She loved him the most for that.
Always would.
FIFTEEN
Eight months later …
Giovanni Andino came early—only by a couple of weeks, though. They expected it even though his mother’s entire pregnancy had been one of the easiest out of all her children. They could see it coming with every appointment where the boy seemed to measure larger than he should be, and the doctors warned everything pointed to an early baby.
Andino stared into the dark, hazy eyes of his newborn son when he’d been placed on his mother’s chest right after he was born and found instantaneous love. Each of his children had been a little different. He found their connections in many ways.
With little G, it’d been the second he found his father.
That single moment.
They’d held off telling their daughters and the rest of their family they were pregnant until they had both had time to celebrate together privately. They did the same with announcing he would be a boy. Their family seemed to understand why they did things that way and never said anything about it.
Rather, everyone celebrated with them once they finally shared.
Like everything else about the pregnancy when they waited to share, Andino and Haven decided to wait to announce he was born until the next day—other than to his parents who came to grab the girls when he took Haven into the hospital.
G came home to meet his sisters first and his grandparents. It would be over the following days that the rest of the family trickled in to meet Andino’s son. He liked it that way.
Andino certainly didn’t want to share his son’s time, but he forced himself to, anyway. Like today when his uncles came over to meet the baby. It was okay, though, because he knew that he still had the rest of his son’s life to do and be everything he wanted for the boy.
He would be spoiled.
A proper principe.
As loved as his sisters.
Andino’s only son.
The last-born Marcello boy of his generation.
He realized, as he watched his newborn son from afar while his three uncles hovered over the baby’s bassinet, their words too low for him to hear, that he had everything he’d ever wanted.
Andino hadn’t realized what that meant until now.
He was a lucky fuck.
Still an asshole, yes, but a lucky one.
He would change nothing.
Interested in finding your next BK read? If you loved Andino and Haven’s story, you might like the Filthy Marcellos series, following the stories of Andino’s grandfather, uncles, and even his father as they find their respective HEAs in the midst of trying to survive the world of mafioso.
Or maybe John’s story, John + Siena: The Complete Duet, Andino’s best friend and cousin dealing with his spiraling mental health fresh out of prison while a mafia war breaks out … all because he fell for the woman he wasn’t supposed to have.
Happy reading!
XO,
BK.
BIO
Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, three cats, and four dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, a snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a spouse calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something ... when she can find the time.
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OTHER BOOKS
The Guzzi Legacy
Corrado
Alessio
Chris
Beni
Bene
Marcus
Renzo + Lucia
Privilege
Harbor
Contempt
Andino + Haven
Duty
Vow
One Last Time
Andino + Haven: The Complete Duet
John + Siena
Loyalty
Disgrace
John + Siena: Extended
John + Siena: The Complete Duet
Cross + Catherine
Always
Revere
Unruly
The Companion
Naz & Roz
The Naz & Roz Chronicles
Guzzi Duet
Unraveled, Book One
Entangled, Book Two
Waste of Worth: Part One
Worth of Waste: Part Two
Standalone Titles
Pretty Lies
Dirty Pool
Effortless
Inflict (permanently free)
Cozen
Captivated
Dishonored
Donati Bloodlines
Thin Lies
Thin Lines
Thin Lives
Behind the Bloodlines
The Complete Trilogy
Filthy Marcellos
Antony
Lucian
Giovanni
Dante
Legacy
A Very Marcello Christmas
The Complete Collection
Seasons of Betrayal
Where the Sun Hides
Where the Snow Falls
Where the Wind Whispers
Seasons: The Complete Seasons of Betrayal Series
Gun Moll Trilogy
Gun Moll
Gangster Moll
Madame Moll
The Chicago War
Deathless & Divided
Reckless & Ruined
Scarless & Sacred
Breathless & Bloodstained
The Complete Series
Maldives & Mistletoe
The Russian Guns
The Arrangement
The Life
The Score
Demyan & Ana
Shattered
The Jersey Vignettes
Fantasy Romance
The Hunted
Find more on Bethany-Kris’s website at www.bethanykris.com.
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