Chapter 396. Do You Doubt My Capo?

Proserpina

Lucien was beside me in a minute. Dimly, I felt his arms around me, and I leaned into him.

I was getting too tired for these emotional ups and downs, said a faraway voice in my mind as I breathed in and out, focusing on bringing my laboured breathing under control.

“Wife, WOMAN!’ he growled, but I could hear the concern in his rough voice, ‘Proserpina.’

I held his arm, clutching it, leaning into him as I whispered, and opening my eyes to find his drawn and worried face beside me. A large hand was on my swollen belly, protective and concerned.

“Go on.’, I said in a firmer tone.

His eyes met Claude’s over my head, I could sense it though I had not lifted my head. Raising my head, my lips brushing against his harsh jaw, I said,

“Lucien, please.’

I had swivelled around to look at him, appealingly, my eyes riveted on his, begging him not to hide anything from me.

He kissed me gently on my mouth lingeringly,