Loveshed: Married to the Mafia

by B. Love

  “You really missed me huh?”

  The only reason Diem pulled back was because she heard the smile in his voice and wanted to actually see it on his face. Remaining on his lap, she dropped her arms from his neck and looked into his eyes. Sure enough, there was a wide grin spread across his face that made her smile.

  “Yes, I really missed you. Did you really miss me too?”

  Deacon entangled her fingers with his as he nodded. “Missed you every day that you’ve been gone.”

  “So…” She licked her eyes and swallowed hard. “Is he yours?”

  His loaded sigh answered her before his mouth did. “He is. I’m sorry, Doll.”

  Diem smiled with one side of her mouth as she cupped the back of his head. “You don’t have to apologize for something that happened before you knew me. Now if you fuck off with a bitch now that we’re together…”

  “Now that we’re together?” Her smile formed fully. “You saying you still want to be with me?”

  “Yea. A man having a child with someone else doesn’t faze me. Hell, I got five siblings and only one has the same momma and daddy as me.” Her chuckle made Deacon smile. “All I care about is that you’re faithful during our relationship and you treat me right. And that your son’s mother stays in her place. As long as neither of you disrespect me, I’m good.”

  Deacon sat back in his seat and let out a soft, “Whew.” Clutching his chest, he smiled. “Baby. You don’t know how good you saying that shit makes me feel. I was going to let you go if I had to because I know I didn’t handle this the way you wanted me to, but Lord knows I’ve been praying that you give me another chance. And you don’t have to worry about Sienna because…”

  “Sienna?” Deacon nodded. “Your son… his name isn’t Brensen is it?”

  Deacon’s face twisted as his head tilted. “It is. How do you know that?”

  With a scoff, Diem lifted herself from Deacon’s lap and began to pace in front of him. Her head shook, mind unable to wrap around the truth that was presenting itself before her.

  “That’s my brother’s fiancée. My future sister-in-law. Brensen is my nephew.” Her pacing stopped. “Well, I thought he was my nephew. But if Eira isn’t his father that means he’s not.”

  Deacon stood and towered over her. “Has she ever hinted at the fact that your brother wasn’t the father of her child? Like I said, I haven’t talked to her since she broke up with me, so I had no idea she was pregnant. And I know of your family, but not well enough to know them by name and who they have kids with.”

  “No. She’s never said anything like that. Let her tell it she fell in love with Eira the moment she saw him and hasn’t wanted to be with anyone else.” Diem rolled her neck and popped her knuckles. “I’ma beat that hoe ass, Deacon. Tonight.”

  He chuckled as his head dropped. “Under normal circumstances I would never want my lady fighting… but this bitch is scandalous.”

  It was in that moment that Diem realized this went beyond Sienna’s scheme. She’d not only been lying to her brother and their family, but she hurt Deacon in the worst way too. Diem wrapped her arms around his neck and held him. It took a moment for Deacon to surrender himself to her consoling him, but when he did, he wrapped his arms around her too.

  “I’m sorry, baby. I know you really loved her and had no idea that a baby came out of her cheating on you.”

  “Yea. This would explain why she randomly broke up with me. Her ass gave me a bullshit ass excuse about not wanting things to get even more serious with how much I was working, but really, she just didn’t want me to know she was fucking off and was probably pregnant by another man.”

  “So I wonder why she told you now? Eira has to leave in the morning and she’s packed and ready to go with him. What is her game?”

  “Shit, I don’t know, but we can find the fuck out now.”

  Deacon released her and tried to walk away, but Diem stopped him. Even though she wanted to hand her head to Eira and her ass to Deacon on silver platters, tonight went beyond her betrayal.

  “Tonight is really important for my brother and my family. I don’t want to put this weight on him at least until the end of the night. Can we not say anything when we first get there?”

  Deacon thought over her request for quite some time before agreeing with only a head nod. If shit was about to go left for all parties involved, Diem at least wanted Eira to enjoy a few hours of peace with his family before he found out the horrible truth.

  Chapter 31

  Chief could always tell when Remington was getting drunk. First, she would always randomly blurt out that she wasn’t tipsy. Second, she would get freaky as hell. Both of those things were happening right now. They were at Eira’s place, and she was already a little fucked up when they first arrived. Remington swore she could hang and fucked around and tried to keep up with Chief and Eiryx’s drinking. Eiryx had stopped by his place before the party, and what was lightweight for them had Remington tipsy as soon as they left the house.

  Now, she was grinding against Chief’s hard dick whispering in his ear about what she wanted to do to him when they got home.

  Home.

  As in the home they shared together.

  She swore they still needed to take their time and see how things gradually worked out between them, but instead of her getting her own place, she’d been staying with Chief ever since they made up. True enough, she slept in the guest room unless they messed around and had sex, and she was paying him what she thought was rent money, but Chief had opened a bank account for her and was putting every cent she ever gave him inside to give back to her at a later date.

  “What we gotta wait until we get home for? It’s a bed in another room right now.”

  Remington laughed, but Chief was dead serious. Hell, he would have taken her to the bathroom and gave it to her on the sink if she let him; he gave no fucks. Actually, having sex in public places with other people around turned him on. All he needed was the okay and he’d be tossing her over his shoulder and taking her somewhere to have his way with her.

