Emily

"Wake up, beautiful" I call out to Bella who is still in her bed, rolling.

"No..." she groans, pulling the covers over her head; oh no, not again! I yank them down, making her curl up in a bowl while she keeps groaning, begging me to let he sleep for another hour.

"No, Bella, wake up"

"You remind me so much of Celeb; he's always awake before me and then makes me wake up as well on a god-awful hour. How late is it again?" I look at the clock on her nightstand.

"Almost 10" my stomach growls. "I'm hungry" or the baby is; this is so weird. Now I know I'm pregnant, I can't help but to feel a little excited. Just the thought that a little human-being is growing inside you; the best part is that you do it with the person you love however in my situation it's not the case. My chest clenches at the thought.

"Okay, okay, I'll just wake up because I don't want that the little baby is starving" I smack her ass playfully.

"Well, thank you to think about me as well" she giggles.

"Give me 15 minutes to get out of bed, then I will shower and after that I will make food-"

"-No, I'm treating you on a breakfast; there's a new coffee shop in town I saw when I came here, maybe we can go there?" I ask her and she nods furiously, getting out of bed in no time while I roll my eyes; Bella is amazing...

I'm sitting in Bella's cough, sipping some tea while I unlock my phone. I closed it yesterday night because I didn't want Mateo to call or send me any massage; if he really needs to talk to me he can come here himself, no need for me to go to him. Yes, I'm mad. I don't know if it's the hormones but I'm not taking his shit anymore, or I'm trying. I can admit that he didn't treat me well in the beginning. I mean...He was more gently than I thought but the longer I kept accepting his 'simple' apologies, the more he got away with things and he uses it to his advantage. This needs to stop; I did this for too long and he needs to grow up. Life isn't a game! You can't just say: Oops, I fucked up, let me try again. But end up the same, because in real life you can't; there are consequents when you fucked up and one of them is me ignoring him.

"Give me another 10 minutes!" Bella yells from the bathroom, singing the lyrics to 'Treat you better' by Shawn Mendes; how ironic is that? I smile at my stupid remark, rubbing my belly and feel butterflies. It's scary, yes, being pregnant with the child of the Mafia isn't easy but if I need to raise it alone, I will; that's what parents do and I don't really know if Mateo even wants this child.

"What do I need to do?" I whisper, not to me but to the little baby. "You're so small yet you will give us so much trouble" I smirk. "But that doesn't mean I will give up on you" my phone unlocks, the messages streaming in.

: Emily, Where are you? Liam said you didn't came to the penthouse.

: Wait, I got a message you're with Bella and she texted me you're fine.

Did Bella really did that? My phone vibrates with another message but this one from Sebastian; he never texts me...

: Mateo is going crazy here, is everything alright?

: He will kill me if he knew I sent this question.

Mateo will indeed. I ignore all the other text from Liam, Lucy and even Celeb's; guess Mateo didn't told them about the fight. Just when I'm about to close my phone again, I get a text message from Enzo; oh no...

: Heard some things, Mateo is so tense.

: He's about to kill everyone in his sight

: anyways, I'm reminding you about the file I want.

Shit...right, now? What odd timing. I don't even know if I can help him.

: It's a Black, Red file with my name on it in gold; I need you to steal it in Mateo's office. He hides them somewhere but I got no clue because I never went into the penthouse.

: Go look in one of the drawers in his desk and if it isn't there then look somewhere behind a painting, or whatever.

: This man always hides stuff in the weirdest places

: I'll give you two days; if you don't give me it I will tell Mateo everything about our little conversations.

: You know he will be mad as fuck

I know indeed...Mateo has big trust issues; if someone did something behind his back and he found out in a way he shouldn't have, he could kill you. I don't know if he will do that with me but I know for sure that my life wouldn't become as beautiful as he promised.

: I see what I can do!

: You don't need to see, just do it! And fast!

Enzo is as bossy as Mateo; no wonder those two are family. Sighing, I put my phone down and think what I should do. I want my dad's company back; my uncle doesn't deserve it, none of them do. I don't deserve it either but I know that my dad wanted me to take it over and I'm about to do that. If I can get the file Enzo needs, I can get information on how to handle a divorce with Mateo or at least that he doesn't have power over my 50% company's share. Again, I don't do it for the money, I don't give a shit but I don't want MY Company to be ruined, especially due to the Mafia.

"This place looks so beautiful!" Bella screams excitedly next to me, jumping up and down. "I'm so hungry!" I laugh at her when she runs ahead of me, almost falling in her sneakers; she never falls when she wears 6 inch heels but when she wears simple sneaker then she stumbles...I have a weird friend...just when I'm about to enter the café, I feel someone staring at me, not the guards who are surrounding the building but someone else. Shivers make their way down my spine, getting Tyler's attention.

