HIS ITALIAN WIFE( HIW BK 2)

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER TWO

I tucked Francis in his bed and sat by his bedside, watching my baby sleeping. He looked so peaceful unlike me who was a trembling mess of anger inside. There was no one who was so innocent about life like a young baby. They don’t get hurt or feel betrayed by people they loved. The events of three nights ago floated into my brain.

“Hello, Lana. It’s been a few years,” she smirked.

“Y-you are out of prison,” I stuttered. She looked too great for someone who had supposedly just been out of prison.

“I’ve been out for two years. Andrew bailed me out. I’m pretty sure you know that already since you are now his fiancée,” she sneered.

When I glanced at Andrew, a guilty expression was painted on his face.

“Is this true hun?” I questioned softly. Even though deep down I already knew what answer to expect, I still wanted to hear it from his lips.

“Can we talk about this later?” He was nervous and I could tell it right it off him.

“No. I want to talk it now. Did you bail her out?”

“Yes but I can explain babe,”

“Explain what Andrew? That you bailed out the woman who almost killed my baby and hired someone to kill me? That you bailed out your ex from jail? I could have died Andrew. Twice; she tried to kill me twice. You know what? Just get out of my sight!” I snapped, refusing to shed a tear.

As I rushed to my office, I caught a contented smirk painted on Rose’s face and it made me sick to the stomach.

“I still can’t believe our little baby is three years already,” Andrew said from the door, pulling me off my train off thoughts.

I stood up, brushed past him out of the door. As I walked into our bedroom, I heard Andrew coming in after me.

“So what? You are not going to talk to me? Its been f*****g three days Lana,”

“When were you going to tell me that she had been out of prison for two years now? Or that you were the one who bailed her out?” I finally questioned.

“This was exactly what I was avoiding. I knew if I told you about it, you would overreact,” he said.

“You call this overreacting? That woman tried to kill me and my baby. It is a miracle that we are both alive at this moment. And you want to know why your ex went psycho on me? It’s because I was in love with you,” I pointed out.

“Come on Lana. We both know she could not have gone psycho on you if it weren’t for us. I called off the wedding because of you,” That made all wheels my brain grind to a halt. Did he just…?

“Are you defending her right now Andrew for wanting to kill me and my baby? And are you seriously blaming me for it?” My voice was soft and hurt. That was the last thing I expected to hear from him. He was supposed to be defending me and not her. Yes, apart of me still condemned myself for hurting her but that was not a reason to come after me. She could have gone after Andrew but not once did she hurt him.

“Babe it’s not like that,” he answered lamely.

“Then what is it Andrew? Explain to me exactly what you meant when you claimed the only reason, she went all psycho on me was because you had to call off the wedding for me? Did I ask you to break it off with her? Definitely no Andrew. In fact, if my memory serves me well, I begged you over and over again not to cancel it but you would not listen. So many times I pushed you away but you still came after me,”

“Look Lana, I’m not going to apologize or feel guilty for bailing her out. We hurt her Lana and the guilt had been killing me. Before all of this, Rose was a very good person and whether you like it or not, it was the pain we caused her that changed her,”

“Are you being serious right now?”

“Yes. I’m very serious. I’ve known Rose longer than I’ve known you. She may be my ex but deep down, I know she is a good person. She has a good heart and neither you or any other person is going to make me believe otherwise, okay?”

I stared at the man before me. It was like I didn’t know him at all. This was not the same Andrew I had been dating for almost four years now. This one right here, completely defending a woman who almost killed me, was a different person I’d never met.

I shook my head, picked my cell phone, then walked back to my son’s room, making sure I locked the door behind me. I sat by Francis’ bed, watching my him breathing as he slept. He was the most adorable kid and for him I’d tolerate anything. The worst part of the night was staying awake the entire time, hoping Andrew would come knocking but nothing of that sort happened. Resigning to the fact that he was not going to come apologize, I picked my cell phone, going through my contact list and wondering who would still be awake at two in the morning. My gaze fell on Nick’s name and hesitance hit me.  I could not possibly call the one guy I flat right rejected when he confessed to being in love with me. The one guy who was really trying to keep his distance because he didn’t want to ruin my relationship with Andrew. Sighing I kept on looking and incidentally my eyes caught Lilly’s name. I was still not over her betrayal but I could not deny the fact that I actually missed her. She had not just been my best friend and housemate, she had been like a sister to me. Exhaling deeply, I switched off my phone. Sure, we’ve had our fights just like normal couples but this time it had been different. Andrew had almost seemed angry yet I was the one who was hurt.