Taken By The Mafia Lord

853 Make Her Love Him Again

He should be happy that he had it easy and wouldn’t have to fight her for custody of the child since they would be together as husband and wife, but for some reason, Elijah felt dread creep up his spine instead. He knew Adele like the back of his head and whenever she was this compliant, watch your back twice.

In this state, she was like slow poison, smiling and lulling you with her sweet words while sucking away at your essence until you’re nothing but a husk. Elijah pinched the space between his brows, he didn’t want this – the submissive yet deadly version of her. He wanted her to be mad and take out all of her anger on him.

Their marriage doesn’t need to be perfect but he didn’t want a battlefield. Even if Adele decides to hate him for the rest of her life, he needed to know she had his back. But then, how could he ask for her trust when he broke her first? Elijah let out a frustrated sigh, the punishment was too much.

He began by asking her, “Why didn’t you tell me from the start that we were having a baby?” He was careful with the use of his pronoun and insinuated closeness between the both of them knowing that Adele was sensitive and prepared for battle. She looked taut and would probably use every word he says here against him.

“Why? Because you’re ashamed that your family now knows that I’m your dirty little secret,” There was a sneer in her tone. Adele had her suspicion after the call and it was now proven.

He was right, the fire burning in her eyes was proof she was searching for a reason to fight with him. Elijah knew then that he had to thread this ground carefully.

“No, that’s not the case,” He breathed, “If I’m to find out that I’m having a child, I would love the privilege of knowing first before the interference of my beloved family members.”

“Oops, sorry, ” There was not an ounce of sympathy in her tone. She went on to say, “It’s not my fault that your brother happened to pick up your call when I finally called to announce the good news. If you want to blame anyone, try yourself.”

“Don’t do this,” Elijah said.

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“Do what?”

“Being like….” He couldn’t find the words to describe her attitude without being insultive.

“A bitch?” Adele helped him commit it. She smirked wickedly, “This is just a preview of our future together, why? Are you scared already?”

She said, “In that case, you can leave while I take care of our children….” Adele rubbed her belly while saying the words without emotions, “all by myself. I wouldn’t be surprised anyway and I would be sure to tell your children what kind of man you were.”

And that was when it hit Elijah and he asked her, “Why do you keep saying, children? Aren’t we having a child….?” Elijah had a guy feeling at that moment that there was something more. His brothers Eric and Ephraim were twins which meant the gene ran in the family. It couldn’t be that she was pregnant with twins too.

“Exactly,” Adele said, having been reading his expression all this while and could sense his suspicion, “We are having more than one child.”

Elijah was stunned, “Twins?” He couldn’t exactly tell what he was feeling. Everything was happening too fast; one minute he was a single guy and the next he was on his way to becoming a father, not just to one child, but two kids. It felt surreal. He wasn’t even ready to be a father yet.

Instead of answering his question, Adele burst into laughter, leaving him confused. She laughed and laughed so hard that tears escaped her eyes and people were beginning to stare at them, leaving him embarrassed.

Elijah scratched the back of his head, feeling timid all of a sudden as he asked, “What’s wrong with my question?”

“Exactly! That was the same thought I had when my doctor said I was having multiple pregnancies. However, did you know what she said?”

“What did she say?” Elijah was filled with anticipation and also, and he couldn’t help but wonder if something was wrong. The way Adele said it, it almost seemed like there was bad news attached to it.

Instead of Adele answering him right away, she burst into another round of laughter again and this time, Elijah was exhausted with her antics.

“Just -!” He was close to losing his temper, but held himself at the last minute, “Just give me news, Adele. No more games.” He was begging her.

Leaning towards him on the table, Adele announced in her teasing voice, “I’m having Quadruplets, Aziz, or should I call you Elijah,”

The blood drained from Elijah’s face and he looked like he could collapse anytime soon. What did she just say? They were having quadruplets?

Dear God.

He blanched with terror.

The only reason Elijah was still seated was that he wanted to take responsibility for his actions, but then, no one told him that it was way worse than he thought.

It was Quadruplets.

Fucking Quadruplets?!

He couldn’t even handle himself, talk more about a child, and finally, four of them?! Why couldn’t he have one of them or even two like his brothers? Why four?! Elijah was highly tempted to abandon everything and run off. The responsibility was too much and he felt like fainting.

“Don’t worry, take all the time you want. It took me days to process the shock, and I can imagine how hard it is for you.” Although her words were sweet, the glint in her eyes was pure evil.

That was when it dawned on Elijah that he couldn’t have a vengeful wife and handle four kids at the same time. No, it was impossible! He would die before his time. And there was only one solution, he had to make Adele fall in love with him again.