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“Cuore mio,” I murmur, about to ask her when she shakes her head.
“Don’t, Cedric. Please don’t. If you say it, I’ll break. I know it. You keep me strong, and with that part of my life over, I’m able to move on,” she says, pleading.
“Okay, baby, I won’t, but can I ask you something?” If I don’t ask, it’ll drive me insane until I know.
“What’s that?”
“You don’t have to tell me, but you didn’t mention Benito. Why not?”
Arwen sucks in a breath and closes her eyes. “Benito and I were closer than my other brothers and me growing up. Until I was fourteen and Stefano started his sick games. If Benito did something he didn’t like or I was to be punished, but he didn’t feel like giving me to his men . . . he had Benito beat me. I wasn’t allowed to ask him to stop. If I did, it made things worse. Sometimes, our other uncle would step in and take his belt to Benito for every lash he was to give me. After that, he started staying away from me. The love he had turned to hatred, and I never understood why.”
I think I know. They beat him and made him watch her suffer. A brother who has to watch and do something as vile as hurting their sister would make a man change his ways. Mainly to keep from completely destroying what he has left in him. A soul can only take so much, and they were determined to take his.
Pressing a kiss to her lips, I sigh. “We’ll get everything sorted out with him after all this shit is said and done.”
“Okay.” She nods and sinks into me. “Can I ask you a question, and after you answer, I’ll drop the subject?”
“What’s that,cuore mio?”
“Did you ever want Eliya?”
“Arwen, as I told you a few moments ago, you’ve nothing to worry about when it comes to Eliya. She might be beautiful, but she’s not it for me, and no, I never wanted her. Not in the least. We took her in because she was found outside Night’s Bliss beaten and raped. They sent her as a message to me. She’s here to keep her safe from anyone hurting her again. That’s all. Once everything is worked out, she’ll be gone.”
“I hate they did that to her,” Arwen whispers.
“I know you do. That’s what makes you, you. You’re compassionate even toward those who wouldn’t be to you.” I grin and brush my thumb across her bottom lip. “Now, let me feed you so we can get back to what we were doing. I’m craving something sweet, and it isn’t a cookie.”
Giggling, Arwen wraps her arms around my shoulders and tightens. “Then, by all means, let’s get back to the room. I wouldn’t want to mess with your sweet tooth.”
Fuck me, this woman is perfect for me.
CHAPTERFOUR
ELIYA
Seeing him withher, hearing what hesaidto her, makes me want to scream. My plan isn’t going to work, not withherin the way.
What to do? What to do?
If I call him in on it, he’ll know I was lying to him. He’ll want to hurt me. But it’ll be worth it to have that bitch away from Cedric. He’s mine, and I want him. We were promised to each other, and he’s all smiles and kissing her like he should be kissing me.
Arwen Petruccellineedsto go.
With her out of the way and back where she belongs, Cedric will be all mine.
Ugh, that bitch.
I want to rip her hair out and dig her eyes out with my nails. Better yet, I want to string her up in Cesare’s playroom and watch gleefully as she is tormented by him. I want to ride Cedric’s cock while knowing she’s being subjugated to the man she’s meant to be with, while I’m with the one who’s mine.
Snickering, I pull my phone out I’ve kept hidden from them all and call one of the few numbers programmed to it.
I lift it to my ear and wait for him to answer.
He does on the third ring. “You better have a good reason for calling me this time of night.”
“Yes, I have a very good reason,” I mutter, doing my best to keep the sarcasm out of my tone.
“Then tell me,” he barks.
