October 6, 2021
Wednesday
7:30 am

~ Jasmine's POV ~

I woke up, saw Massimo sleeping next to me, he is facing me, his arm wrapped around me, I blushed, and bring my hand to his cheek.

Lightly caressed it, leaned in, kissed his forehead, pulled away, and looked at him. Moved my hand away from his cheek, kissed his cheek and go back to sleep.

~ Massimo's POV ~

I woke up, Jasmine is sleeping next to me, she is facing me, I bring my hand to her cheek, and lightly caressed it. I looked down at her lips, bite down my bottom lip, moved my hand away from her cheek and kissed it.

I pulled away, moved her close to me, she shifted, rest her head on my chest, wrapped her arm around me, kissed her hair, pulled away and fell back to sleep.

A few minutes later, I woke up by someone threw a pillow at me, I jumped up, quickly grabbed the gun from the pillow and heard Isabella said " Put that shit away. "

I looked at her and said " What the fuck are you doing here? "

I looked at Jasmine, she is still sleeping, and Isabella said " I just wanted to let you know that Mom and Dad are here. Dad is asking for you. "

" I'll be right there. "

" Okay. " She walked away.

I let out a sigh, put the gun in my sweatpants pocket, lightly shooked Jasmine and said " Bellissima? "

She didn't wake up, I shooked her again, she moved her head away from my chest, looked at me and I said " I gotta go to a meeting, I'll be right back. "

She nod her head, I kissed her forehead, she go back to her side of the bed, go back to sleep, I got out of bed and walked out of the room to my office.

I saw my Dad and Luciano, they are sitting down on the couch, I walked over to them and said " What's going on? "

Luciano looked at me and said " I got a DNA test on Jasmine and it said well, here. "

He gave me the envelope, I opened it, grabbed the results, and it said that it's a match. Jasmine is really Luciano's daughter.

I sat down on the living chair, set the envelope on the coffee table and Luciano said " I need to call Ximena. It's been bugging me ever since I saw Jasmine. I need to know why she didn't tell me. Did Jasmine leave her number anywhere? "

" I think so. " I got up from the living chair and walked over to my desk.

I unlocked a drawer, grabbed Jasmine's envelope that has her information on it, and opened it. Grabbed the papers, looked through them and found her Mom's number.

" Here it is. " I set the paper down on the desk.

Luciano quickly got off the couch, walked over to the desk, got out his phone, dialed her number and called her.

I put the paper back in the envelope, put it back in the drawer and locked it.

" You want us to leave? " My Dad said to him.

" No, I want you guys to stay here. "

I sat down on the office chair and heard Luciano's conversation.

~ Luciano's POV ~

The phone rang, I put it on speaker, I sat down on the couch next to Natale.

Ximena: Hello?

Me: Ximena?

Ximena: * Silence *

Me: Hello?

Ximena: * Silence *

Me: Ximena.

Ximena: L-Luciano? H-How did you get my number?

Me: You forget who I am? Let me tell you why I called. Why didn't you tell me I have a daughter?

Ximena: * Silence *

Me: Answer me Ximena! Why didn't you tell me?!

Ximena: Because I was scared okay?!

Me: Of what?

Ximena: The lifestyle! Always have a target at you, having enemies, and with a baby. It's just too much.

Me: Ximena, you know I would never let anything happen to you.

Ximena: I know, I just don't want anything to happen to our daughter so I decided to leave and give her a safe place to live without worrying about her safety.

Me: You told her that I left you when you told me that you are pregnant! Why didn't you tell her the truth?!

Ximena: And tell her what?! " Your Dad is in the mafia so I decided to leave to get you a life without worrying about your safety? "

I let out a sigh, she started to cry, I let out another sigh and said:

Me: Don't cry Ximena.

Ximena: I'm sorry. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I know it's wrong to keep this from you. Trust me, I wanted to tell you but I was scared. Is she with you?

I let out a sigh, looked at Massimo, he nod his head, and I said:

Me: Yeah.

Ximena: Oh thank God! Is she safe?

Me: Of course she is.

Ximena: Does she know that you're her Dad?

Me: No.

Ximena: I want to be there. I want to be there when you tell her. I need to give her my side of the story. I know she's going to hate me but I need to get this off my chest. I'll be there for her birthday.

