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
âIs it possible dreams can come true?â I whispered, more to myself than to the sinfully good-looking man sitting across from the table from me.
ââIn dreams and in love, there are no impossibilities,ââ Creed said as he glanced out the window at the twinkling stars.
âThatâs beautiful.â
âNot my words, Bella. They are from a passage by Janos Arnay.â
âThat doesnât make them any less beautiful.â
âPerhaps not, but dreams are what you make them. No one will create them for you.â Creedâs answer saddened me and I wasnât certain why.
âIf only there was such a thing as a good witch holding a magic wand.â
âIf she were standing here, what would you wish for? And it must be something very personal, not saving the world or peace for all.â
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 Iâd felt for him had faded somewhat over the last few hours. It made no sense, none whatsoever.
âA prima ballerina for the American Ballet Theater here in New York.â
âNot the Joffrey Ballet here or back in your hometown?â
âAs you well know, Los Angeles is my home, or at least it was.â
âIsnât home where the heart is?â he asked, grinning as he twirled his rocks glass back and forth.
Why was I blushing? âOnly if you have a heart.â
âOuch. You wound me.â
âHa!â 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 Iâd just experienced. How in Godâs name could I enjoy a dinner, drinks, and an entire evening with a bastard like Creed?
Because itâs obvious he cares about you.
There was another side to the shackled woman furrowing somewhere inside of me. Iâd wanted someone to love me for as long as I could remember, even though Iâd 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 wasnât certain I wanted to end.
When I was a little girl, before Iâd embraced just how much my mother had resented me being born, Iâd pretended I was the Hollywood princess with suitors lining up to court me. Iâd even dressed up in my motherâs most beautiful dresses, putting on makeup and pretending I was her.
Until the day Iâd ruined one of her Chanel couture creations, something the designer had made for her exclusively.
That was the day Iâd learned how much she hated me.
I was thinking about that very moment as
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