Chapter 10 - Alessandro Finally Told Me Why He Had Protected My Daughter From the Moment He First Saw HerThat night, Alessandro found me in the garden.
Emma slept beside me.
He sat down.
“I owe you an explanation.”
“For what?”
“Why I protected you.”
I waited.
“When I first saw Emma, she reminded me of my sister.”
I looked at him.
“She died when I was twelve.”
“I told you.”
“Yes.”
He nodded.
“She had the same blue rabbit.”
I stared.
“What?”
“My father gave her one.”
He looked toward Emma.
“I haven't seen another blue rabbit like it since.”
Then he admitted something else.
“My father knew your husband.”
I was stunned.
“Daniel wasn't working against us.”
“He was working with us.”
“But why hide it?”
“Because my father believed someone inside our family was compromised.”
“Who?”
“Ricci.”
Alessandro took my hand.
“Daniel protected my family.”
“He protected me.”
“And now I want to protect yours.”
My heart beat faster.
“You don't have to.”
“I know.”
He looked at me.
“I want to.”
For a moment, neither of us spoke.
Then Emma woke.
She crawled between us.
“Mommy?”
“Yes?”
“Mr. Bunny wants Daddy.”
Alessandro froze.
I stared at my daughter.
“Daddy?”
Emma looked at him.
“You can be Daddy.”
Alessandro's eyes filled with emotion.
May you like
He gently touched her hair.
“I'd be honored.”
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