"Mrs. El Ricci, everything alright?" I nod, still looking around the place.

"Can you please check around the building? I feel like someone is staring at me..."

"Will do, Mrs. El Ricci" and off he goes.

Walking inside the café, I find Bella already ordering, searching for me and when she does, she waves me over.

"What do you want, Emily?" I look at the menu; what do I want? I'm hungry as fuck, and I need to eat a lot, even when I will throw everything up when we get home...

"I want some white Blossom tea and 3 blueberry muffins..." I look some more. "...And I want 2 big sandwiches" the waitress nods, smiling and motion to us that we can sit down at one of the empty tables.

"You're hungry" Bella says teasingly.

"I'm starving" I discreetly place a hand on my belly. I know I do it a lot but I love it.

"Hey, isn't that Ben?" Bella asks me, pointing behind me. When I turn I see him indeed ordering as well. "BEN!" Bella yells, getting Ben attention, also the rest of the café but she doesn't care. He turns and smiles as he sees us.

"Hey, Ladies, what a coincidence that we meet"

"Yeah, you're right!" I say, standing up and giving him a firm hug.

"How are you doing?" he asks me while he takes a seat next to me.

"Oh...I'm doing fine" I'm not ready to tell anyone about my pregnancy yet; just Bella is fine.

"And Mateo? How is he doing?" the waitress arrives with our food.

"Here you go, Sorry sir, your order will come soon" she gives him a wide smile.

"Not a problem, I have good company here" he replies, his eyes fixated on my and for some reason I can't help the blush forming; Ben never looked at me that way...The younger me would feel butterflies in her stomach but this time I don't feel a thing...

"Mateo is doing fine, he's still working" I answer, taking a sip from my drink to distract myself.

"He is? Well, he needs to rest, working isn't a good idea right now" I nod, agreeing with his answer; Mateo needs to rest indeed, he's working too hard, if he goes on he would get a breakdown or something.

"What are you up to?" Bella asks, glancing at me sideways; she knows I'm feeling uncomfortable.

"Not much, I'm working at the hospital but I guess you already knew that" he chuckles. "What about you? You're still studying or working?"

"I'm still studying" she replies.

"Economics, right?" Ben asks and his order arrives; coffee with a blueberry muffin. I take a bit of my extra large sandwich, almost moaning at the taste; these are so good.

"No, I've changed to Management, which was more my thing you know" she laughs. "I like to organize things" Ben nods, interested in the conversation; Bella would always organize our trips and nothing ever went wrong, she's good at what she does!

"What about you Emily?" he suddenly asks and I almost choked on my food. "Are you alright?" I nod, sipping some tea.

"What about me?"

"Are you still studying?" I shake my head.

"No, I was working"

"Was?" shit, how do I explain it without telling too much? I search for any excuse but come up with nothing.

"Some things have happened so I'm trying to work from home but that's kind of difficult; I only can do the paperwork but really talking to the children isn't easy"

"But you got Lucy" Bella mention and the expression on her face tells me she wanted to take that back.

"Lucy?" Ben asks, eating his muffin.

"Yeah..." I start. "She's going to be our adopted daughter" his eyes widen. "I know, I never knew Mateo would even consider it but guess he did" I smile.

"Why not children of your own?" he asks, a curious expression on his kind of handsome face but I shrug.

"Lucy is 13, almost 14 so that safe us both the dirty work of changing diapers" and we all laugh at that.

"Guess I'll see you ladies around" Ben says and we both nod, waving when he goes away.

"Sorry about the Lucy part" she says while I pay for the food.

"Not a problem at all" I reply; thank god Mateo's credit card isn't block. I thought that after the fight he would block it.

"No, I feel guilty, it was something that wasn't supposed to get out like this" she gives me a hug and I can't help but to hug her back. I missed my best friend.

"And I'm sorry for not always being there for you, I know that after the marriage we didn't had much contact"

"Not a problem at all" she happily says and we head back to her house.

We arrive 20 minutes later at her home to find Mateo sanding there, arms crossed and an angry expression on his tired face.

"Shit" I whisper. We didn't took the car, the weather was too stunning to sit inside a car so walked the way home and I guess it took us longer than I expected.

"That asshole" Bella fist clenches, ready to yell something at him but I hold her back, stopping her from doing something stupid like punching him.

"I will handle this, you go inside" she gives him one last look but does what I say. "Hello, what are you doing here?" I ask him, crossing my arms, not getting to close to him because I don't trust myself around him. Mateo doesn't even say a word; oh...If he wants to play it like that, than the game in on, Mateo El Ricci...may the best win...