The next day, the two of them woke up without mentioning the events of the previous night. Isabe took Emanuele to y with Nichs. After spending the day together, Nichs was no longer as afraid of Emanuele as before.
Thinking about this, she held Nichs in her arms, ying with him for a while, then gently handed Nichs to Emanuele, saying, “Emanuele, why don’t you hold him?” Emanuele looked at the tiny baby, who seemed so soft and fragile, with beautiful blue eyes looking at him. Could he hold him? He was afraid that even a slight exertion might break the child. Despite having killed numerous people without batting an eye, when faced with a pile of bodies, he watched over them without flinching. However, as he gazed at Nichs, Emanuele cautiously reached out and held him.
To his surprise, as soon as Emanuele held Nichs, who had been quiet and even smiling at him, Nichs suddenly began to struggle, squirming and crying loudly. Emanuele’s usuallyposed expression instantly shattered. He immediately looked flustered and looked at Isabe. “Why is he crying now? He was fine when you were holding him, and now he’s crying.”
Grazia couldn’t help butugh. “Your posture when holding the child is wrong. If you hold the child like that, the child won’t befortable and will definitely struggle and resist.” Isabe alsoughed and told Emanuele how to hold Nichs. She thought Nichs was much better than many babies. At least he wasn’t afraid of strangers, would let strangers hold him, and was very brave. His personality was also very good; he would smile when he saw people. There was not a single adult who didn’t like this kind of baby.
Even Emanuele, after adjusting his posture and holding Nichs again, watched as the baby gradually calmed down, staring at him. The innocent, soft gaze of the baby meeting his own eyes, and Nichs even showed him a pure and adorable smile. At that moment, Emanuele’s heart softened like a sponge. He hadn’t liked babies before; he thought they were noisy and required a lot of time to be spent with them. But now, as he interacted, he found babies truly healing. This made Emanuele’s perpetually cold heart now inexplicably warm. He hadn’t expected that his own hardened heart would be so gentle after interacting with Nichs.
He was his sister’s child, and now, he was willing to give him the best toys in the world. What if it were his own child? Thinking of this, Emanuele’s heart ached. They had almost had a daughter. In the mafia, daughters were different from sons. Sons would inherit their mafia business, while daughters only needed to dress up like princesses every day. Of course, when necessary, they would need to enter into marriage. However, their powerful Lombardi family did not need their children to marry off. So, if they had a daughter, she wouldn’t need to be involved in mafia affairs and could dress up beautifully every day. He would give all the beautiful princess dresses in the world to his daughter. It should have been like that. But now, because he hadn’t protected Isabe well, they had lost their daughter, and Isabe had been left with psychological trauma. Every time he mentioned wanting to have a child with Isabe, she would instinctively refuse. At this moment, Emanuele looked at the child in his arms. Nichs was not afraid of him at all and kept staring at him, his eyes full of curiosity. Emanuele felt that the more Nichs stared at him, the more he wanted to pinch his cheeks. Thinking of this, Emanuele reached out and pinched Nichs’s cheek, but, because he was a bit excited, he didn’t control his strength. This pinch hurt Nichs, and he instantly started crying loudly. Emanuele hurriedly handed the child to Grazia. “I think I hurt him. Damn it, I’m sorry, Grazia, I really didn’t mean to.” For the first time, Grazia saw such a panicked expression on Emanuele’s face and couldn’t help bursting intoughter. “Don’t worry, Nichs isn’t easily hurt.”
Over the next two days, Emanuele and Isabe stayed in Italy. Originally, they had nned to leave a weekter. However, during dinner one night, Emanuele suddenly received a phone call. “What’s going on? Damn it, both of my warehouses were raided? Who the hell did this?” Emanuele grabbed the phone in a rage, as if he was about to crush it. Isabe was also startled by Emanuele’s behavior. Seeing the people at the dinner table staring at him, he apologized and then walked into the garden with his phone. Nevertheless, even though EEmanuele left, but the words he had just spoken seemed to ripple through the calmke, instantly changing the atmosphere in the room. Initially, they had been discussing where to go the next day in a lively manner, but now everyone fell silent. Grazia asked Ro, “Do you know what’s going on with Emanuele? He seemed really worried just now.”
“From what I gathered, it seems like there’s been another intrusion in Chicago,” Ro replied. “And to think, Emanuele’s two warehouses were hit. It’s clear that the other side was well-prepared. Emanuele’s warehouses are supposed to be heavily guarded, so there’s no way they should have been breached so easily. It seems like the other side had some knowledge of Emanuele’s defenses. And what a coincidence that Emanuele happened to be in Italy when this happened in Chicago.”
Isabe’s mood also became uneasy, and she lost her appetite for the food in front of her. She simply wanted to wait for Emanuele to return and ask him what had happened. Soon, Emanuele returned. Before they could say anything, Emanuele said, “Isabe, I’m nning to return to Chicago tomorrow. You can stay in Italy if you want, or you can choose toe back with me.” Although it seemed like he was giving Isabe a choice, he actually hoped that Isabe would stay in Italy, as Chicago was not currently safe.
“I’ll go back with you,” Isabe replied without hesitation.
“Isabe, I think you’ll be safer staying here,” Emanuele attempted to convince Isabe, although he knew that he always asked Grazia and Ro to take care of Isabe, but it couldn’t be helped. After all, they were his family, and they wouldn’t hold it against him for such a small matter. His rtionship with Ro was like that of brothers.Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.
“You mentioned that your two warehouses were raided?” Isabe diverted the conversation, not directly responding to Emanuele’s suggestion.
Emanuele nodded. “Yes, many of my men were injured, and they’ve been taken to the hospital.”
“Didn’t I just start working at that hospital? You also mentioned that they are still short of doctors. I want to go back and help. Emanuele, I can help you,” Isabe said.
Emanuele looked at Isabe’s calm smile, her gaze so gentle, as if telling him that it didn’t matter how bad the situation was, she could stand by his side and help him. For some reason, Emanuele, who had just been feeling particrly restless, suddenly felt less anxious.