~ Massimo's POV ~

When is her birthday? I took the envelope out, took out her wallet, opened it and looked at her ID, it's on the 31st of October.

" Alright. I'll see you till then. Bye. "

" Bye. "

" Oh and Ximena? "

" Yeah? "

He spoke to her in Spanish, I looked at him in confusion, looked at my Dad and he shrugged his shoulders.

" Okay. I won't. " She said.

" Alright, remember what I said. "

" Okay. "

* Call Ended *

" Do you think she's going to tell the cops? " My Dad said.

He shooked his head and said " No, I told her not to. "

" Did you threatened her? " I said.

He looked at me and said " No, I would never threatened the mother of my daughter. When is her birthday? "

" 31st of October. "

Luciano nod his head and said " Alright. "

**

~ Jasmine's POV ~

I walked out of the bathroom wearing comfy clothing, I grabbed my hot water bottle, walked out of my room to the kitchen, and saw Isabella talking with her Mom.

" Good morning. " I said and empty out the water from the hot water bottle in the sink.

" Good morning. "

I grabbed the kettle, poured water in it, put the kettle in the stove, heat up the water and heard Elena said " Jasmine, can you come here please? "

I walked over to her, she cupped my face with her hands, and said " Assomiglia molto a sua madre. "

( Translation: She looks a lot like her mom. )

" Huh? "

" She said you have really nice skin. " Isabella said.

" Oh, thank you. "

Elena moved her hands away, smiled at me and said " You're welcome. You hungry? "

" Starving. "

She nod her head and said " The food is almost ready. "

" It smells so good. "

" You're going to love it. "

**

We are here eating, I looked at Elena and said " The food taste delicious Elena. "

She smiled at me and said " I'm so happy you like it. "

Natale looked at Dante and said " What happened to your face? "

" Jasmine punched me. " Dante said.

" What did you do? " Natale said to Dante.

" He messed with a girls food. " Adriano said.

Natale shooked his head and said " You should never mess with a girls food Dante. Trust me, Elena wacked my hand with a wooden spoon when I was reaching for the last piece of cake. "

Elena chuckled and Dante said " At least she didn't punch you. "

" That's because she had enough of your shit. " Isabella said.

Damn right.

Elena looked at me and said " Don't put up with Dante's shit Jasmine. If he keeps it up, let me know. Okay? "

" Okay. " I said.

I hope Dante doesn't make me mad again or else I'll punch him again.

**

I am here sitting down on the hammock in the shade, drawing on my sketch book, it is a really nice day out and I heard " Hey Jasmine. "

I looked up and saw Luciano " Hey Luciano. "

" Wanna go for a walk? "

" Sure. " I got off the hammock, put my sketch book on the table along with my pencil pouch.

We went for a walk in the garden, I looked at him and said " Luciano? "

" Yeah? "

" Do you have any kids? "

" Yeah, I have a daughter. "

I nod my head and said " How old is she? "

" 21. "

" Are you married? "

" Almost did. Do you have any siblings? "

" Yeah, I have 4 siblings. Three are my step siblings and one is my half sibling. "

He nod his head and I said " I never met my Dad. My Mom told me that he left her when he found out that she's pregnant. "

Luciano's jaw clenched and said " Do you ever wonder where he is? "

" Yeah, I always wondered why he left. Like does he even want me? * Voice cracked * I feel like it's my fault that he left. Every time I brought it up to my Mom she always changed the subject. So, I stopped asking her. "

~ Luciano's POV ~

No, no it's not your fault that I " left " your Mom was the one who left. If your Mom would've told me that she's pregnant, I would be there for her and protect her with all my life.

~ Jasmine's POV ~

We walked inside the house holding two baskets that is filled with vegetables, fruits and herbs. We walked over to the kitchen to put them away.

" Hey Jasmine. "

I turned around, saw Isabella, I smiled at her and said " Hey Isabella. "

Luciano looked at us and said " I'll let you two talk. Excuse me. "

He walked away, Isabella looked at me and said " Jasmine, when is your birthday? "

" October 31st. "

" What do you want to do for your birthday? "

" I don't know, I guess talk to my Mom. "

She nod her head and I said " Do you guys celebrate Halloween? "

" No, we don't. We heard of it but we never celebrate it. Do you? "

" Yeah, since my birthday is in Halloween. "

" Do you dress up? "

" Yeah. "

She nod her head and said " Alright, us girls are going to dress up for your birthday and we are going to get drunk. How does that sound? "

" That sounds good. "

She smiled and said " Great. "

**

I am feeling hot, I am having hot flashes, I sometimes get them whenever I'm on my period.

