Ruthless Crown: An Arranged Marriage Dark Mafia Romance (The Gallagher Crime Family Book 1) by S.R. Watson & Ryan Stacks

Author:S.R. Watson & Ryan Stacks [Watson, S.R. & Stacks, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Watson & Stacks, LLC
Published: 2023-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Aurora

I lean over the vanity and stare at my reflection in the mirror. I look the same yet I feel different somehow. My virginity is still intact, but my innocence is not. I’m no longer pure—far from it. I just had anal sex for the first time and am unsure how to feel. It was orgasmic at the moment—liberating even. His masculinity was all-consuming, and I admit that I wanted to be devoured by him. What does that say about me? I was supposed to be playing offense. I was supposed to be leveraging my virginity. Instead, I’m this wanton woman trying to find the regret for my actions. I’m no better than Fiona. Well, except he’s hell-bent on claiming me as his own. For his own selfish reasons of course, but I don’t want to think about that. I keep telling myself no harm done. I’m still a virgin for Niccolò, and I still plan to find a way back to my family.

I pull my terry cloth robe to the side and run a finger across the thin scratch along my neck where Lennon’s blade grazed my neck. I was ready to let go. If he had ended my life, I wouldn’t have to worry about disappointing my family. My dreams for my life are not aligned with what they want for me. I haven’t spent much time in Niccolò’s presence, but the little time that I have, I deduced that he is just evil. I’m per tried of what a life with him will look like. I don’t understand how my father could give me to him. Do I matter that little to my family? Yet if I question their plan for me, I’m being disloyal. I owe them everything. It’s just hard to accept that at times. I just want to be free. However, I know that I will never be.

I stare back at my plain face, free of makeup or anything special. I examine the bruises on my hips. Lennon is a complete asshole. Raw. Calculating. Ruthless. He is unapologetically himself, and I can respect that. He is who he is without consequence, and I’m jealous of that freedom to just be. When I’m with him, I indulge in the transference. He holds the key to my gilded cage, but for the briefest of moments, I feel free too. I get to pretend that the future that awaits me doesn’t exist.

“Who hurt you, Aurora?” Lennon asks, appearing suddenly in the bathroom with me. I wasn’t expecting to see him again this soon. I need time to process the debauchery we shared in that makeshift torture chamber of his.

“You mean besides you,” I try to deflect, pointing at the bruise starting to form on my hips.

“Don’t.”

His tone is serious. Gone is the sexual deviant from thirty minutes ago.

“What do you want from me? You know I’m not going to talk about that. I can’t.”

“You can and you will, Aurora. This is not up for debate. Either tell me or I will take out your entire fucking family before they know they’re under attack.

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