The Marriage Contract: An Age Gap, Mafia, Fake Marriage Romance by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari [Ferrari, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

DARIO

“She doesn’t want to speak to me,” I tell Mother, a strange numb feeling cloaking me.

“She’s never seen anything like this before,” my mother replies, her hand on my shoulder. “I’ve lived in this world for most of my life, and I’ve never seen that aspect. You can’t blame her for being in shock.”

“She looked like she hated me,” I say, looking up at the night sky as I sit on the back porch. “Do you know what she said when we got into the helicopter? Don’t look at me. Don’t touch me. She doesn’t even want me to bring her aunt and her friend here. She said she feels dirty, different.”

“Dario, she’s in shock.”

I grit my teeth, but I can’t stop reliving the beating I gave that lowlife who was going to hurt Elena. When I stormed the farmhouse after the successful shootout, and I saw him standing there with her, the monster in me came out—the part of me I never wanted her to see.

“I’m going to see how she’s doing.”

My mother sighs. “Is that a good idea?”

“She’s my fiancée,” I snap.

My mother tilts her head at me.

“What?” I say.

“Nothing.”

“Then why are you looking at me like that?”

She doesn’t reply, so I walk through the townhouse to Elena’s bedroom. When I knock, she moans, “Go away.”

“It’s me.”

“Please, Dario.”

“Let me in.”

I lean against the wall, resisting the desire to bash the door down. After several minutes, I hear her footsteps on the other side. She opens the door, staring at me bleakly. She looks drained after a fresh shower, her hair tied up, her eyes dark pits. She’s still beautiful, even if it’s in a tragic way.

Her gaze hovers somewhere slightly below my eyeline as if she can’t bear to look at me.

“How …” I hesitate, “are you feeling?”

For a moment, I think she’s going to sass me. Oh, yeah, I’m feeling great, she might say sarcastically, but she shakes her head and turns into the bedroom. The beast in me notes how short her PJs are, showing her thick ass, her creamy thighs. I’m still pumped with adrenaline after all the violence. I’ve heard my soldiers talk about wanting a woman after a fight before. I’ve never experienced that need until now. I tame that part of me for the moment or try to.

She sits on the bed, chewing on her fingernails as she stares at the floor. Closing the door, I join her, then gently remove her hand from her mouth.

“Why are you here?” she says numbly.

“To check on you.”

“I never heard my parents or brother in the fire,” she says. “I never saw what happened to them. I’ve never seen anything like that, Dario.”

“I know,” I sigh.

“No, you don’t know.” She still won’t look at me. “You’ve lived in this world your entire life. How could you know what it’s like to be a regular person?”

“That man was going to kill you,” I growl. “Maybe worse.”

“I know, and you saved me. I’m not saying he didn’t deserve it, but to see it.

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