Chapter 27 Hello , Gabriel . My eyes flick to the house . What are you doing here ? His dark eyes hold mine . I think you know . The screen door slams shut and Lucy comes sauntering out in her little tutu . Gabriels face drops and he watches her walk over to us . Bang beats my heart . No … Hi . She smiles happily as she takes my hand in hers and swings it back and forth , damn it , why is she so friendly ? Hello , Gabriel replies coolly . What is your name ? Lucia . Gabriels jaw clenches as he stares at her . With her dark Italian features , she is undeniably nothing like me . My eyes well with tears , knowing that his anger is going to be ruthless , Fuck . Dont cry . Dont cry . What is your surname ? he replies to her . Lucy smiles proudly as she swings my hand back and forth . Gabriels murderous eyes meet mine . The Perfect Husbands Secret 30.2 % hapter He knows . 7 My skin crawls with fear … Go in the house , baby , I whisper . What ? She frowns up at me . In the house , I snap more urgently . Ballet isnt on today , I just found out . Go in the house now . But … Lucia . Lucy shrugs sadly and then waves at Gabriel . She turns and walks back into the house , he doesnt take his eyes off her as she disappears . As she walks through the door , his eyes meet mine . Is she … I swallow the lump in my throat . How could you ? he whispers angrily . Gabriel … I whisper through tears . Please , you need to leave . You think you can hide my fucking child from me ? he growls . My worst nightmare is coming to life . You need to leave , I spit . I will do no such thing , he yells as he loses all control . I screw up my face in tears . Dont you , a little voice yells as it pushes him away from me . Leave my mom alone . Gabriel turns and sees the furious little boy who has seemingly come out of nowhere . The Perfect Husbands Secret 30.39 % aptor His face falls when he sees the miniature version of himself . This is Dominic , I whisper . Lucias twin brother . Violet Gabriel stumbles back as Dominic pushes him . Get away from her , he yells . Dominic , I stammer . Leave it , go inside the house . He stands between Gabriel and me . Go away , he demands . Gabriels chest rises and falls as he struggles for air , his eyes are locked on Dominics . He grabs my hand and tries to pull me into the house . Mom , come on . Dont cry . The car door opens and Mark climbs out , my eyes flick to him . I didnt even realize he was in the car . Hi , Violet . He smiles . Dominic pushes me toward the house . Its fine , Dom , go inside . I know Gabriel . You need to leave us to talk . Hes mean . He stands in between Gabriel and me . Come inside with me . Gabriel and Dominic glare at each other in a standoff . Gabriel , now is not the time , I stammer nervously . Well organize to meet and talk , but …. not here and not now . Please ? I whisper , I gesture to the back of Dominic . Now is not the time . Lets go , Mark says . Gabriels furious eyes hold mine , and I wither under his wrath . Well come back later , Mark says as he opens the back door of the car for Gabriel . Without a word , Gabriel turns . The Perfect Husbands Secret 30.4 % A apter 27 Dont come back , Dominic spits . Gabriel turns and I can feel the thermonuclear energy about to blow , he is livid . I grab Dominic and push him behind me . Dont be rude , I warn him . Thats not how we speak to people , you know that . With one last murderous glance , Gabriel gets into the car and we watch on as it slowly pulls away . I close my eyes in relief … and then in horror . In all of the nightmare situations I could ever have imagined of how this day would go if it ever happened , that was the absolute worst scenario . T I pace back and forth in my kitchen as panic sets in . Why did he come here ? How did he find out ? My name is Lucia Coleman . 45 Oh my god … he knows , of course he knows , the children are the spitting image of him . Maybe I should pack up the kids and go on the run ? He wont do anything , he wont do anything … I try to tell myself . The problem is , I know him . Better than he knows himself , and I can bet my life on it that he is in shock right now . But when he recovers and gets himself together … God help me ? The adult thing to do would be to call him and organize to meet . And then do what ? Beg him not to take them from me . Gabriel Ferrara is a powerful man ; I know exactly what he is capable of . The Perfect Husbands Secret 30.5 % apte Hes going to be furious . Maybe he already has a wife and other children of his own ? Maybe he wont want anything to do with Lucy and Dom . Maybe they are just a blip on his radar . Then why did he come ? Why did he just show up here unannounced if he didnt have an agenda ? He knew … The moment I saw him , I could tell that he knew . keep seeing the animosity on his face , the sheer disgust at what Ive done . And who could blame him ? Im disgusted in myself that I never told him that he fathered my children , regretted it from the day they were born , but in all honesty , how could I have done it any differently ? How could I have told him that I have not one but two children of his when he already told me that he wanted nothing to do with me ? He said that we could never be together and that he only wanted an Italian wife and to have Italian children . This was never in my plan either … I am the victim here … not him . He had his fun and left without a care in the world . Hes been living the high life and I had two little babies while nursing a broken heart . Its been hard . My stomach twists in my chest . Ive purposely never looked him up because I didnt want to know how wonderful his life was going . But I have to know what Im up against here , I enter into Google : Gabriel Ferrara wife My heart beats in my chest as I wait for the answer . 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