Savage Mafia King: Enemies to Lovers Fake Relationship Mafia Romance (Vicious Heirs Book 3) by Lenora Wilde

Author:Lenora Wilde [Wilde, Lenora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten—Isabella

As I pull myself from the bed and try to gather myself once more, all I can think about is how helpless I am in the face of this nightmare.

I don't know what's going on with Marcus. I don't know if his family members have been hurt, if something has happened he can't come back from, but the possibilities torment me painfully.

I dial up Martha as I pull on my clothes, needing someone to talk to about the mess that's going on inside my head right now.

"Hello?" she greets me sleepily.

"Hey, Martha. Sorry if I woke you up, I just..." Before I can get the words out, a rush of emotion overtakes me. A sob escapes from my lips, and Martha's tone shifts at once.

"Oh my God, Isabella, are you okay? What's going on? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine," I assure her quickly, swiping away my tears. "I'm just... I'm just..." I can't tell her what's going on. I hardly even know where to start.

"Did Marcus hurt you?" she demands.

"No, no, I'm okay," I promise. "He hasn't… he would never do anything like that. I'm at his place right now, and I..."

"You're at his place? You woke up there?"

I hesitate. Do I want to share so much of the truth with her so soon?

Finally, I manage a reply. "Yes, I woke up here. I spent the night," I confess. "I know I shouldn't have, but I'm really starting to feel something for him, and I hate the thought of not being with him."

"Damn, girl," she mutters. "You want me to come pick you up? Bring you back to campus?"

"No, no, I can handle it," I promise her as I head to the bathroom to clean myself up.

As I stare at myself in the mirror, I almost don't recognize myself. I feel as though I'm going to slip away. I reach out and touch my reflection, checking that it's still there, checking that I haven't vanished entirely.

"Are you sure?"

I bite my lip. My eyes look distant, even to me. What's happened to me? These last few weeks, I've gone from being totally in control of everything in my life to feeling like the whole world is falling apart around me, and I have no idea how to navigate it. My life—what I thought was my life, anyway—is nothing like the way it once was, and I can't just turn back time and go back to the start and pretend none of this ever happened. No, what Marcus and I've shared is too intense for that, and I can see it clearly now.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Look, Martha, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you so early. I'm going to go. I'll catch you later, okay?" And, with that, I hang up the call and quickly wash my face before I head back to the bedroom.

Sitting on the edge of his bed, I reach out for the spot he was sleeping in, brushing my fingers along the pillow where his head lay while he held me.

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