Chapter 119 - Delicate Situation

Salvatore closed his eyes in despair and took a deep breath to calm himself down. He was such an incompetent brother. But what was the benefit of self-blaming now? 

"Mr. Marino, Persephone had been under a lot of stress. And pregnancy always tends to make emotions more unstable. You must understand her condition. It was quite lucky that my brother was there. If he wasn't there, not only one but two lives would have lost the chance to live a peaceful and beautiful life," Valencia told Salvatore, who much to her disbelief looked at her in utter horror. 

"Pregnancy?" Sophia caught the word. 

"Yeah, Persephone is pregnant," Valencia announced. 

Everyone fell silent all of a sudden after hearing the good news. 

"I take it you were not aware," Valencia said. 

"We sure were not," Nico whispered. 

….

When Persephone gained consciousness, she found her lying on a foreign bed in a very unfamiliar room. She winced as she felt her head hurting. Looking around at the room, she found that she wasn't familiar with this place. 

Since her bladder was about to give up, she stood up with a jerk and ran towards the washroom. When she came out of the washroom after several minutes, she heard some familiar yet unfamiliar voices. 

"Mom, why can't I meet her?" A very familiar sulking voice said. "I know Percy is inside. I heard uncle Cam talking to Sophia and Belle. I will just take a peek at her and come back." 

"Santiago, I told you no. Get ready, Uncle Cam will drop you at school, " Valencia said. 

"But mom, today is the weekend. How can you forget my favorite days of the week?" She could sense a pout on his lips. 

Persephone laughed when he heard him. 

Wait a moment, what was she doing in their house? 

She looked around to find where she was. But suddenly the scene of last night came haunting her once again. 

"Oh my God," She whispered and fell on the floor. "How can I do this? How can I do this to my baby?"

She felt tears wetting her cheek. "I'm sorry, baby. Mama was so stupid. So idiot. How did I ever think of hurting you? Please, don't hate mama." 

"That boy saved you. I will never be able to thank you enough, " She whispered thinking about Cameron. When she felt a knock on the door, she wiped her face and laid on the bed under the cover. 

A few moments later, the door opened, and in entered, a smiling Valencia. When she saw Persephone awake, her smile widened. "How are you feeling now?"

"You are giving me doctor vibes, Valencia," Persephone tried to joke but she was in no position to joke. 

Valencia chuckled. "That's because I am a doctor."

"Really?" Persephone was shocked. Look at her luck? 

Valencia nodded with a smile. 

"Is my baby okay?"Persephone whispered after a while. Her eyes were shining with tears. 

Valencia's smile slimmed and Persephone's worry rose. "For now. Sweetie, you are not allowed to be so stressed. You need to talk to someone. If you kept on stressing, you may affect the health of the baby as well as yours." 

Persephone nodded. "Thank you, Valencia. I can't thank you enough."

What would she do if she hadn't met her last night? 

"Oh, sweetie, it's not me who you need to thank but my younger brother, Cameron, who brought you to me," Valencia said. "He found you on the terrace unconscious."

"Can you thank him for me?" Persephone looked at her, ashamed. Yes, she should be ashamed of her action. When did she become such a coward? Instead of fighting, she chose to give up on her life? 

"Sure," Valencia's smile was infectious. "Your sister and sister-in-law are here. Would you like to meet them?"

Persephone looked hesitant and so Valencia didn't force her. 

"I take it they know about my pregnancy," Persephone said after a while. 

Valencia paused before saying yes. "Your brother and the dangerous hunk with him too." 

"Nico?" Persephone murmured. 'Way to spoil the mood. How to tell your fiance that you are pregnant with someone else's baby? Someone, who you don't even remember. I can't even believe how broken Nico must have felt? He must be blaming her now, right?' 

"Yeah, that was the name," Valencia explained. "They left at night but Sophia and Isabelle remained here to look after you." Persephone was about to say something but she cut her off."Before you apologize for troubling me, let me tell you that your Richy rich brother left a huge check for rendering my services and it will last me for at least a year." 

"That check must be for shutting your mouth," Persephone said with a sad smile. "He must have forced you to sign an NDA and when requesting didn't work he would have threatened you, right?" 

"Don't worry, your brother quite nicely asked me," Valencia assured her. 

"Salvatore never asks, Val," She said. "He orders or threatens." 

"See, you are stressing again," Valencia told her. "You need to relax."

How could Persephone tell her that relaxing wasn't added in the dictionary of a mafia princess? 

"I will leave you to rest," Valencia told her. 

Persephone shook her head. "Tell Sophia and Isabelle that I am ready to go home." 

… 

"Did she say that she is ready to leave?" Isabelle asked with furrowed brows. Ever since she had heard about Persephone's pregnancy, she has had a very bad premonition. However, what else could they do now? 

Plus, Salvatore had been lost since last night. Although she knew he must have stationed the guards outside, it didn't stop herself from worrying as to what he might be planning. They had been married for weeks but none of them had feelings about this marriage or for each other at all. He hated her guts and she hated him for being Alessandro Marino's son. If she could, she would have killed him for a long time. 

Sometimes she wondered why he even married her? Come on, it couldn't be because he loved her or anything like that. She needed to find as soon as possible to escape the Marino house. 

"Yes, she said she will leave with you guys. But you have to take care of her both physically and emotionally. Her situation is quite delicate. Try not to make her stressed and if you can, please make sure she talks about her feelings to someone," Valencia advised them. 

They nodded their heads. 

"Thank you, Dr. Reynolds," Sophia said.

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