THE MOB BOSS'S PREGNANT MISTRESS

"So what do you think?" Susan Jordan - more commonly known to her family and friends as Suzy - asked her mother as she whirled around the living room with a huge smile on her face.

Her daughter was excited, Elizabeth Jordan could tell, so how was she going to say anything negative? Besides, even if she wanted to, she couldn't think of anything wrong with the place her daughter had chosen.

The apartment was perfect. Not too expensive so she wouldn't have issues renewing the rent. It wasn't a very large apartment, but it was spacious enough to meet her needs and it was only one hour away from the family house. She knew that Susan had always wanted to move into the more developed and exciting part of the town, and now the time had finally come.

Susan was staring at her mother now, but her smile had turned into a frown. "What's wrong with it?" she asked, clearly confused by her mother's silence, "I thought you'd like it,"

"I do." Elizabeth replied quickly, moving towards her daughter and taking her hand in hers, "I promise I do. I just got lost in thought for a moment. Do you have any idea how much I'm going to miss you? First your brother, and now you... I'm happy, but I'm allowed to miss you, okay?"

Relief flashed in Susan's eyes and her smile was back again, "I'll miss you too, Mom, but I'm going to be twenty seven this year, I think it's time for me to move out. You and I know that I should have done this years ago,"

Susan didn't have to explain this to her mother, but they both knew that the only reason why Susan had moved back into the house after college was because she didn't want her mother to be alone after her father had died in a horrible car accident. Knowing how deeply her parents loved each other, she'd been worried for her mother, and so she stayed. But now, five years later, she was finally taking that big step. It was happening much later than it had compared with her peers, but Susan didn't mind, and she didn't regret her decision to stay with her mother.

"Besides," Susan added, and winked at her mother, "I don't think you'll miss me that much. You have Mr Williams to keep you company now,"

She grinned as her mother looked away shyly. Her mother had met Luke Williams four months ago and they'd begun dating two months later. Luke Williams was a nice elderly man in his early sixties who smiled a lot and insisted she called him Luke whenever she spoke to him. It was weird seeing her mother with someone who wasn't her father at first, but she'd gotten used to it as soon as she got to know Luke better. Her mother was happy, and that was what mattered the most.

"It's okay for you to date, Mom," she continued