" Did you find out something that I don't already know? " Victoria huffed leaning her body against her bed headboard.

" You know that crazy story? " I said with widened eyes.

" I was here before you of course I know. I even went to the bloody wedding. " she scoffed.

Bloody wedding indeed. I sighed while munching on my lunch which were two slices of cheese pizza macaroni and cheese and a glass of orange juice. We were eating lunch in bed inside Victoria's bedroom since my husband kicked me out so he could do his work.

" Do you really think your brother has it all under control though? " I asked with a mouthful of pizza.

" He might act a bit dumb right now but I highly doubt that Seth doesn't know what is he doing or dealing with. He must have something up his sleeves you will never be able to guess what is going on inside a Don's head. " Victoria shrugged.

" Do you think he have found something against Brandon or this Dmitri guy? " I asked.

" What if he held their family captive? " I shrieked at my own thought.

" That sounds like what Seth would do. But, I don't know really. He respects Brandon's family and all the Petrov beside Dmitri adore him. Wait. He's your husband why are you asking me anyway. " Victoria thought out loud as I hummed in response.

" That dude doesn't tell me shits. " I groaned.

" Now, that sounds exactly like Seth. The guy doesn't share things with any of us. But, I can see that he's trying to change that with you. "

Victoria shrugged not saying anything after that. She watched me eat my food with a big grin on her face excited that I could finally put something in my body.

She than took my plate away from me as I finished eating with a stern looks on her face daring me to get up. Everyone in the house had been treating me like I was their most precious treasure as if they would break me when they touched or made me doing something.

I was pregnant not dying. They were making a big deal out of everything I did which made it extremely hard to hide that I was carrying a child, Seth's heir in my belly.

" You know I can walk without you holding my hand, right?. " I groaned as we stepped down the staircase.

" What if a banana magically appears, you step on it and slip down the stair. " Victoria glared at me.

Wow. Unbelievable.

" Yeah. Put Dean and Noel behind me too so they can catch me. You know just in case the staircase magically move. " I rolled my eyes at her.

" Noted. I'll get Seth on it right away. " she winked.

Jesus fucking Christ. Someone please helped me get out of here. These people were crazy.

" I'm going down to the gym. Do you want to come with me? " Vic asked when we reached the end of the stair.

" I have nothing to do. Why not go and watch you work out. " I shrugged before accompanied her down to the family gym.

Victoria started her doing her things on the trade mill while I sat on the couch in my sweatpants eating ice cream that I had just found in the mini fridge.

I watched as her body moved in syncs muscles tightened with every moves she made and sweat dripping down her body making it all shiny. She must have work out a lot to achieved that goddess of a body. If I wasn't straight and married I would have tap that ass.

" How are you feeling over there, Lana? " she asked stepping down with a small towel in her hand swiping her sweat.

" All I See is your flat stomach. Skinny bitch. " I grunted putting another spoon of ice cream into my mouth.

Victoria laughed throwing her head back with a hand holding her stomach. Gosh. It felt great to hear her laughing again after the Brandon incident.

" It's finally my time to shine for the next eight months. You will become the cutest chubby pregnant woman ever while I will hold the skinny bitch title. " she laughed throwing herself beside me on the couch.

" Shut the fuck up. I'm carrying your nephew. " I scoffed glaring at her.

" Nephew? " Vic asked raising her eyebrow.

" Call it mother instinct. " I shrugged.

" I'm not sure how I feel about a mini version of Seth. " she said rubbing her chin. I chuckled at this.

We laughed and talked about stupid random things for what seemed like hours. Her workout session was long forgotten as we were lost in our conversation gossiping about everyone else but ourselves.

It felt great to finally have my friend back in her right senses and stage of mind. It was hard watching her grooming over her friend or so I thought.

" Do you have a name in mind? " she asked rubbing my tiny bump that was hidden beneath the baggy sweater I stole from Seth.

Well technically I didn't stole it from him, all of the shits he owned were mine too.

" No. But, I want to break the family name. Why does everyone of them have to has and an S name. " I said making her laughed.

