Cruel Captor: An Enemies to Lovers Dark Mafia Romance (Vengeful Villains) by Kristen Luciani

Author:Kristen Luciani [Luciani, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Viktorya

“You’re not going to tie me up for this next part?” I ask Konstantin as we pull up to the ornate entrance of the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota an hour later. It’s a weak attempt at an icebreaker since the ride here was pretty damn frigid. I’d actually have been warmer if I was touring Antarctica naked. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll run again?”

He slants me a glance. “Based on what almost happened tonight, if you run, it’ll be at your own risk. And you already made it clear that running would be a better option for you, anyway. The door to your gilded cage is open. If you wanna fly, I won’t stop you.”

I recoil, my eyes widening at the sharp sting of his words. He brakes hard in front of the valet stand and I lurch forward, using my hands to brace my fall against the dashboard. Without another word, he puts the car in Park and opens his door.

There weren’t many words exchanged on the way here, either. Cold or otherwise. Just a lot of tension, thick and heavy in the air. It’s like a switch flipped when I told him being with him was more dangerous than any of my family’s worst enemies.

I wasn’t lying. But he doesn’t understand the real reason why, and I didn’t bother to explain. I just left the biting words hanging between us.

Now he can barely look at me.

A valet dressed in black hurries over to my door and pulls it open. I step gingerly onto the cobblestones in the flip-flops Konstantin bought me from a drug store on our way here. Pain shoots through my feet as I creep toward Konstantin where he stands at the front desk. I clutch my notebook to my chest. It’s the one thing I brought from the house. Writing started out as a way to regain my sanity, but it’s quickly become something much more perverse. And hotter than hell, if I’m being honest.

Over the past couple of days, the more I write, the more conflicted I become. Getting my feelings about being held captive by Konstantin onto the pages was supposed to be cathartic. I needed a way to free the emotions that went along with all of the losses I’d just suffered — the loss of my life, my career, and my self-control.

But instead, the words have turned into a dark and twisty rollercoaster ride of emotions I’ve never allowed myself to experience. Instead of a journal, I have the beginnings of a taboo love story weaved with threads of forbidden needs, desires, and turbulent passion that come to life in the most carnal of ways.

It's like nothing I’ve ever written. And it’s everything I’ve sworn I never wanted.

The risks of falling for a man like Konstantin…Mikhail…whoever the fuck he is…are many. Not only to my family, but to me. That’s why I ran tonight. Because of what he’s brought out of me, what he’s stripped from me, and what he might do next to assert his total control over me.

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