Amanda's POV

(New York )

"Tie him up Luke, I'll be down there to attend to him tomorrow morning ." I said to Luke over the phone.

" Copy."

I ended the call and continued preparing the food.

"Sarah can you watch this while I go rest my feet?" I said to one of our housekeepers.

" Of course ma'am ." she said hurriedly and I turned to playfully glare at her.

" I mean Amanda." she said with a small chuckle.

"You're a life saver, meoww !" I said before giving her a kiss on the cheek and walking away.

" Oh! Cedric can you please tell the kids to come downstairs ?" I said stopping in my feet tracks, turning to face Cedric.

" Yes Ms Amanda." he said with a little bow before running up the stairs. I turned and walked out of the kitchen, into the living room.

" Y'all look relaxed while I'm sweating titts in the kitchen." I said when I saw Leonardo laid back on the couch with our 2 months old baby boy, Reign.

" Sarah could've handled that but you refused and wanted to do it yourself." Leonardo said before pouting his lips for a kiss. I pecked his lips before sitting beside him.

" Luke called, he said they've captured Raúl." Leonardo said, slightly bouncing Reign in his arms, making him giggle.

"Yes, he called me too and I told him I'll deal with it tomorrow since you have a meeting with the shareholders tomorrow ." I said with a sigh. if y'all didn't already catch on, I now work alongside Leonardo in the Mafia but I spend mostly of my time in the office.

"I love you so much, you have no idea." he said pulling me in for a kiss.

" I know." I said about to place my lips on his but Reign burst into tears.

" Cock blocker!" Leonardo said while looking down at him.

"Shut up! He's probably hungry, can you pass him to me ?" I said and he passed me Reign. I loosened my top and took my breast out to feed him and he instantly took it in his mouth, sucking.

" You're going to feed me too ?" Leonardo seductively asked while caressing my exposed arm.

" Leonardo !" I whisper yelled, hiding my blush from him.

" What ? That... whatever you got on is barely covering your body and you know I can't resist yo-- " Leonardo got cut off by the Mariano walking into the room.

"God! I'm pretty sure Reign doesn't want to see that." Mariano said with furrowed eyebrows before throwing himself on the couch, something he knew I hated.

"If you throw yourself on the couch one more time I swear I'll beat the living shit out of you." I said sternly before passing Reign to his father so he can burp him.

" Mama I'm 18, the beatings are going to have to stop eventually." he said with a slight grin while toying with his curls.

" Boy shut up ! You live under my roof so therefore you'll always be a child to me." I said while fixing my top.

" What happened to your face ? " Leonardo asked Mariano, pointing at his under eye.

"He got into a fight with Laura." Nikita said walking into the living room, along with Jr and Amara, our 6 years old daughter.

*Nikita

*Leonardo Jr

*Amara

"Oh my God ! Ever heard of something called minding your business ?" Mariano said frustratedly while glaring at Nikita.

"Oou let me think... Uhmm no ! I don't think I've ever heard of that." Nikita sarcastically said before taking Reign from her father.

" What did you do to Laura?" I asked and he simply just shrugged.

" MA you know how females are, always blowing things out of proportion. " he said rolling his eyes.

" That! they do. " Leonardo mumbled under his breath but I heard him.

" Hey !" I said hitting his chest making him laugh.

" and that's exactly why I do not date. " Jr said with a slight smirk.

" Oh please ! Don't justify being a hoe." Nikita scoffed while bouncing Reign on her lap.

" Nikita language !" Leonardo said sternly while pointing at Amara.

" What's a hoe ?" Amara asked curiously, looking in between all of us.

" Uhmm... It's a uhmm--"

" A hoe is someone that's not sensitive, does whatever they want, never gets heartbroken but yet lives a happy life." Jr said with a huge smile on his face.

" That's not wh--" I was cut off by Amara.

" I WANT TO BE A HOE MAMA ! " she screamed excitedly making Mariano and Jr to burst out laughing.

" No the hell you not ! "

" But mama why ? "

" Non sarai una troia e non voglio mai sentirti dire quella parola, sono chiaro Amara? " (You're not going to be a hoe and I don't ever want to hear you say that again , am I clear Amara ?) Leonardo said and Amara crossed her arms leaning back on the couch with a pout on her lips.

" Ti ho sentito papà " (I heard you Papa) she said with a bit of attitude.

" YEYYYYY! Ndakubetha uphambhane mna, lungisa obo buso !" ( Hey ! Fix your face before I fix it for you.) i yelled at her and I could see her lip trembling meaning she was about to cry.

" Ma come on ! Come to brother Mara." Mariano said with his arms opened for her and she ran to him while sobbing.

"Girl all this yelling, these kids are going to make you age quickly, I could hear you all the way from the gate." De'arra said loudly, entering the living room along with Luciano

and their son, Luca who immediately ran to me the moment he laid his eyes on me. He loved him some Aunty Amanda.

