“Well, I can’t afford to be out of a job, like you can.”
He didn’t want her to leave. “I know. Don’t worry about it.”
She rolled her eyes. “Amedeo, I know you’ve taken care of the baby, but I still need to have a job. Can we get back to this hacker?”
They sat in his office. Him behind the desk. Violet looking over his shoulder. She’d brought up what she’d done to find the hacker. Now he had to make a decision about charging this person. Well, he had to. This was not acceptable.
“Okay. I don’t need the specifics. Tell me who we have to call and how do we prevent this in the future.”
“I’ve been working on the prevention, also. You’re system wasn’t nearly as secure as Carl thought.”
“Carl doesn’t have the raw hacking knowledge that you have,” he said.
“True. Not a lot of people do,” she said.
“Did this person cause any damage?”
Violet shook her head. “Not that I can see. I guess he was laying low to see if anyone discovered him in there before he did his mischief.”
“I don’t even know this person.”
She shrugged. “You may have been picked at random.”
“No viruses or anything like that?”
“No. That’s what I thought he might have done, but none. Let’s see what the FBI will say about it. It was only a breach. No damage.”
He nodded. “Can this wait until tomorrow?”
She stepped away. “You don’t seem too concerned.”
“I am. I really am and I appreciate what you’ve done, but I have other things on my mind.”
She glanced down at her belly. “Not sure we can do it on the desk in my current condition.”
He kissed her stomach. “No, I wanted to go see my mother.”
She sighed. “I guess that’s overdue. Does she know the situation?”
She knew he’d married, but he told her that he was going to have another wedding. A real one because he wanted Violet to be his real wife. He wanted to ask her in front of all the important people in their lives. He’d been planning it for a few days.
“She does. She knows all about it.”
Violet studied him. “She’s okay with it?”
“She’s over the top.”
Violet gave him an odd look. He just laughed then patted her bottom. “Go get your stuff. Let’s leave now.”
“Can we stop home so I can freshen up?”
“No need. Really. My mother knows we’re coming from work.”
She frowned. “Okay.”
He met her in the lobby then walked her to the car. He held the door for her then climbed in after her. She was silent the whole ride to his mother’s house.
“Is everyone here?”
She was clearly looking at all the cars in the driveway.
“Yes.”
She scrunched up her face. “I love your family, but I’m not sure I’m up for all of them today. Can we go home?”
He patted her thigh. “Trust me. We don’t need to be here long, but I think it’ll be fine.”
“Okay.”
They walked in and the first person he saw was Gwen with DJ or Dante Junior. He kissed Gwen’s cheek and then the top of DJs head. What a sweet smelling baby. Ah.
Everyone was in the kitchen and Violet had a puzzled look on her face when she saw Kalia who waved to her. She glanced back at Amedeo. “What’s going on?”
“I have a surprise.”
“Okay.”
He greeted everyone with a hug or a kiss. His mother beamed. She knew what was going to happen. Hopefully Violet wouldn’t be upset. Hopefully she’d be happy. He was betting his heart on her reaction.
Violet hugged everyone then sat on the stool that Amedeo had indicated. Here gaze was wary, but she had a smile on her face. “This looks like an intervention.”
Amedeo laughed. “No, it’s not.”
He took a deep breath then looked around the room. All of the important people were here. He let out the breath.
Then he knelt in front of Violet. “I wanted everyone in our lives to be here when I did this.”
Violet looked around then back to Amedeo. “Yes they are all here.”
He pulled a ring box out of his pocket. A questioning look appeared on Violet’s face. They had wedding rings, but he hadn’t given her an engagement ring. He wanted that for her. He wanted her to know that he was all in this marriage. That it wasn’t a sham.
“Violet Taylor, will you marry me? Again? For real this time? I’ve grown to love you over these months and not just because you’re carrying my child, but because of who you are and who I am when I’m with you.”
Her eyes widened. Her mouth opened. Tears appeared. “Oh. My. God. I love you, too, Amedeo. Yes. I’ll marry you. Again.”