Chapter 173

• "Bianca," He softly called out to me. "Calm down." He chuckled, which only annoyed me. I was trying to be calm here! "I could never marry Francesca, when I have you. Also, I want to know your own thoughts, before going ahead to take responsibilities for the child she is carrying."
• "Manuel, no!" I rushed out. "I would never ask you to abandon your own child. Never." I sighed. "I just don't want to share you with another woman. I know another child that is not mine, would be a difficult change to adjust to, but I'm ready to do so. Those are part of the challenges that comes with marriage, I guess. I am ready to accept him or her into this home, and do my best to show him as much love as I would show my own child. I am saying this, not because I plan on taking Francesca's child away from her, but because I assume no Russo child would be trained outside Russo."
• "I understand you." He nodded. "Your assumptions are not wrong though. But things may turn out to be a little different in this case. Francesca also belongs to a strong mafia family like ours. Her father may not let his grandchild be taken out of their home. More so, to be trained by a family he detests."