Mafia's Rebellious Bride: His Forbidden Obsession novel Chapter 15

Betrayed.

That’s exactly how I feel right now, and that too by my own body.

Shame burned in my chest, hotter than the fever wracking my body.

How could I?

How dare I take pleasure from the same hands that shattered my world? The same fingers that killed my family. How could I stoop so low?

For a few moments of pleasure, how could I forget what he did to me?

A soft knock on the door disrupts my thoughts, irritating me further.

"Go away! I don’t want anything," I snap, for the fifth time today.

My voice is hoarse from the cold I caught yesterday, all thanks to him.

My body is burning with fever, and my throat is raw and clogged with cough, making it difficult for me to speak and breathe. The contrast between hot and cold is unbearable, leaving me exhausted.

But more than that, I miss my father and brother. After my mother died, they became overprotective of me. When I was sick, they took care of me like a child, fussing over me and making sure I was comfortable no matter how busy they were.

I was always their priority.

The monster named Nikolai snatched everything from me.

I closed my eyes, hoping that the maid would leave, but instead, the door opened, and she entered. The sound of her footsteps was followed by the low rumble of trolley wheels rolling inside.

My teeth gritted as my irritation increased. Ignoring her, I stayed silent. If I ignore her, she’ll leave, right?

Wrong.

I felt a tug at my blanket, which only spiked my irritation further.

How could she enter the room when I straightforwardly asked her to go back?

"I told you I don't want to have anything," I grumbled, pulling down the blanket.

My nose was scrunched up in irritation and my eyes tightly squeezed. I wasn't in the mood to face anyone.

"You look cute when you're angry."

My eyes shot open and my nose flared in anger when I saw Nikolai standing beside the bed with that infamous smirk on his face. The very sight of him makes me want to claw that smug smirk off his face.

His sleeves are rolled to his elbows, revealing his veiny forearms. He looks very calm and composed in his white formal shirt and gelled hair. It seems like he has returned from his work. But it's still evening. Why so early?

"What are you doing here?" I demanded; my voice was heavy and rough with both cold and anger.

"Sexy voice," he chuckled and mumbled more to himself.

"Seems like the fever has fried your brain," he remarked, this time loud enough for me to hear clearly.

He tossed the blanket slightly aside and made space for himself before sitting down, too close for my comfort.

"You are forgetting, Dolcezza; this is my room."

"Then why don’t you grant me another room? Or better kick me out of this house?" I bit out, rolling my eyes in exasperation.

His lips twitch in amusement.

"And why would I do that when I have my pretty little wife right where I want her?"

I scowled at him but it didn't affect him.

He appeared too calm and collected much to my dislike. He hadn’t shown his face since the bathroom incident, and now he’s here as if he never left. Hadn’t he been busy with some shipment? Where did he suddenly come from?

"Now stop being stubborn and eat," he orders, gesturing toward the tray of food.

I scoff.

"Don't pretend to care. This is your fault—you’re the reason I’m in this state."

"True," he admits without hesitation. "But more than that, it’s because you keep overworking that little brain of yours." He tilts his head as his eyes gleam with mischief. "Spending too much time plotting ways to kill me, aren’t you?"

I press my lips together, narrowing my eyes at him only to earn a chuckle of amusement from him.

"But if you really want me dead, Dolcezza, shouldn’t you stay alive long enough to witness it?"

I shot him a glare; my breath felt hot on my upper lip.

"You really take me lightly, don’t you?" My eyes narrowed at him.

"That’s where you’re wrong." His voice shifts from playful to serious in a split second. "I don’t take you lightly at all. In fact..." He leans slightly forward "I’m terrified of you."

I blink.

"...Terrified?"

"Terrified of losing you."

My breath caught, and my body froze.

A long moment of silence spread between us when I decided to break it.

"Then it would be better if I just died," I murmur, mostly to myself.