Novels by Daisy_bell

[ SALVATORE’S POV ]The moment Iris stepped into the study everything else became noise .Maps. Contract . Old men pretending this was about peace instead of power . I barely heard my father speak . I barely saw Sofia in her white dress , smiling like she’d won something. Iris stood by the window, half- hidden , dressed in black like a sin no one wanted to name . Her pulse gave her away . I could see fear in her throat. Fear , anger , heat . All for me .When the pen slid across the desk , I didn’t reach for it . I let the silence stretched until Lorenzo shifted in his seat. Until he remembered who controlled it, who controlled the room, and the deal. “ The estate is compromised, " I said calmly,” if I can walk your hall unnoticed anyone can. Right Iris?” I asked intentionally , making her uneasy . She needs to know who is in charge. Not Sofia and definitely not her father.Iris's eyes snapped to mine . Fear flashed. She looked at her father, then her sister.“ You were in the lib

[ IRIS’S POV ]The room fell into dead silence .My father’s head snapped towards me , his eyes narrowing with sudden suspicion. Blood drained from my face . My heart is beating loudly against my chest. Salvatore was exposing our meeting , but why? Sofia’s stare burned into my skin . She has asked me . And I had lied. That I hadn’t seen him . That he wasn’t there with me . That I had never come face-to face with the beast wearing human skin.“ You were in the library?” My father’s voice slid over the room like a blade wrapped in gold. “ What did we say about you sneaking off there late at night, Iris?”“ Looking for a book ,” I said , the lie cracking as it left my mouth .” I didn’t see anyone, not the guards , not sir Salvatore.”He turned towards me as soon as the word sir left my mouth . A ghost of a smirk playing at his lips , the kind that makes my nerve flare and blood ache at the same time. His look tells me he would like me to repeat the word sir later , when it’s just the t

[ IRIS’S POV ]I woke the next morning with my bones heavy, lazy ,like sleep never truly reached them . I hadn’t rested . Not after what happened at the library yesterday.Salvatore. Five years . Good five years of watching me without my knowledge. Chasing men away, friends, strangers , even the ones I wanted gone myself. And the way he spoke of owning me sent a cold shock racing through my nerves. like I belong to him. How can a man be so crude….and so devastatingly hot at the same time?Claiming one woman while preparing to marry another . Only an insane man would attempt something like that . And unfortunately, that man was right here in the estate with me .I just wanted today’s alliance to go smoothly. Quickly. So I could return to my life, where no one noticed me . Where I was invisible by choice. “ Iris, are you there? Can I come in?”I tossed the duvet aside and bolted upright . My gaze flew to the clock on the wall , and I released a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding .

[ SALVATORE'S POV ] I wanted her to say she's not mine. To say she doesn't belong to me. But she didn't. I leaned down , my face so close to hers that our noses almost touched .” I know everything about you .Iris . I know you hate the taste of champagne but liked tea. I know you sneaked out to the garden at 2:00 AM when you couldn't sleep. And in the afternoon when you're bored .I know you have a birthmark shaped like a star in the small on your back.” “ From the trees . Through the lens of my camera . From the back of the cars you never noticed. “I confessed. “ I watched you grow from a girl into a woman. I watched men try to approach you at school , men I had too ….. discouraged from ever speaking your name again.” I added and I watched her eyes grow into a realization. “ you’re insane ,” She whispered. “ I am obsessed,” I corrected, my hand moving from her hair to her throat , My thumb resting over her thudding pulse . I wasn’t squeezing, but the threat was there .” T

“ I believe I asked a question. Iris. What are you doing here and why is he here with you?” Sofia is not a fan of the library. I expect that she will be somewhere drunk or sleeping. But here she is , asking me questions about his fiancé. “ Who do you say was here?” I threw the question back at her, the last thing i want her to know is that her so-called fiancé has been stalking me for good five years. “ The last time I checked Sofia, you met me here alone, didn’t you?” “I thought I saw Salvatore walking out of here , discreetly” she asked looking around, As if looking for pieces of evidence. “ Why would he be here with me? I left you guys at the party and if anyone should know where he is . It should be you . And maybe it was a guard you saw , how sure are you it was him.” “ Well, maybe, I saw wrong, Salvatore wouldn’t come to fathers private study late at night. Follow me Iris , let me walk you to your room. It's late.” Without waiting for me to reply she’s already

[ IRIS'S POV ]Bend me over ? Did he just say he would bend me over? Fear crashed into me. So much that I did not want anything than to escape . From him . From the estate and all other things.He watched me , a low smile crossed his face like a flash and it was gone. “ Relax . Iris. I would take you raw. Not now . And definitely not here. That would be in my house . My place, where you actually belong.”He leaned down , his face so close to mine that our noses almost touched .” I know everything about you .Iris . I know you hate the taste of champagne but liked tea. I know you sneaked out to the garden at 2:00 AM when you couldn't sleep. And in the afternoon when you're bored .I know you have a birthmark shaped like a star in the small on your back.”My blood ran cold .”you’ve been watching me ? In my room ?”“ From the trees . Through the lens of my camera . From the back of the cars you never noticed. “He confessed, his voice devoid of shame. In fact he sounded proud . Obsessed, li