Deviant: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Discord Series Book 3) by Cathleen Cole & Frank Jensen

Author:Cathleen Cole & Frank Jensen [Cole, Cathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C&J Novels LLC
Published: 2022-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Reagan

It’d been over two weeks and Da was barely speaking to me. He only addressed me enough to give me orders for the men. He hadn’t told them the details, not yet. I was grateful for that. I couldn’t lose trust amongst them and Da in the same week. Our family dinners had been tense and gloomy. We’d all been hurt by someone recently and had retreated into our own thoughts.

If there were any questions about whether Rory and I took after our father, one only had to look at how each of us was handling our situations to know.

Shoving some asparagus around on my plate, I found my mind wandering. Ciro popped up far more than I cared to admit, but at least the thought of him didn’t bring me to my knees anymore.

He’d called and texted every day for the last couple weeks, but the messages had stopped two days ago. I didn’t know whether that was a good thing or if it broke my heart all over again. It wasn’t fair to expect him to keep pursuing me when I refused to speak to him, but I was conflicted.

On the one hand, I wanted him to come to me and sweep me off my feet, so I could forgive him and go back to being in love. I hadn’t realized the extent of how much I’d fallen for him. I was almost willing to forgive anything just to feel that way again. Almost. On the other hand, even if somewhere deep down I allowed that, I knew I’d respond to that scenario by punching him again.

That secret place in my heart was a girly-girl, the rest of me was a warrior. I almost felt bad for Ciro. I wasn’t exactly the easiest woman to deal with. That was putting it nicely. It hadn’t been phrased so elegantly throughout the years when I’d been told so.

Anger—mostly at Ciro, but a little at my father—flared up, making me lose my temper. “When are you going to forgive me, Da?” I snapped at him. As soon as the words escaped, I bit the insides of my lips. That certainly hadn’t been the best way to approach the subject. And I had no right to take that tone with him.

Rory’s eyes were all but bugging out of his head, and his jaw hung so low I imagined it sitting next to his dinner plate.

The imagery made my lips tip into a faint smile. The look on Da’s face made that smile instantly run for cover as ice filled my veins.

He glowered at me, letting the silence continue to grow between us.

“Sorry,” I said with a sigh. “I just… It’s killing me to know you’re so mad at me.” I’d cried myself to sleep every night for two weeks. It was hell trying to deal with having two of the men in my life the focus of my torment. If Rory was mad at me too, I was pretty sure I’d implode like a star going supernova.

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