Forbidden Love (Mackenzies Book 1) by Elizabeth Knox

Author:Elizabeth Knox [Knox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knox Publishing
Published: 2021-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Her appetite for him was voracious and although the starvation was torture she was certain the feast would be salacious.

~ A. Jade

Liam

Caprice took her time allowing the pastry to cool before she put the filling in. I watched her dash powdered sugar on the top and grab a few raspberries from the fridge before we walked alongside each other back over to Luca and Alessandra’s flat.

We stand at their door, knocking lightly, waiting for it to open, but I’m getting the feeling it won’t. “Who’s there?” Alessandra asks.

“It’s me. I made your favorite cake for your birthday. You don’t have to eat it with me or anything, but I wanted you to have something, and I hope you enjoy it,” Caprice says. Even though she doesn’t stutter or choke, I can see the emotion written across her face.

Much to my surprise, Alessandra does open the door and Luca is standing a few feet behind her. Instead of looking to Caprice, he stares at me and mouths, ‘She’s having a rough time.’ I nod, understanding it must be even more difficult for her. She’s barely an adult, and from everything I’ve heard, she wasn’t treated in the same way her sister was.

“I’m sorry I slapped you. I shouldn’t have done that,” Alessandra tells Caprice.

“It’s fine. We were both angry,” Caprice replies, handing her the cake. Alessandra opens the top and smiles brightly at the contents, opening her arm to give Caprice a hug. “I’m going to go hang out with Liam for a while, but you and Luca enjoy your cake.”

“I . . . are you sure you don’t want to come in?”

Caprice glances up at me with a sinful smile. “Yeah, Liam and I have prior obligations. I’ll come over tomorrow though.”

“You two can go out with Shaun and Bishop. They’ll escort both of you into town so you can get some shopping done,” I tell them, looking back to Luca, who nods in agreement. He and I have a meeting with my father which could take the entire day. It’s better we stick to our schedule, and this way the girls are protected and busy.

“Okay, sounds like a plan,” Caprice says.

“Cap . . . I mean it, I’m really sorry. I’m having a difficult time adjusting to all this change. I feel like life just screwed me over so bad. Honestly, I saw the way you felt trapped by our father and I thought I’d be free the second I turned eighteen. Only, the universe had other plans for me,” Alessandra tells her sister, adding a half-smile at the end.

Caprice gives her sister another hug. “It’s fine. We’ll talk about everything tomorrow while we’re having our girls' day.”

“Okay, see you tomorrow,” Alessandra states, shutting the door.

Caprice and I get out of the security house and are on our way back to the main house when she stops all of a sudden and looks at me. “I heard what Luca said to Bishop earlier. What was all of that about?”

“It’s not my gossip to tell,” I say, not wanting to bring up old shite.

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