I took off my jacket, let out a frustrated sigh, and walked over to the thermostat. Changed the temperature to cold, sat down on the floor and knit a chunky blanket for Massimo.

~ Massimo's POV ~

I walked down the hallway talking on the phone, walked passed Jasmine's room, saw her from my corner of my eye, she is sitting down on the floor and knitting something.

I stopped and said " I'll call you back. "

I hanged up the phone, walked over to her and said " What are you doing? "

" I decided to knit you a chunky blanket. Is the color black okay? "

" Yeah, it's fine. * Shiver * Don't you feel cold? "

" No, I feel hot. "

I rest my hand on her forehead and said " You don't feel hot. "

" I just have hot flashes. I'm fine. It'll go away. "

" Okay. "

" I have a question. "

" Sure. "

" What height are you? "

" I'm 6'3. Why? "

" Just wanted to know because I want to make sure this blanket is long enough. "

" Okay. "

" How's your day? "

I sat down on the living chair, looked at her and said " It was good, how you feeling? "

" Well, I took a pain killer earlier so I'm feeling okay for now. "

I nod my head and said " Do you want any help? "

She shooked her head and said " No, I'm fine. "

" Okay, I'll be right back. I'm going to go take a shower and change. "

" Okay. " She said.

I got off her bed, walked out of her bedroom to mine and do my routine.

~ Jasmine's POV ~

A couple minutes later, I am done, I think I made the blanket long enough. Massimo walked in the room, I looked at him and said " I'm done. Try it out. "

" Okay. " He grabbed the blanket from me and walked over to my bed.

He put the blanket over this body and it fits him perfectly, a little big but that's okay.

" It fits perfectly bellissima. Thank you. It's so soft and cozy. "

" You're welcome. Wanna watch a movie? "

" Sure, come here. "

I walked over to my bed, laid down, he put the other half of the blanket on me, I grabbed the remote, put on a movie, looked at Massimo and said " You want some candy? "

" Sure. "

I grabbed my snack bin that is in front of the nightstand, set it down on my lap, looked at him and said " Grab whatever you want. "

He grabbed a candy from the bin, thanked me, I grabbed my hot cheetos, put the bin back and begin to eat my chips. I looked at him and said " Why are you wearing a jacket? "

" It's cold in here. "

" I can change the temperature if you want? "

He shooked his head and said " No, it's okay. Oh I forgot. * Grabbed her hot water bottle from nightstand, gave it to her * Here, I heat this up for you. "

I smiled and said " Thank you. " I set the hot water bottle on my lower stomach.

" You're welcome. "

**

" Fucking shit, stop hogging up the fucking blanket Massimo!! "

" I'm not hogging up anything. "

" Yes, you are. "

He let out a sigh and said " Go to sleep bellissima. "

He gently pulled me to him, I rest my head on his chest, he kissed my forehead and we fell asleep.

~ Isabella's POV ~

Aurora and I arrived at home, we decided to have a movie night with Jasmine. We walked over to her room, I opened the door, Aurora and I let out a gasp at what we saw.

Jasmine and Massimo cuddling in her bed, Aurora and I smiled at each other, I closed the door, we walked to the middle of the hallway, I looked at her and said " Did you saw what I saw? "

She nod her head and said " Yeah, do you think they like each other? "

" I think they do, I mean, they're cuddling in bed. "

" They look so cute together. "

" I know right? I want them together already. "

" Who? "

We jumped up, turned around, saw Luciano, and I said " A friend of ours. We are making it our mission to get them together. "

He nod his head and said " Okay, good luck. "

" Thank you, we'll need it. " Aurora said.

Luciano walked away, Aurora and I looked at each other and I said " Let's go watch a movie. "

" Okay. "

We walked away to the movie room and watched a movie.

~ Massimo's POV ~

I felt Jasmine kissed my cheek, she caressed my cheek, she said something in Spanish, kissed my cheek again, and rest her head on my chest.

My bellissima..

I love the feeling of her in my arms. I opened my eyes, kissed her hair, pulled away, played with her hair and go to sleep.

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