Diamond Tears: A Dark Mafia, Enemies to Lovers Romance (Shadows of Grace Book 2) by Riley Flowers

Author:Riley Flowers [Flowers, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Enya

The warm afternoon sun melts away my worries for a few hours. The feeling won’t last long, of that I’m sure, but for now, things seem normal. I don’t feel like a prisoner in Dominic’s home. He’s done everything in his power to make me comfortable here, and it’s starting to work. How long I’ll be fortunate to feel this way is beyond me, but I’ll take it when it comes.

His abrupt leave came as an annoying surprise. I was starting to enjoy our time in the pool, however short it might’ve been. After the fun we had last night, my reward for being a good girl, it’s been hard to think about anything else. Where would it have led if my idiot brother hadn’t interrupted us? The same could be said for his mysterious phone call.

It feels like the universe is hell-bent on stopping Dominic and me from having fun. And that’s what this is meant to be, right? A little bit of fun before the shitstorm that’s coming our way. His way, I remind myself. We’re not our or us. It’s me and it’s him.

It’s becoming increasingly challenging to think like that with Dominic’s presence constantly engulfing me. I can feel myself slipping into this daydream that we’re going to be a thing. That my dad’s going to give in to Dominic’s demands, and maybe he will. I should be prepared for both, no matter what.

Either I’m getting rescued or I’m getting married.

Which would I actually prefer is the haunting question I can’t find an answer for.

I’m lying sprawled out on one of the pool chairs, catching some sun. The blistering heat of noon has come and gone, replaced by a tepid warmth of mid-afternoon. It’s nice to be in nature. It’s easier to think out here, and I’ve got to do a whole lot of it to do.

Getting lost in my own head has become a big part of survival in the Grace house. Half of me believes that I’m going to get freedom, find my way home and get back on track with life as it was dictated beforehand. But the other half doesn’t want that anymore. Perhaps it’s because of the days of being locked up in here that I’ve started developing a minor form of Stockholm Syndrome. That’s what I chalk it up to anyway.

But the thought of marrying Dominic isn’t as off-putting as it was the day he took me from home. Even then, I knew it was a way for me to get ahead of the competition. Using his blind lust for me as a way to get the Marlow family ahead. But what if he’s right? What if this marriage works out better for us than if we stuck around with Luca Scarpati?

The Grace family has proven themselves time and time again to be the champions of New York, and it might not be the worst idea to get on board before the ship sails away.

“I hope I’m not interrupting you.

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