Bond to Mend (Book 2): An arranged marriage and single dad dark mafia romance (Mafia Billionaire Daddy Series) by S.E. Riley

Author:S.E. Riley [Riley, S.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Redherring Publishing House
Published: 2023-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Arlie

I was going to murder the bitch. New York style, one frisbeed plate at a time. Who did she think she was? Coming into my marital home with her stuck-up ways, trying to tear us apart.

It took me all day to get settled and get back on track, and seeing Lorenzo’s face in the office made it even worse. I felt like a caged animal in the Vezini house.

As the Texan evening rolled on, I stepped out of the shower, my locks dripping. I wiped the steam from the mirror, peering back at the woman I’d become.

Reformed street rat. Caught in so many webs, none of them working for me. Scarlet was a Texan devil mistress dressed in caramel, and the man I was falling so hard for was in love with a dead woman who I’d never be able to emulate.

A cutback to watching Giana’s girlish laughter on screen dropped me into a low state. My brothers left me for dead and froze me out in the cold. Who am I? What does the Angelico name mean now? Who's got my back? I stared back, tears forming in my eyes. Am I alone in this marriage? Fighting for my place, fighting to be loved and not discarded.

My father—my only confidant and cheerleader in my back corner was gone.

Don’t back down, Arlie. Chin up, girl. We gotta show these Vezinis how we do it.

I stood over the basin, the sting of defeat making me tired for the night. I stepped back, running my fingers over my bumpy scar. I opened my inner thigh, the crisscross patching of scars taking me back to that fateful night. I jumped, the gunshots ringing out in my head. Somebody calling my name. My breath quickened, and if I stayed in the memory too long, I was bound to drown in suffocating darkness. Slowly, I put my underwear on, grateful for the hot shower, and now time to rest and fight another day tomorrow.

Priest surprised me, standing in the doorway watching me. His crystal blue eyes were smirking along with his exceptional mouth, curving into a smile.

“Here’s my battle warrior.” He pushed himself off the doorframe, his beautiful, masculine frame taking up the room. Automatically, my pussy tightened. The man was dangerous in a well-cut Italian suit, and it was just what I liked.

“This little warrior is done for the day. Make sure you keep your mother away from me.”

“I plan to, but at some point, both of you will have to get along.” His ill-timed comment immediately made me want to strike out at him, but I didn’t want to give anyone in the Vezini camp the satisfaction. My eyes told the story of wanting to throttle him, but what he spoke of next stopped me.

“Sorry, bad mistake, but I want to make it up to you. By the way, can we keep the spaghetti on the plate next time? I was planning on eating that for leftovers.” Priest smirked, and it broke the ice.

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