Wounded Hearts

Chapter 34: I'll stay

Faith's POV

"Don't stare at me like" I muttered angrily, giving Dario a mean glare. He replied with a playful smirk, giving me a wink as he stood up and stalked towards me making my heart jump out of my chest. "Oh my love, how can I remove these eyes from you?, you're the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, inside and outside and now you are my wife, so I can stare at you how long and whenever I want" he whispered as he stroked my cheek with the back of his hand. A blush crept up to my cheeks as his words touched my heart. Not wanting to feel weak, I ignored his words and moved away, giving him a cold stare. 

"I'm leaving" I said as I swung my bag over my shoulder. "No you're not" he said darkly blocking my way. I rolled my eyes and moved to the left to get out of his way but he again blocked it by standing right in front of me. I huffed and angrily threw my bag on the floor. "What is your problem Dario?, what do you want now?" I hissed. I could see hurt shown on his face but he quickly hid it. "I've already got you my love, I just want you to spend time with me. We only got married yesterday and now you want to go to work" he gritted out at the end. "Don't you have a job to do Dario?....you are the most famous billionaire in the country, I'm sure you have work to do" I rolled my eyes. 

He moved closer to me, trapping me against the wall. His breath lingering over my lips made my heart beat increase dramatically. "W-what are you doing?" I asked nervously. He leaned his forehead to mine, brushing our noses together. "When it comes to you my sweetheart, I can give up everything, even if it's my work" he whispered into my cheek causing me to gulp. My cheek started to burn with tingles as he brushed his nose over my burning skin. He then looked straight into my eyes, wearing a serious expression on his handsome face. "Stay" he whispered.

My expressions softened when I saw his eyes pleading me to stay with him while his face expressions were emotionless. It reminded me of last night. The thought of last night made me shiver in pleasure and also guilt. 

Flashback: Wedding Night

I was now in Dario's bedroom, dressed up in my nighties while he went , god knows where. I looked around his bedroom to see if there were any spare blankets and pillows. I opened up his closet and gasped in shock seeing how neat and organised his closet was. It was even neater than mine. 

I started to look for any blankets but I couldn't find any. I huffed in irritaion and sat on his bed waiting for him to come. After a few minutes of boredom and silence, I finally heard the door open and footsteps walking towards me. "You already changed?" he asked me with an unknown tone. I looked up at him giving him a blank look. "What?.... you thought I'll actually wait for you for our wedding night?" I scoffed. 

He stalked towards me, his body towering over me. "No, I didn't expect you to wait for me" he said with hurt but kept his face blank. "Do you...um...have any spare blankets and pillows?" I asked quietly. He raised his eyebrow and asked "Why?". "You really think I would sleep with you on the same bed?" I scoffed while rolling my eyes. 

"And you really think that I wouldn't want to sleep with you on the same bed?" he replied back playfully. I glared at him now standing up. "No way am I sharing the bed with you, I'm taking the couch" I spat and started to walk towards it until I felt a grip on my wrist pulling me towards a rock hard chest. I froze with the warmth and tingles I felt from his touch. "Never......you are never going to sleep on that couch Mrs Faith Dario Rizzo" he gritted. 

I gulped at the sound of my name linked in with his. It sounded so perfect?. I mentally shook my head pulling myself away from him. "I already did what you wanted me to do Dario. You wanted me to marry you, now I have done that, so please just give me some space and let me sleep on the couch" I sighed running my hand through my hair. 

I could see his eyes raging in anger, as he clenched his jaw whilst glaring at me. He wrapped his hand around my waist pulling me to his chest once again as he nuzzled his nose into my neck. "No" he said with a dark tone. "You my love are starting to get feisty day by day, not that I don't mind, it does turn me on" he smirked in my neck making my eyes widen by his shameful words. 

I slapped his back giving him a dangerous glare while he only chuckled at my reaction. His eyes then trailed up and down my body stopping at my chest. I looked down at my chest and saw how deep my top was, showing off my cleavage. I gasped and covered my chest with my hands. "Eyes up here pervert" I clicked my fingers, pointing him to my eyes. 

"No need to hide them my love, they are mine to see anyway" he said with a smirk. I mentally gasped at his words. 'has this man lost his mind?'. "Urggg" I groaned and angrily laid on his couch not wanting to fight with him anymore. I then suddenly squealed when I felt him lift me up from the couch in bridal style. "WHAT THE HECK, PUT ME DOWN" I shouted but of course my words had to be ignored. 

"Dario, let me down right now" I said with anger. He gave me a cold look and threw me onto his bed making me bounce. I gave him a glare and scooted to the end to get off the bed but before my foot could touch the ground he grabbed my arm making me fall on my back on the bed while his leg wrapped over my entire body trapping me in his arms. "Urgg what the hell Dario?.....you are suffocating me" I said with gritted teeth. 

He nuzzled his nose to my neck and gave me a soft peck making me freeze. "Shh...sleep my love" he whispered still not taking his leg and arms around my body. I laid there still, looking at the ceiling in nervousness. I could feel his warm breath on my neck as his hands tightened around me in a possessive way. 

