Bound by Hate: A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance (Born in Blood Book 2) by Ivy Davis

Author:Ivy Davis [Davis, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Ten

VIKTORIYA

The platter of food is enormous. A steak, potatoes, broccoli, and dessert. More food than I’ve eaten in … I can’t remember the last time I’ve eaten this much food.

At first, I hesitated when Aleksander set the food on the table, but once I started eating, it was too good to stop.

Now, he watches me.

“Are you not going to have something?” I ask.

“I ate at our wedding.”

Right. Our wedding. I got so caught up in the food I almost forgot Aleksander and I are married now.

“How is it?” he asks, nodding at my steak.

“It’s one of the best steaks I’ve had,” I admit, taking another bite. It feels so good to be full.

“Good. I want you to eat all of it, and you’re not going to throw it up once you’re done. You’re so skinny. You need to gain weight.”

For a moment, I blanch. “If I’m not thin enough, I can’t return to ballet.”

“Who told you that?”

“My dance instructor back in New York. I used to work for her ballet company, but then I broke my ankle. I haven’t been able to return since then. But my ankle is almost healed, and once my rib is healed as well, I can dance again. I just need to be thin enough.”

“You’re already thin enough, Viktoriya. You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.”

“I doubt it. My face is hideous.”

“Why do you put yourself down like that?”

“Like what?” I take a bite of the potatoes. They’re creamy and mushy in my mouth. God, I haven’t tasted food this good in a while.

“You act like you need to be perfect all the time. You don’t need to be perfect for me, Viktoriya.”

Aleksander’s words make me … uncomfortable. He’s clearly trying to reassure me, but it only reminds me I’m not perfect.

And I have to be if I’ll ever dance again.

I push my plate away. “I’m done.”

His eyes flick down to the half-eaten steak and veggies. “You’re not done yet. You haven’t eaten everything.” He places the plate back in front of me.

I push the plate away again. “Listen, I don’t need your pity. I don’t need you telling me that I don’t have to be perfect. I want to be perfect. I’m going to do what I want. I don’t know why I listened to you. Now, I’m going to have to work harder to burn off the food I just consumed.”

“Viktoriya,” he says sternly, making me sit up straighter. I wince from the pain in my side. “You’re hurting. I can tell. That’s why I wanted to marry you.”

“I thought you wanted a challenge.”

“That, too. But I could tell you were in need of a stern hand. You need permission to eat because you’re not granting yourself that. So, eat. Eat everything on your plate.”

“No.”

He leans in close to me, but I don’t lean back. Aleksander doesn’t intimidate me. “You will eat.”

“I’m not going to take orders from a poverty-ridden man.”

His lips quirk up. “I have money now. I have more money than most men in this world do.

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