All Chapters of Daring Delfina's Heart: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“Let me ask you this. You told the family recently you knew three things about Ercole. What was the first?”“He hates liars.”“Do you think he lied to me? His son? The child of a woman he once loved so much he begged his best friend to do right by her on his behalf?”“Regardless, what the hell do you expect me to do with this information now? I hated him. I mean, I really hated him, Furio. Do you know what it does to a woman’s psyche to be mentally and emotionally berated and abused day in and day out and still be expected to come on command for him?”“You talk about the sex with him a lot.”“Because it’s all he did!” she fought to keep from screaming in the car. “I don’t think any of you get it. He knew,” her voice broke.“He knew what?”“He knew how to make me orgasm and he knew how to make my body respond. I would want to drive a steak knife into his jugular, and he would laugh at me because he knew within minutes, he could make my panties wet. There were days I thought about kill

Was this what it felt like to have consensual sex? He wasn’t a stranger, not really, since she’d known him for three years and he’d been a witness to her marriage. Yet, she didn’t know anything about this man other than he could kiss like it was nobody’s business and she desperately wanted him.His lips pushed and pulled, his nose brushing hers as his plush lower lip was the softest punishment she ever endured, and it was excruciatingly erotic. She shouldn’t want him but the wide shoulders and thick chest and the strong arms lifting her clear off the bench seat to straddle him on his lap had her feeling all kinds of wanton.Before Ercole she’d never engaged in casual sex. She’d been as devoutly religious and staunch in her beliefs as her parents and felt strongly premarital sex wasn’t for her. Now though, this man kissing her hungrily his hands cupping her ass as her dress hiked high on her hips, all she wanted was a release. Since the death of the bastard months ago working through h

“So, tell me all about yourself, Delfina. What was it which made you decide Ercole was the one? He said it took you a bit of time to warm up to him, but he’d known immediately you were the only one for him. He spoke all the time of how beautiful you are and how in moments he saw how pure your heart was.”She wanted to turn an accusing glare at Furio because this was not even remotely close to the truth as he took his seat opposite her at the dinner table. Instead, she gave a tight smile and smiled at Fiamme, “it’s all a blur really. He stormed into my life in only the way Ercole could and took it over. I barely had time to react to the whirlwind he was and suddenly we were married.”“How did you meet?”“We met through my cousin actually,” from her peripheral vision she noted Furio’s hand tightening on the table. Internally she smirked. “My parents own an Italian American restaurant, and my cousin Nek mentioned it in passing to Ercole. One night he came in and his presence took up the

She was in a high-end hotel room while Furio and his crew checked it over for security and she was annoyed at how long it was taking. All of the men except Furio filed out of the room and he shot her a look which told her he knew she was irritated.“When I leave, you lock this door and do not open it for anyone unless it is me.”“What if your sister comes to my door?” Delfina felt she made a connection with the older woman.“She won’t. She drank more wine than usual at dinner, and I know my sister. She is going straight to bed as a result. If she comes to your door, it means someone is forcing her to do so. Do not open the door but call me directly. There is security assigned to the floor, but our family is in a period of transition and mourning. With two of our elders now gone, there are always some adjustments and dissension in the ranks. If you didn’t notice tonight, I kept a full complement of security around. Because I’m the new Don it means other families are going to try to te

She opened the door to her hotel for what felt the millionth time and the guard was still standing there blocking her exit.“I have places to be.”He shrugged and motioned for her to return to the room.It was nearly nine in the morning. Furio didn’t respond to a single text message from her, and she was left stewing when she wanted to go home.She let out an impatient scream and slammed the door back in his face. She picked up her phone and sent another obliterating text to the asshole who was keeping her locked up like a prisoner.Her phone rang and it was her mother, and she again declined the call. She wasn’t in the mood to deal with her hysterics right now. After sending a text to Caprice asking her to make her mother piss off, she threw her phone on the bed and moved to the window to look outside.When the buzzing on her phone notified her of an incoming alert she almost jumped on the device and then frowned at the incoming message from Ruggero.My family would like to invite yo