Cruel Kiss: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance (Sinners' Secrets Book 1) by Zoey Shelby & Helen Scott

Author:Zoey Shelby & Helen Scott [Shelby, Zoey & Scott, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-15T18:30:00+00:00

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It felt wrong to go downstairs, even though Dante had said I was to do so. As I moved down the steps, I found my gaze gravitating to the huge hallway below.

Everything about this house screamed grandeur. It was unsettling in a way I didn’t expect. I'd always thought that my father's house was luxurious, and it was compared to the dorms at school, but Dante's house made my father look like middle class in comparison to a billionaire.

I hadn’t bothered to put on shoes so as I reached the bottom step I left the fluffy stairs carpet and stepped onto the cool wood of the hallway. My memory of which way to go was clouded with images of Dante's strong back leading the way.

Without him in front of me I felt like a thief as I stole around the downstairs area. I itched to know what was behind each door, but I had already angered Dante enough.

My ass burning reminded me just how much. I wasn’t looking for a repeat performance.

I was already bare under my dress, the material as soft as it was felt like sandpaper scraping over my raw skin. I hated that he’d spanked me. I hated how much I’d hated it and how much I’d enjoyed it.

And above all I hated him.

I navigated the corridors and found the dining room partly by chance. It was at the last second that I recognized the route we’d taken this morning.

My feet slowed of their own accord and I hesitated at the door. I had no idea what was going to greet me inside this room. The man had pulled my dress up and spanked me like I was five years old. What else was he capable of?

Unease prickled along my skin as I gave thought to escape once more. Drawing in a breath, I steeled my spine and twisted the knob.

When I stepped into the room, Dante was already seated at the table, a heavy bottomed glass filled with an amber colored liquid in front of him. He glanced up and I saw something I hadn’t seen from him before.

Something akin to warmth. The coldness I'd come to expect from him was tempered down. It was still there, but he’d thawed out a little.

I realized why a moment later.

“Please, sit.” He smirked as he spoke.

Bastard. He knew sitting would be painful for me after he just spanked my ass raw.

I gave him a dark glare as I moved over to the chair farthest from him. Before my ass could touch the seat, he spoke again. “If I wanted to have dinner shouting across the table, I’d have instructed you to sit all the way down there.”

Huffing out a breath, I moved back up the table and pulled out the chair at his right hand side. He, of course, was sitting at the head of the table.

As I stared at him, the urge to just claw my fingernails down his face was overwhelming. I wanted to hurt him in the same way he had hurt me.

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