  “Listen. As fucked up as I will be by the end of the night, we gotta be alone because I know I’m going to be screaming your name loud as hell.”

  Chief chuckled as he cupped the back of her neck and pulled her lips to his. If anyone deserved a night to turn up beyond Eira, it was Remington. She’d been working her ass off to rebuild her brand. Not only was she back to doing hair herself, but she had almost all of her stylists back. And she was working on the relaunch of her hair and hair care line, too. By the end of May, she’d be back up and running in all areas.

  What could have been a loss for her showed her her strength and character. Now, she could confidently say that she worked for everything she had, and it was all hers.

  Chief didn’t even allow himself to think about Gray these days. Knowing that he tried to violate his sister made him want to find where Xi hid his body just to bring him to life, torture him, and kill him all over again. There was something about that shit that still wasn’t making sense to Chief, and it was going to drive him crazy until he figured it out or gained some peace. Him and Gray may have had an issue because of Remington, but it was nowhere near cause enough for him to try and violate his sister.

  Didn’t matter how drunk or mad he was – Gray had never crossed a line like that.

  Chief deepened the kiss, needing his thoughts to circle back around to Remington.

  “Oh shit.”

  Chief broke the kiss at the sound of Estella’s voice. He looked in the direction of her attention as Diem, Deacon, Ai, and Duke entered the house. Chief had heard about Ai prancing around town with Duke, but he was waiting for her to introduce him to the family officially. Of all nights, tonight didn’t seem like the best time. Tonight was supposed to be a celebration, not a lynching, and if Duke or any nigga that came around with his sister said the wrong thing… that’s what it would turn into with the quickness.

  Taking Duke’s hand
into hers, Ai quickly walked over to where Pamela and Estella were seated. The two mothers of the family stood and embraced them both while James went to every one of his sons and mumbled something in their ears. By the time he got to Chief he said, “Watch this motherfucker, son. He on some bullshit. And you know we don’t play about baby girl.” Chief nodded and licked his lips, patting Remington’s ass for her to get up. Before he could make his way over to Ai and Duke, James was lifting his hand and stopping him.

  “Hold up now. Let’s be smart about this. Get all the family together in the dining room so we can handle this like gentlemen.”

  James headed towards the dining room, grabbing Ai’s hand in the process. Of course Duke followed behind, along with Estella and Pamela. All it took was one look from Cassius, and the rest of his siblings were following him down the hall. As soon as everyone was in the room, James asked, “What is this?”

  Duke chuckled as Ai’s face covered with confusion.

  “Why are you acting like you don’t know what’s up?” she questioned, throwing Chief off. “I told you that I wanted you all to meet Duke since this would be the last time all of us would be together for a while.”

  “You know your father didn’t want you with someone in this business, Ai. And as a father figure to you, I’ve always agreed.”

  Ai inhaled a deep breath as she looked from James to Pamela.

  “Ma, I know that’s what you all want for me, and I really appreciate your concern, James, but whether you approve of him or not, I’m going to be with Duke. My father didn’t want me with a man in the streets, but Duke was the exception to that. I think that’s why he kept us apart for as long as he did.”

  James looked at Duke, and his head titled as he held onto Ai’s hand. The way he stared at James… not too many men outside of the family did so. Either he was cut from a different cloth, or he had something on James that they didn’t know about. Chief wasn’t sure which it was, but he respected the shit.

  “If you do this, the family won’t have anything to do with you.”

  “That’s not a call you can make. You’re not even my real father.”

  “But I’m the head of this family, and I’m the closest thing you have to a father now.” Duke chuckled, causing everyone to look over at him. “You got something you want to say nigga?”

  “Tread lightly motherfucker. I’ll blow all your shit up.”

  For the first time in his life, Chief saw his father back down. Not vocally, but physically. His shoulders hunched and eyes bucked before his face cast over with fear. Now, Chief’s curiosity had been piqued, and there was no getting out unless he was let in on what the fuck was going on.

  “You gon’ handle this brother, or shall I?” he asked Cassius, to which Cassius asked…

  “If you know something about my father, can you tell us?”

  Duke sighed as he released Ai’s hand.

  “I didn’t want to do this. Even though it’s been eating me up inside, I was hoping James acted right so I wouldn’t have to tell you all this.”

  Ai put her hand on his arm and turned him more in her direction as she asked, “Tell us what?”

  Duke scratched his ear as he looked her over and released another hard breath. “James had your father murdered.”

  “What?” she cried out, while gasps and curses fell from everyone else in the room.

  “He knew that Trevor wanted to leave the business and start his own, taking all of y’all with him. Given the choice, y’all would choose Trevor, so he got rid of him and had it look like the hit was for him to keep any speculation away from him.”

  “That’s bullshit,” Diem yelled, stepping closer to James. “Rock is a bastard, but he ain’t heartless like that. He’s the one that taught us loyalty. Right, Rock?”

  James remained silent as he stared at Duke.

  “Where’s your proof?” Chief asked.

