Chapter 25

• Bella’s POV
• I’m still backing away from Ivan taking little steps so I can say what I need to before he goes off on me. “I’m sorry Ivan you have every right to be mad, and I do deserve to be punished. But can I please tell you the reason behind my actions. I’m scared Ivan that you will either make me abort the baby, or take the baby away from me once I give birth. I thought that you wouldn’t give me a chance to be a mother. So, I decided to run. I wasn’t until I was in the back of the van waiting to make my great escape that I begin thinking about who I was running from. I realized that the thought of leaving you hurt me about as much as the idea of losing this baby. That this was our child and if I was to get away that I would be doing to you the same exact thing I was so afraid that you were going to do to me. How would that be fair. I can’t think of any reason why I would want our child to grow up without both of their parents. That is when I climbed back out of the vehicle and hoped like hell to make it to our bedroom before you noticed I was gone. I should have known that you always see and hear everything I do. What I did wasn’t right and I’m not giving any excuses for trying to run.” I say to him barely above a whisper.
• My back finally hits the wall and I have to where else to move. I’m trapped I know it and so does Ivan. He places each of his arms beside my head boxing me in. “Oh, Bella you’ve got all wrong. Why would I want to hurt my heir or it’s mother? You have enough knowledge of how our family works to know that every Don needs a son. So, one day he can continue tradition and succeed me and become the leader of the syndicate. You will have a totally different role within our gang. You’ll be recognized as my wife and this baby as my heir.”