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"Where are we going?" Rayne asks.

"Italy," I answer, looking at my son.

Rayne Pov

"Italy," Lucas answers when I ask where we are going. What does he mean, Italy?

I get up and walk over to Korey and Melaine, who are playing cards and drinking what looks like Jack. "Umm, you guys know you are minors, and it's illegal to drink under the age of 21, right?" I ask my two cousins, and they just look at me and laugh.

I just shake my head and sit down with them and watch as they play go-fish. Why are they playing go-fish, seriously? I just shake my head and laugh at them. "Hey, Rayne, where did you learn to drive like such a badass?' The guy, whose name I now know is Collin, asks me.

"Umm, I'd rather not say," I answer, looking at my hands and peeking up to see Lucas looking at me as some girl is stitching up his bullet wound.

I run my eyes up and down his god-like body. This guy has had abs for days. I just want to run my... I shake the thoughts out of my head. I can't think like that about him. It would never happen; it would just not work, I tell myself.

"He's hot as hell, isn't he?" The girl, who was just stitching his wound up, asks as she walks by me. Seriously, where did she come from? I didn't see her at my aunt's house. I look at her confusedly before looking over to Melaine.

"That's Crystal. She is. How should I say this? She is the family physician, and she comes with us when we go anywhere, just in case of injuries. But she is also Lucas's fuck buddy." Melaine says.

As she answers, I can feel my heart sink, and I just look away. I didn't want them to see that what she just told me affected me. "I'm tired, so I'm going to lie down," I say as I get up and walk over to Dante and lie down next to him.

"Rayne, you can go lay in the room back there. I'll watch Dante," Lucas says to me. I just shake my head and roll over, closing my eyes and going to sleep.

I wake up and see that I'm in the room Lucas told me about. How did I get here? I think to myself and look around. I throw the blanket off, walk out of the room, and head over to the other side of the jet.

"How much longer?" I ask.

"About two more hours," Lucas says. I shake my head and look around. "Where is Dante?" I ask as I look around again, thinking I missed him.

"He is lying in the room that you just woke up in," Lucas says, laughing and pointing to the door I just came out of.

"Oh, I must have missed him. Did you put me in there?" I ask, and he shakes his head yes as I walk to sit down next to him. "Thank you. For everything, Lucas. We'd be dead if it weren't for your protection. I mean, I know you would protect Dante from everything. But you didn't have to protect me, so thank you." I said, looking at him.

"Rayne," he sighs. "I will always protect you. You are family, and not just because of your uncle or your cousins, but because you are my son's mother." He says this, looking at me.

I don't know why, but as he says this, I get butterflies in my stomach, but I ignore them and look away.

"Rayne." Lucas starts to speak, but I cut him off. "We will tell Dante when we get there and settled," I say, looking at him.

"Thank you," he says. "And Rayne, I don't regret sleeping with you, and I want you to know that I will always be there to protect you; as long as I am here, you are protected," Lucas adds.

I shake my head, get up, and walk into the room to check on Dante. I sit on the bed and release the breath I didn't know I was holding. As I sit there, I start to cry. I have all these emotions running through my body that I don't understand. One emotion I feel is fear—not just fear for my son, but everything I have just learned that has been hidden from me. But I also have fear for how I feel about Lucas. I am tired of feeling hurt and abandoned. The second emotion I'm feeling, I don't know what it is. I'm so confused. My heart and body are telling me I want to be with Lucas, but my mind is saying to take Dante and run in the other direction, far, far away.

I start waking Dante up; the captain just announced we are getting ready to land. So we need to get in our seats.

I wake Dante up and go over and wipe my face, so no one knows I have been in here crying. I grab Dante's hand, then walk out of the room and go sit in the seats. I buckle him up and then take a seat next to him.

After we land, I wait for the door to open. I stand up, grab Dante's hand, and walk to the door of the jet. The first thing I notice as we are stepping off the jet is that it's late. Because it's late, we won't get to see anything. The second thing I noticed is that it's hot as hell. I will have to get a ride to town tomorrow to get us some clothes.

"Rayne this way." I hear someone shout my name. I rush over to the car with Dante in tow, holding my hand. I put him in the seat and buckled him in. After I climbed in the back with him, I shut the door.

The car starts moving. Lucas is in the front seat with whoever is driving. As we are driving to the destination, I start to doze off. I hear Lucas on the phone talking to someone in a hushed tone. I look over and see my little guy sleeping, so I shift, get comfortable, and close my eyes.

I wake up a little while later to the feeling of someone carrying me, and it startles me. I start moving, and I hear Lucas's deep voice. "Shh, it's ok, Amore. Go back to sleep. I'm just taking you inside with Dante." He says. I hum and lean into him, and I smell his husky yet sweet scent. Man, I never noticed how amazing he smells.

The next time I wake up, it's morning. I wake up to the sun shining into my room. I stir some more and roll over, and I see Dante is still sleeping. I look to see if there is a clock and see that it is 10 a.m. Wow, I've never slept past 9 a.m.

"Dante, baby, it's time to get up," I say to my three-year-old. He starts to stir and opens his eyes.

"Im hungry." He says it with a pout on his face.

"Well then, buddy, let's go find the kitchen," I say as he jumps up.

We get out of bed, and I look around the room and notice there are four doors. Hmm, I open the first door and notice it leads to a huge walk-in closet. I close that door, move over, and open the second door, which leads to a giant master bathroom. It has a huge tub with jets, his and her sinks, and a separate shower that looks like it is made of stone with four shower heads. The lights in the bathroom are chandelier-style, and there is a fireplace next to the tub.

"Damn, he's loaded," I mumble to myself.

"Woah, momma, it's a pool," Dante says, looking around.

"Ok, bud, use the bathroom, but please don't touch anything. I don't want you to break anything." I say walking out.

I decided to go to door three and noticed it led to a balcony. I step out onto the balcony, and my breath is instantly stolen.

I look out in front of me, and all I can see in the backyard is a private beach and the ocean-going on for miles. As I'm staring outside, I hear someone opening the bedroom door, but I don't bother looking to see who it is.

"Good morning, Amore." I hear that deep, husky voice, and I know right away it's Lucas. My body shivers as I hear him walking up to me.

"Beautiful view, ain't it?" I say.

"Yes, it is gorgeous," he says. I look at him and notice he's looking at me and not at the view.

I blush and look away.

"Rayne, before we go out to get you guys some clothes, I'd like to tell Dante," Lucas says.