Ruined: A Dark Mafia Enemies To Lovers Standalone Romance by M. James

Author:M. James [James, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PNK Publishing
Published: 2023-12-23T08:00:00+00:00

On the short flight to Boston, I do my best not to think about my wife. It should be easy—I don’t want to think about her, and I have plenty of other things to consider, since my father wants me there to discuss business. But I can’t seem to shake Amalie from my thoughts.

She’s different here from the girl I met in Ibiza. There, she was carefree and flirtatious, wild, and a little reckless. Here, she’s anxious and petulant, angry and suspicious by turns, and seemingly intent on infuriating me constantly. Every time I think back on that afternoon in the library, I feel certain that I should have refused to marry her. My father might have been frustrated with the failure of the arrangement, but I’m rapidly beginning to think I’d rather have faced that than the frustration of having been pushed into marrying Amalie Leone. She’s far from the kind of girl I would have chosen for a wife.

I wanted someone who understood my expectations, who would want peace and security above all else. Those things I can provide, so long as I’m given my own peace in return. But Amalie—

Maybe I should have brought her with me. The problem of the attic pokes at the back of my mind, and I grit my teeth, realizing I should have re-locked the door and taken the key. If she continues to snoop around—

I have to hope that she’ll be bored with that particular line of investigation before it becomes more of a problem. But I already know that’s decidedly not the sort of woman Amalie is. She’s stubborn and persistent, and I can tell from even this short time that she’s not going to simply smile and put on a pleasant face for dinner parties and charity events, and then return to us ignoring each other at home. She’s going to keep poking, prodding, and insisting that I answer her questions until things blow up between us. At this point, I half-hope the baby isn’t mine, so I have an excuse to be finished with her.

Is that really what you want? That nagging question lingers in my mind, taunting me. No matter how much I insist that I want a gulf of distance between my wife and me, to only be closed when we lower a mutually agreed-upon drawbridge, I don’t react that way when I’m near her. I can’t figure her out, and it’s making me feel obsessive. The opposite of what I want.

Truthfully, I don’t know what it is that she wants. And we can’t seem to stop fighting with one another long enough for us to figure that out.

I know my father is going to bring up my marriage from the moment I take a seat in his office that evening, after dinner. There’s a cautious but knowing look on his face that I recognize, and I wince as I take the glass of port he offers me, waiting for him to say whatever it is that’s on his mind.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.