  “Proof!” James yelled, pulling away from Diem. “He doesn’t have proof. He’s only doing this because I told him I wouldn’t force you all to accept his relationship with Ai.”

  “I have proof, in a safe place. Trevor came to me because his trust was beginning to waver for James. Plus, he knew that he and Estella were going to try and finally be together, and James would die before he let that happen.”

  “This is bullshit. I’m not standing around for this.”

  James began to leave as Estella cried, “Is it true, James?” He didn’t answer her vocally, just sent her a small smile before making it to the doorway. Before he could get out, Cassius was on him, hitting him so hard he fell to the ground instantly. There was no part of Chief that wanted to save his father, but his loyalty was the only reason he tried to get Cassius off of him… after he landed a few more hits.

  “You dead to me!” Cassius yelled, trying his hardest to get out of Chief’s grip.

  Eira stepped up to hold him back, warning James with, “You need to go before I let him loose.”

  Estella fell to the ground, sobbing as Pamela tried to hold her up though she was shedding her own tears. Ai exited briskly with Duke following right behind. Diem stared at the door in disbelief, holding her stomach as if she would be sick soon. And all Eiryx could do was rock back and forth in one place as tears drenched her face.

  It was enough for them to wrap their minds around losing Trevor. Now… they had to accept the fact that he was gone because of James.

  Chapter 32

  During all the chaos, Eira noticed Sienna in a heated debate with Deacon before storming out. That didn’t make any sense to Eira because this was his first time seeing Deacon with Diem or anyone else. In his mind, there was already something fishy going on between the two. As he watched Sienna casually leave the party, Eira wondered if he wanted to go after her right away or speak with Diem about how worthy of trust Deacon was. At this point, all he knew was his name and that he was dating his sister – that’s it.

  Deciding to follow Sienna, Eira called out to Diem and told her to walk with him outside. She did, face still covered with tears. Diem wiped them quickly and gave Eira her full attention.

  “I’m sorry to ask you this now, but do you know about your guy and Sienna?”

  Her shoulders lowered as she exhaled a hard breath. “Yes. We wanted to wait until the party was over to tell you, but things took a turn none of us were expecting.” Diem paused and grabbed his wrist. “I didn’t find this out until a couple of hours ago, but Sienna cheated on Deacon with you. When she got pregnant, she broke up with him. Sienna randomly reached out to Deacon when she found out that we were dating and told him that he was her son’s father.”

  Thankful for his car being behind him, Eira leaned against it when it felt like the air had been knocked out of him.

  “Deacon got the results back today, and he is Brensen’s father. I’m so sorry, brother. I don’t know what Sienna is up to, but I got you on whatever you need to find out.”

  Pinching his nose, Eira looked in the direction that Sienna’s car had gone. He pulled up the app he used to track all of his and her cars, then studied the road she was taking. When Eira made the deal while in prison, he put guards on Sienna at all times. They were invisible, and she never saw when she was being followed. Since it was for her safety only, Eira never asked the guards what she did throughout the day.

  He trusted her, so that wasn’t his concern.

  Now, Eira was starting to wonder if he’d been naïve with trusting her.

  Ever since she got locked up, she’d been exhibiting signs of things changing between them. From her no longer wearing her engagement ring to her barely answering his phone calls. Eira was cool with that, and he was even cooler with them not being together, especially since he had started talking to Trisha again.

  But in the back of his mind, all Eira could think about was his son and how he deserved a better childhood than Eira and his siblings had. So, Eira made the choice to do whatever it took to make sure both he and Sienna could be in his life, in the
same home, even if that meant being with a woman that he had slight doubts about.

  “I need to borrow your car real fast to make sure she doesn’t recognize mine.”

  “Whatever you need.”

  Eira followed Diem back into the house, but when she handed him the key to her Mercedes he headed right back out. Sienna had a good enough lead for her to not be able to see when Eira was approaching her. He kept two cars between them – a stranger, and Caf, the guard who was on Sienna for the night. As he followed her, Eira tried his hardest not to think about the news he’d just heard. For the past five years, he’d devoted his life to a son that wasn’t his. A woman who hadn’t been faithful.

  Nah.

  If he thought about that now, he would end up catching a fresh charge for doing something reckless in front of everyone around.

  Eiryx FaceTimed Eira when she realized he was gone to make sure he was straight. When he told her the news, she wasn’t surprised. Not because she had ever seen Sienna with Deacon, but because she saw Sienna with Xi and flirting with other men. Eiryx still didn’t have proof that there was something going on between Xi and Sienna, but when she pulled up at her destination, Eira showed it to Eiryx, and she confirmed that it was in fact Xi’s home.

  Sienna knocked and waited, made a few calls. After about five minutes of Xi not answering, she gave up and left. Eira let her back out of the driveway and leave the neighborhood cove before he ordered Caf to help him box her car in. Eira saw her arms flailing in anger, but they fell immediately when Eira cut the car off and got out. Slowly, Eira made his way over to the car. To keep from putting his hands on her, Eira pulled them behind his back.

  She opened the door and hesitantly stepped out.

  “Eira…”

  “All I need is for you to explain what the fuck you on Sienna. No excuses. No lies.”