" I'll be deaf with all of your yelling." Luciano murmured but De'arra heard him because she turned to face him, rolling her neck in the process.

"You said something ? Boo speak up !" she said blinking her eyes probably a thousand times.

" It's quiet, ain't no back talk !" Mariano said making us all laugh.

"He knows better , play with me and you gonna starve." De'arra said fully walking into the living room.

" Damn !" Jr said laughing harder.

" DE'ARRA ! There's kids in here." I said holding back my laugh.

" Girl them kids are grown." she said waving me off before sitting beside me on the couch and Amara instantly ran to her.

" Muovi la tua dannata gamba, voglio sedermi" Luciano said kicking Mariano's leg off the couch before sitting.

" He's mad, big mad." Jr said before throwing his head back laughing and De'arra joined in.

Okay so, long story short. 5 years back, Ken cheated on De'arra again and that time they were already married. De'arra asked for a divorce and Ken peacefully granted her one. Luciano on the other side lost Rita to cancer, the same time De'arra got divorced. They both were in bad spaces in their lives and I guess they found comfort in each other. I'd always bring De'arra with me whenever I went out or visited the Reigns mainly because I didn't want her to be alone and over think. Luciano apparently took a liking to De'arra and shortly after they started dating, 2 years later they got engaged and they recently just got married, last year to be specific, a week before their son's birth day. They're literally the most cutest, funniest little family I know.

" Have you told them yet ?" De'arra asked me and I shook my head no.

" Told them wh--" Luciano cut Nikita off.

" Your parents are going on a trip so me and D are taking y'all to Disney land while they're gone."

" Forreal ? I heard the finest girls go to Disney land, I just know this is going to be sweet." Jr said dabbing Mariano as they both did a weird victory dance.

" Boy bye ! Nobody wants your boney ass. " Nikita said with a chuckle.

" and nobody wants your dragon breath self either. " Mariano shot back and Luciano and Leonardo burst out laughing, Nikita smacked her lips before diverting her attention to Reign.

"I don't want to go, I want to go with mama and papa " Amara said with a pout.

" Girl I know you're not going to pass the moment to see Mickey's fine ass just to be with your parents on boring trips. " De'arra said while looking at Amara like she grew a second head.

" The fishtail girl is going to be there." Luciano said in a convincing voice.

" You mean Ariel ? " Amara said scrunching up her face.

" Wait ?! You're referring to Ariel ? Man I'm dead." De'arra burst out laughing and I couldn't help but laugh because her laughter was ridiculously funny.

" Whatever." Luciano said with a grin, waving De'arra off.

" Are you guys sure that you're going to manage with six kids ? Luca and Reign especially? " i questioned concerned, Reign was a sweetheart but Amara is a totally different story.

" Six kids ? We're included ? " Mariano asked, pointing at him and Jr.

" Yes, that includes you two and don't worry about us. We're going to need the practice for when we have our own big family." Luciano said rubbing his hands together.

" Boo dead that, I changed my mind when I had Luca. All that pain ain't for me." De'arra scoffed, slightly shaking her head making me laugh.

" I honestly don't know how you did it five times. " De'arra said while looking at me.

" And she's going to do it three more times. " Leonardo said with a huge grin on his face.

" Who ? I know you're not talking about me ." I'll be stupid to ever get pregnant again, five kids, three teenagers included aren't no joke.

" Ma'am the food is ready." Sarah said appearing in the room.

" That's what I'm talking about, I'm starving." Luciano said rushing into the dining room.

" No damn manners." De'arra said following after him along with the kids.

" Thank you Sarah." I said before standing up from the couch.

" Go change so we can eat. " I said to Leonardo while helping him off the couch.

" Be back in a bit." he said before pecking my lips and headed upstairs into our room.

" Luca ! You're drooling all over aunt's shir--"

" Is there still room for two ?" I heard Rubi's voice from behind me. I turned and looked at her and my eyes instantly landed on her gorgeous son's face,Valerius.

" Of course ! Hey Val, hey baby. He's so adorable. " I cooed at him and Luca reached his arms out for Rubi to take him.

" Oh I see how it is, just because Val is here you're going to ignore me now ? It's cool." I said before leading us to the dining room.

" Who invited big head ? " Luciano said when I walked into the room with Rubi.

" Shut up !" Rubi said with a chuckled before walking over to sit at the table.

I leaned on the door frame, admiring the scenery before me. Who knew that I'd grow to be this woman that I am today, a mother of five, a wife, a business woman but mostly a strong woman . The journey sure wasn't easy but I wouldn't change anything about it and I definitely would do it all over again, if it meant having my team right beside me.

" Aren't you going to sit down ?" Leonardo said from behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist.

" Yes, I was just waiting for you." I said turning in his arms and pecking his lips.

" Let's go then wife." he said taking my hand in his and leading us to our seats.

I made the best decision coming To New York !

Dear Readers

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