Chapter 8

• •MATTEO POV•
• She always smells so good! But right now isn’t the time perv around. This afternoon while I rested in my room, I thought of ways I could make this marriage work and make her submissive to me. I seriously didn’t like that attitude of hers too much, maybe because I’m used to women letting me have my way or the final say, but she, she’s different and defiant. Either way, I had to make this work for both our sake and that of our families. I placed a call to Anthony and requested he find out what she does for fun, it didn’t take up to an hour and she called back to inform me that she spends her time reading books. That was easy I guess.
• “I believe I told you that I have a surprise for you” I remind her getting a surprised look for a reply and a little shiver as well. Good at least she reacts to me, I almost thought she was immune to my touch.
• “What surprise are we talking about?” she asks almost in a whisper. I smile and take her hands leading her to the third floor of the house which belongs to me, opening the door and lead her to the library which previously belonged to my grandmother. She was a bit of a bookworm and loved to read a lot of books including erotica and werewolf books. She mostly loved the werewolf books as she was a fan of supernatural stuff.
• Aurora’s reaction was priceless, her gloomy face broke into a very beautiful smile that somehow made me feel proud of myself. She lets go of my hands and runs around the library, going shelf by shelf to look at the covers of the books.
• “This is so amazing,” she says her eyes brimming with so much joy. “How did you even think of this Matteo, I love this surprise” she adds.
• She called me by my first name!
• That’s great for a start.
• “I’m glad you like it Aurora, the library is yours to do as you please. And it’s also my apology gift to you for my behavior the first time we met and also this afternoon. It’s just the way I am and I hope you understand and forgive me”.I scratch the back of my head while saying all of this making sure not to look her in the eye. I’m not the type to apologize easily but if I want to make this work, rules will have to be broken.
• I look up to find her staring at me with a very shocked expression just like I expected tho. Suddenly she started laughing so hard she held her stomach and bent over holding her both sides together. What’s so funny?
• “What’s funny Aurora”? I ask
• “You are funny. You needed to see how you looked saying all of that. It’s so hilarious that the high and mighty Matteo Rocco could say a word of apology.” She says chuckling again.
• I give her a smile and walk closer to her almost closing the gap between the two of us. “Oh really, that’s why you’re laughing?” I ask with a grin. She stops and looks at me with an expression I can’t fathom but I’m sure it’s not anger or anything close to it.
• She turns and picks up a book with a red cover and its title takes me off guard, TEASING THE BAD BOY. What the heck is that title anyway? And why do I feel if she reads that she’ll try to get some funny ideas on how to mess with me.
• She flips through the pages and smiles, “I'll take this with me, looks interesting” She smiles happily as she closes the book and looks up at me.
• My God, she’s so beautiful!
• “Thank you Matteo for this. The surprise I mean, I love it so much and I appreciate your kind gesture” She looks down at her feet while saying this refusing to make eye contact with me. Oh so she’s shy, that’s cute.
• “You’re welcome,” I say and she yawns and almost immediately covers her mouth as she looks to check if I saw her do that which of course I did. She gave a shy smile and mumbled something I didn’t catch.
• “What did you say Aurora?” I ask
• “I feel a bit tired now and want to head to bed” She looks up at me looking a bit guilty as if she feels bad for wanting to leave me.
• But it’s fine, she just wants to rest as it may have been a stressful evening for her as my mom and aunt kept talking on and on about marriage preparations the whole time during dinner.
• “It’s okay, I’ll take you to your room” I smile at her and take her hands.
• I led her out of the library, closing the door behind us and went down the stairs to our floor where our rooms were till we got in front of her room. She played with the hem of her sweatshirt before looking up at me, “Thanks again for this evening and have a good night” She flashed that pretty smile of hers again at me and ran inside her room.
• I give a light laugh at her actions and walk into my room. Wondering what changed so much in me in just a day and a few hours of meeting this girl.
• Suddenly I feel like I should do everything and anything to make her happy and comfortable as well as submissive to me which I feel should be my top priority when it comes to her.
• A call from Anthony distracts me from my thoughts and I pick it up knowing fully well it will be a work call, but what I didn’t expect was the main reason for the call.
• Someone in the group had snitched on us to another mafia group that is now trying to wage war on us. We have to leave Rome early tomorrow morning for Milan to settle things else it’s going to be messy! What a way to end a night that was going so well.