Ruined Beauty: An arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers mafia romance (Angels & Brutes Book 1) by Cara Bianchi

Author:Cara Bianchi [Bianchi, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CBB Publishing
Published: 2023-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Morgana

I sit in my underwear before the mirror and take out my emerald earrings, grateful not to have to bear their weight anymore. You don't realize how heavy real jewels are when you're used to cheap costume junk.

I'm married to a man I met just a couple of days ago. A man who just added to his murder tally. Six are now dead at his hands because of me.

This same man had my mother's medication delivered to her door. He asked my father to attend our wedding and give me away. He loves his brothers and Lilyana most of all. His housekeeper speaks fondly of him and tells me his Mama adored him. And he respects my boundaries, even though we're clearly burning with lust for one another.

I was so sure he was another abusive asshole. All the signs were there. But with Jack and Hektor, kindness and affection were just part of the mask, the facade that hid the rotten, toxic mess behind. With Vlad, it's the other way around—the good stuff he tries so hard to bury is who he really is.

The bratva life hardened him in some ways. Murdering people and not feeling any way about it is definitely not a mainstream skill set. But Vlad's vicious possessiveness turns me on just as much as his soft side, and he saw that in me from the beginning.

I'm falling hard for the monster and the man, no matter how hard I try to deny it to myself.

I hear the suite door open. Vlad appears behind me in the mirror. He leans on the doorframe.

"Hello, wife. To be clear, I am not here to banter, bicker, tease or otherwise fuck around. I want you, and this time you'll need to work hard to convince me to back off."

I turn around. "What about the party?"

"Fuck the party, fuck all of it. I'm tired of the expectations, the pantomime, the lies." He takes a step toward me. "You exasperate me, Morgana. You're impudent, audacious, and smart. Everything a bratva wife shouldn't be, and everything that ought to drive me up the fucking wall. But I adore you because you're a challenge. Your love doesn't have a dollar value, which makes me want it all the more."

My breath catches, but I get a hold of myself. "So, in that case, shouldn't I keep saying no to you?"

Vlad stares at me for a moment before dropping to his knees.

"You want me to beg, is that it? I've never begged for anything, but if you want me to scrape and plead for permission to touch you, I will. Just don't tell anyone."

I get to my feet, gesturing for him to stand. "You're a pakhan, Vladi. You don't belong on your knees."

"Agreed. But you'd look fucking gorgeous on yours." He raises an eyebrow as he pulls me to him. "What does my wife want? Because I wanna make you scream."

I want him to ravage me every which way until I'm sore and spent. And I'm done fighting myself, fighting him.

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