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The Pensive Gentleman 107.
Angelica I'm starstruck. That's what it feels like staring up at Marciano as he pulls away from the embrace. He meets my eye for a second before carrying me bridal style, yet again, into the bathroom. No words exchanged between us, safe for the echo of his voice saying 'Beautiful' ringing in my head.The bathtub is filled with water and bubbles. I didn't even know he had bath bombs here. He brings me close to the tub and lowers my feet towards it."Check the temperature." I let the tip of my left leg go in, then I nod, and slowly, Marciano sets me down into it. The water claims my entire body, wrapping me in a sweet scent and heat. Just what my body needed.Fetching the water with my hand, I pour it over my shoulder, along my back, but I can only do so much. As if noticing my struggle, Marciano dips his hand into the water and pours it along the same path."Thanks," I say, expecting him to nod and walk away, but he crouches down, dipping his second hand in, pouring the water on me
The Pensive Gentleman 106.
Angelica “Has he called yet?” I ask for what feels like the umpteenth time. Even Marina has had enough of me, and she was the one squealing after Marciano left. She wanted us to talk about something so we don’t have to focus on what happened, so she made me tell her about Marciano and I.Because I’m still confused about what’s happening between Marciano and me, I tell her we’re simply cordial. It wasn’t anything, but somehow she was pleased to hear it. Her smile didn’t leave her face. But it’s been four hours since then, and my legs are currently lifted and wide-open, with the Gynecologist, a well-groomed older woman, inspecting me.“Please focus on your assessment, Angie,” Marina says with a huff, and I imagine it was accompanied by a roll of her eyes.“I am focusing, but I…” I trail off as the older woman steps away.“Hmm, that’s strange,” She says, instantly commanding not just my attention but Marina’s too. She was sitting but now she’s standing beside the lady.Dread pools in
The Pensive Gentleman 105.
Marciano “What should we do, Don?” Ky asks over the chaos, as he speeds through the street.There’s only one option right now: get Angelica to safety. “The hospital,” I bark and immediately he takes a sharp bend to the next street where the hospital is located. The grip on my pants tightens, and I look down at it. At her.My mouth goes dry. She’s shaking. Angelica is fucking shaking.I place my free hand atop hers instantly, squeezing tightly, while my index finger sitting coolly on the trigger fights to pull it. I turn, looking through the almost cracked windshield, if those fuckers—whoever they are—are still on our tail. There’s a black Mercedes with tinted windows, at the sharp bend. It’s parked there, but it’s obvious whoever is in it is watching our car go.Placing my gun on my thigh, I take out my phone and dial Leo’s number.“There was an ambush two streets from the hospital,” I say the second he picks up.“What?”“We’re at the hospital now, no casualties, but send reinforc
The Pensive Gentleman 104.
Angelica Something warm and soft lands on my forehead. It sends a sweet sensation down my entire body to my toes, so much that I can’t help but pull myself out of sleep.Marciano.He’s sitting on the edge of my side of the bed, leaning towards me with a blank expression on his face.I stare at him, confused, wondering why he’s so close…then everything hits.The memory from last night. The moaning, the licking, the touching, everything. My eyes widen immediately. Last night happened with neither alcohol nor excuses to hide behind.Willingly, I surrendered myself to this man last night.But, what does he want from me now?As if hearing my thoughts, he leans forward again and places a kiss on my forehead, that blank expression still sitting on his face.The last time we were intimate, I’d been so drunk I practically blacked out. This time, it’s like Marciano isn't giving me the space to deny what happened between us.I turn my face to the opposite side of him. “Good morning.”“Good mo
The Pensive Gentleman 103.
Angelica The sound of my heart shattering is not as loud as I always thought it would be. It’s silent, but I feel each piece falling apart as disappointment and embarrassment flood through my entire body.I’m still straddling him. My palms are on his warm chest, and I can feel his heart beneath, beating effortlessly.“Okay,” I mutter with my head hung, but it comes out as a whisper as I try to climb off his body. His fingers immediately grip my shirt tight, halting my movement. I feel the urge to lift my eyes to his face, to see the expression or emotion there. Yet I don’t, because I’m scared of what I’ll see there. It also doesn’t help that the grip only lasts three seconds before he guides me to the bed.He doesn’t look back at me when he gets up, or even when he walks away into the bathroom. While I sit on his side of the bed, staring at the closed door and wondering what went wrong. He’d been the one to kiss me, so why would he stop out of the blue? I should be angry, but as
The Pensive Gentleman 102.
Angelica I can’t concentrate.I’ve been going back and forth between the same two pages over the past hour now, and yet I can’t get Marciano’s angry voice out of my head. I also can’t wrap my head around why he’d been so angry.‘You’re lucky you didn’t go there to meet him, Angelica. Also very fucking lucky you didn’t try to—’He’d said. What was he going to say? That I didn’t try to do what?I close my study book, burying my head in my hands.Marciano is hard to figure out. I’ve known this, but I’ve also never been left so confused by him before.He was so angry yet he pressed into me, and held me like I belong against him.‘Don’t make me keep you locked up here again. I’m not a very patient man.’ He meant that. And that’s what scares me.Because if he decides to keep me locked up like he said, my escape from this life and this marriage might be a little more difficult.I shake my head.That can’t happen. I won’t let it. I don’t care what I have to do, but I won’t go back to living
The Pensive Gentleman 3.
Angelica I press my palms against a clothed, hard chest. The fabric is soft to the touch and…wet, reeking of alcohol. I immediately know who this chest belongs to—and I shouldn’t be touching it. So I take a step back, withdrawing my hand as though instead of wet, the fabric burns me. But the s
The Pensive Gentleman 2.
AngelicaMy lips tremble as I take in rushed breaths, trying to get as much air as I can in my tight throat.Coming here was a mistake, but it’s not like I had a choice. This was the part of the night Nicolas warned me about.“Behave yourself tonight.” His words from earlier ring in my ears. It wa
The Pensive Gentleman 1.
Angelica *present day*“Fix that pretty face of yours!” Nicolas grabs my face, his thumb and index fingers digging into my cheek, hard enough to make me wince.“God forbid the D’amatos think it’s not as perfect as everyone says it is,” he hisses, then releases my face from his grip, his eyes roam
The Pensive Gentleman 4.
AngelicaI thought of many ways to escape this nightmare, but they all end with blood in my mouth and Nicolas’s hand around my throat. Or worse, with me standing at an altar beside a man I don’t know.Of all the times I wished I were Nadine, this is the only time I badly needed it to be true so I c
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