Blood & Marriage (Dark Mafia Romance) Read Free Page A

only joking about the teeth, right?” He
raised his eyebrows and carried on undressing, pushing his jeans to the side
with his foot. Those black Armani boxers were definitely not meant for swimming
in.
    “I bet the kiss was a joke too,” I said through clenched
teeth and wrapped myself in the towel. My fingers snatched at the hairband and
let my damp hair fall around my face. This way, I felt a tiny bit more secure.
    He sat at the other side of the pool, sliding his legs into
the water and watching me like a cat ready to pounce. “Oh, no. That was all
real.”
    I didn’t know what to say at first, compelled to tell him
off right away and yet so flattered at the same time. It has been a good kiss.
In fact, it has been amazing, and that was exactly why it should have never
happened. “I thought you were my future husband! It was so inappropriate.”
    “In that moment I thought I was your future husband.”
Santo smirked and slid into the water. The blue light only made it easier to
ogle him, which was the last thing I wanted to do, but I still did it. The
light reflected off the moving surface of the water, painting lines on his flesh,
and I had to look away.
    “You cheated me. What if someone saw us? You’d be in
trouble. Do you have no sense of self-preservation at all?”
    “I wanted to soften the blow of the news that Seth wasn’t
coming.” A stupid, flirtatious lie. I could hardly believe the audacity of this
guy. And he wasn’t even swimming, he was slowly walking my way in the water,
like some sea god trapped in a pool.
    I gathered my hair to one side and twisted it to get out
excess water. Unable to stop myself from noticing his approach, I leaned down
ever-so-slightly so that my breasts would be affected by gravity and appear
that tiny bit larger than they were. Just to show him what he’d be missing.
    “I bet you think you’re so funny.”
    The way he forced back a smile told me all about the answer
to that question. “No. I am fun though. Since Seth didn’t come, how
about I become your fiancé for a few days?” He leaned his muscular arms on the
edge of the pool, spending too much time ogling my bare legs.
    This was all a game to him. My life, my future--a toy in his
hands.
    “You are disgusting,” I said, my mouth clenching as I tried
to stifle the emotions that washed through me. “If you’re bored, there’s plenty
other girls to toy around with.”
    The bastard only smiled. “I’m obliged to stay here. You don’t
even know what Seth looks like. Don’t you want to experience an adventure
before settling down? I know you liked the kiss.”
    “My life is not an adventure!” I yelled at him, only to
close my mouth tightly, listening for whether someone had heard me upstairs. My
heartbeat quickened, and I counted to ten, clutching at the towel at the front
of my body.
    "It could be with me." Santo's eyes bore into
mine, and for once it was my face that he was staring at. Blue light
played in his green eyes, making him look mischievous like a young demon, who
didn’t yet have the heart to torture people in Hell.
    My cheeks tingled, but I shook my head. “I agreed to marry
Seth Villani, not to be made fun of by his entourage . There will be no
adventures. I will have to leave home and move somewhere else. I don’t need any
problems on top of that.”
    The smile was gone from his face, and Santo frowned at me,
laying his cheek on his forearm as he reached out for my toe. “You do know it’s
not a real marriage, don’t you?”
    “Of course it’s a real marriage. What do you think’s gonna
happen?” I muttered and pulled my foot away.
    “I know of one thing that won’t happen. There will be
no honeymoon, because Seth is scheduled to leave for New York after the
wedding. Is that what a real husband would do?” He pulled himself up at the
edge of the pool and water slid down his body once he got up. Even his presence
made me nervous.
    A tremble went through my insides, but I kept my