" Do you have anything in mind? " I asked.

" Yes. A girl Victoria. A Boy Victor. " she grinned.

I looked at her like I had just seen ghost. Nice try. But, I was not going to name my kid after her. I had a more important role for her in my child's life.

" I was thinking you can be the godmother. And, Brandon the godfather. " I said sadly at the mention of Brandon.

I still couldn't wrapped my head around the Brandon situation because I thought he was a friend that I could trust with my life. He was one of the closest friends to Seth and I could swear that he cared and respected my husband in so many ways, a title of my child's godfather wouldn't fit anyone better than him but what made him changed was still a mystery.

" Oh my god. REALLY? I will be the god mother? Like in Cinderella? " Victoria squealed hugging me ignoring the Brandon part.

" Yes. But, minus the magic wand. " I laughed.

" Oh. I'm going to spoil you so hard. " she cooed at my belly creating a big grin on my face.

This child hadn't even born yet and was already so loved by everyone. I thought rubbing my bump with a smile on my face.

We continued on with our talk on the couch until a red light went off around the room making Victoria snapped her head at me in panic. She took my hand into hers pulling me up before covering me with her body in a defensive stand liked she was trying to shield me away from all the dangers coming our ways.

Seriously? I just wanted one peaceful day without shooting and blood. Was that too much to ask?

Someone was running toward the gym as I thought in my head and Victoria was aware of that too. I looked everywhere around the room slightly panicked. We both had nothing on us. No weapons nothing to defend ourselves or fight with whoever was attacking.

" The estate is under attack. Come with me. " Kaitlyn voice boomed through the room as she appeared at the door.

In her hands were a machine gun and a long sword strapped to her back. Victoria turned to look at me asking me what to do. I shook my head at her furiously not wanting to go with this Kaitlyn girl.

She might be Seth's friend and most trusted assassin but that didn't make me trust her.

" Alana come on. We have to go. " Victoria begged dragging me toward where Kaitlyn was standing.

I huffed before following her since I had no other choice. I went forward Victoria when we reached the door grabbing the machine gun from Kaitlyn's hand and handed toward Victoria. I then took the gun from her waist band for myself causing her to look at me in shock while Victoria was smirking.

" You have your sword. Let's go. " I ordered before walking out.

It was like the shooting incident the previous dinner all over again. But, this time we were prepared. Maids were running in syncs directly into the safe room while our men stood high firing back at the intruders.

How they could get in last time was a mystery but this time it didn't took a genius to know that it was none other than Brandon. He knew his ways around here like the back of his palm and getting his bitches in wouldn't be hard.

" Are you okay, baby? " Seth came running toward us with a gun in his hand.

I nodded my head trying to tell him that I was alright as I couldn't get any words out of my mouth. Victoria and Kaitlyn were still behind me staring at us as Seth pulled me into a sideway hug nodding at the both of them.

I swore I could see Victoria lips quirked up into a smirk at our affectionate moment during a chaos.

" Victoria hands the gun to Kaitlyn and come with me. " Seth ordered still shielding me with his body.

" No. You both go. I can take care of myself. " she said stubbornly making me shook my head at her.

Seth grunted under his breath before taking his phone out from his pocket and muttered orders to whoever he was talking to.

" Victoria come with us. Now. " Seth gritted after ending his call.

She shook her head before running in the other direction. This girl had a death wish or something? We were about to follow her when the shooting started again this time even more bullets were flying around.

" Find Victoria. I need to get Alana out of here. " Seth ordered. And, just like that Kaitlyn was gone.

" You trust that girl with my best friend? Are you insane? " I snapped.

" No, I don't. That's why Noel and Dean are on their way to find her. " he said before pulling me to god nowhere.

" If anything happens, you run. Don't look back. Protect our child. " he said as we ran through the long hallway dodging flying bullets every now and then.

I nodded. Last time I had an excuse to stay with him but this time as much as I wanted to stay with him no matter what, I was pregnant and there was no way I would put my child's life in danger.

" Let's hope we don't have to come to that. " I breathed out.

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