer precipitated my abdomen to clench. “I suppose we’ll simply have to make sure you lose the child, gained’t we?”

Terror the likes I’d by no means recognized cascaded over me as my arms wound round my stomach. Why had I been so silly and revealed my being pregnant? I might’ve endured the rape to make sure my little one was protected. I’d’ve endured something. However now, my father–my very own flesh and blood–was going to kill the kid inside me.

He shoved me into Carmine’s arms. “Deal with it.”

“Coward!” I spat. The phrases had barely escaped my lips when Carmine’s fist related with my stomach. A scream tore from me as I sank to my knees. Desperately, I attempted to defend my abdomen from Carmine’s fists. My defensive exertions left each of us panting.

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