Controlled: A Dark Mafia Romance by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2024-06-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Bella

“Is it possible dreams can come true?” I whispered, more to myself than to the sinfully good-looking man sitting across from the table from me.

“‘In dreams and in love, there are no impossibilities,’” Creed said as he glanced out the window at the twinkling stars.

“That’s beautiful.”

“Not my words, Bella. They are from a passage by Janos Arnay.”

“That doesn’t make them any less beautiful.”

“Perhaps not, but dreams are what you make them. No one will create them for you.” Creed’s answer saddened me and I wasn’t certain why.

“If only there was such a thing as a good witch holding a magic wand.”

“If she were standing here, what would you wish for? And it must be something very personal, not saving the world or peace for all.”

As I took a deep breath and thought about his question, I basked in the moment, the exquisite restaurant and the clothes I was wearing. Yes, I really did fell like a fairy princess, and he certainly was no toad. I felt as if I was losing a part of myself, uncertain why the repulsion I’d felt for him had faded somewhat over the last few hours. It made no sense, none whatsoever.

“A prima ballerina for the American Ballet Theater here in New York.”

“Not the Joffrey Ballet here or back in your hometown?”

“As you well know, Los Angeles is my home, or at least it was.”

“Isn’t home where the heart is?” he asked, grinning as he twirled his rocks glass back and forth.

Why was I blushing? “Only if you have a heart.”

“Ouch. You wound me.”

“Ha!” I lifted my champagne glass, licking the rim on purpose but the inner voice inside of me was chastising the feeling of euphoria and freedom I’d just experienced. How in God’s name could I enjoy a dinner, drinks, and an entire evening with a bastard like Creed?

Because it’s obvious he cares about you.

There was another side to the shackled woman furrowing somewhere inside of me. I’d wanted someone to love me for as long as I could remember, even though I’d been terrified of losing myself in someone. But this? I was crazy to think of him as anything but some well-trained serial killer. Yet here I was laughing with him.

I had no clue how he could make me laugh after feeling like nothing but his hostage, but between dinner and the incredible atmosphere, being waited on hand and foot, I was in some crazy kind of spell I wasn’t certain I wanted to end.

When I was a little girl, before I’d embraced just how much my mother had resented me being born, I’d pretended I was the Hollywood princess with suitors lining up to court me. I’d even dressed up in my mother’s most beautiful dresses, putting on makeup and pretending I was her.

Until the day I’d ruined one of her Chanel couture creations, something the designer had made for her exclusively.

That was the day I’d learned how much she hated me.

I was thinking about that very moment as

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