"Dario" I whispered but no response came. "Dario" I whispered again shaking his body. All of a sudden I felt wetness on my cheek making my eyes widen in shock. 'Did....did he just lick me?', I mentally asked myself. 

He then started to trail kisses on my neck, causing those areas to burn with tingles. I slightly shivered with pleasure when he started to suck on my throat. "Mmm" I slight moaned when he grazed his teeth on my skin. "Mine" he whispered as his lips started to move down to my chest. I closed my eyes tightly enjoying his touch. I couldn't control myself. I wanted more, I wanted more of this. My eyes suddenly jolted open when I realized what I was doing. 

I suddenly felt disgusted with my acts. How....how could I stoop so low?.....I was such a whore.....how could I be so cheap?. I angrily pushed Dario away from me making him stumble as he nearly fell from the bed. He looked at me with shock while I just glared at him. "How dare you touch me?.....are you that desperate for my body huh?. First you forced me to marry you, now you want to force me in bed" I snapped at him with rage. 

The shocked look on his face was now replaced with a furious one. I would lie if I had said I wasn't scared of him right now. He gripped my wrist harshly making me wince, pulling me towards his face, our noses now touching. "Force?......Forcing you in bed?" he gritted his teeth. "Is that how low you think of me Faith Dario Rizzo?" he hissed making me gulp. "You think I would force you?.....I am not a rapist Faith.....I may have forced you to marry me...but I will never force you to make love with me.....I will only make love to you on the day you give your consent" he said with rage and disappointment. "I may be ruthless, heck I may even be a killer but not a rapist Faith....not a rapist" he said with hurt. 

I looked down in regret, feeling bad for over-reacting. He gripped my chin and pulled it upwards so I could face him. "Remember....you also weren't stopping me from touching you.....so don't act like you didn't enjoy it" he harshly whispered letting go of my face as he got out of the bed. He was right. I didn't stop him, instead I was enjoying it. It wasn't his fault at all. 

"Dario I-" I turned to apologise only to find him laying on the couch with no blankets. He looked quite uncomfortable as the couch was only small, not big enough for his tall and big body. I immediately felt guilt and regret and disgust over myself. I quickley got out of bed and slowly walked towards him. I bent down on my knees and tapped his shoulder only for him to shrug my hand off. "Dario...I'm sorry....I didn't mean to hurt you, it's just that...this is all new to me" I said in a quiet tone but he only ignored me. "Dario please come and sleep on the bed. The couch is too small for you and it's also very cold" I said again only for him to blank me. "Dario ple-"..."Why do you care?" he hissed making me look down in shame. "I...I just, just please sleep on the bed or else I won't be able to sleep without knowing your are not comfortable" I tried persuading him. 

He then turned around while still laying on the couch and looked straight into my eyes. "Only on one condition" he said without any expressions. I gave him a nod "I will only sleep on the bed if you sleep with me as well....next to me" he whispered at the end. I, at first hesitated to say yes but decided to agree with him as I was tired and we were arguing late at night. "Ok" I agreed. He then stood up from the couch and held my hand tightly in his hold, both walking towards the bed. 

"Dario-" I stopped him. He froze but didn't turn around to face me. "I'm sorry for what I said" I apologised. He then turned around letting go of my hand and cupped my cheeks with his palms. "It's okay my love, I....I'm also sorry for...you know hurting you and your family. I would never hurt your family.....It was only to make you accept in marrying me" he confessed. I gasped in shock giving him an angry glare. 

I yanked my face out of his hold and glared at him. "So the threats....they were all fake?" I asked him in disbelief. He gave me a small grin and nodded. "but...but my dad....he...he had a heart attack-"....."I told him to fake it, so that you could marry me" he cut me off. 

I couldn't believe my dad lied to me. He actually lied to me. Now I understood what he meant to say on my wedding. "Don't get angry at your father.....It wasn't his fault" Dario said with a concerned look. I replied to him by giving him a glare and stormed towards the bed, wrapping the blankets around me tightly. 

I heard him sigh, as I felt the bed sink indicating that he was now laying in bed. After a few seconds of silence I felt him scoot over behind me while I scooted over more away from him. After another few seconds I felt him scoot even more closer to me, while I scooted away from him and this carried on for another few seconds until I felt his arm warping around my waist pulling me to his chest, my back facing him. "You were going to fall my love" he whispered in my ear making me shiver. 

I sank my nails into his arms, trying to pull it away from my waist but this didn't affect him at all, in fact he tightened his hold, nuzzling his entire face into my neck. "Good night my love" he whispered, giving me a last kiss on my cheek as he fell into his land of dreams. I huffed in irritaion knowing he wouldn't move his arm, so without trying to move him, I eventually closed my eyes and allowed the darkness to take over me. 

Present 

"Fai...my love" I felt someone's hands cupping my cheeks. I looked at him while he trailed his eyes over my face in concern. "You zoned out for a few minutes" he said as he stroked my cheek. "Sorry" I muttered looking down. I felt him raise my chin, giving me a kiss on my nose. I raised my eyes and looked at him.

"I'll stay"