All Chapters of Daring Delfina's Heart: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

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Full Hospital Room

Delfina surfaced from a nightmare of flames and smoke to be met with the beeping of medical equipment and hushed whispers. Her mind kept flitting back to the man who she recalled pushing himself through what felt like an impenetrable wall of fire to reach her and the relief she felt knowing he was there. He’d come to save her. She didn’t know why Furio was at the restaurant, likely to give her hell for declining every single one of his calls and then not reaching back out to him but whatever his reason, she was grateful.Her throat ached and she was parched. Wanting water desperately she fought to open her eyes so she could ask for a drink, but the room felt too bright, and her head was pounding.“Hey sweetheart,” the tender stroke of fingers brushing hair off her forehead and trailing over her cheek softly. “Open your eyes. I know you’re awake.”“Too bright.”“Turn the lights down, Carma.”Furio’s order was met with his sister muttering “a please would be nice” making Delfina’s lips

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Storytelling

“This is it,” Furio motioned to the living room of his condo as he escorted her inside.She was still shaking. She’d never been in a helicopter before, and she wasn’t sure she enjoyed the experience. After meeting with the police who easily accepted her story of being struck from behind and seeing nothing and not knowing why anyone would target their restaurant, Furio came back to the room and surprised her.It seems he told her parents until he caught the culprits who hurt her, he wanted to keep her hidden and safe in his home in New York. It was best for the family for the time being to lay low this week as if in mourning until they could sort out what was happening. Then her mother happily proclaimed her blessings for Delfina, an unmarried woman, to live alone with Furio and her father also didn’t seem to mind an ounce.Furio then packed her up and led to the helicopter, Valente taking Furio’s car with Carma and Fiamme as his passengers to drive back to the city.“Valente lives dow

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Wasting

“Wait,” Furio stopped her hands from pulling at his buttons as he lifted her from the sofa.“Why? My head doesn’t hurt, and my lungs are fine,” Delfina protested as he pulled away from her.“Because I want to do this in bed,” he laughed as he tugged her to her feet and led her down the hall. “You’re injured and I need to take my time and do everything slowly.”She squeezed his hand as he took her through the expansive condo. “This place is huge.”“It is. Five bedrooms. Two of them for my mother and Carma. When my niece comes, she always insists on sleeping with Carma so no need for her to have her own room. She’s a momma’s girl.” He pointed at doors nearby.“Where are they staying now?”“Valente was taking them for brunch to give us time alone. If they stay an extended period, I usually put them up in a hotel so Carma can be discrete with her affairs and Mom doesn’t have to hear it. I’m thinking of getting them their own place though.” He pushed a door open at the far end of the space

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Good Morning

Delfina snuggled into the firm chest under her cheek and slowly woke from the best dreams of her life. Long fingers were playing with her hair, trailing it over her shoulder and then lifting it back up.“Good morning,” she whispered as she lifted her head to meet Furio’s eyes.“Good morning.”“What are you thinking about with such a serious expression, so early in the morning?” she could tell from months of early mornings it was close to her normal waking hours. It couldn’t be four-thirty yet, she was certain of it. The bright light from an unlocked phone on the nightstand the only source of light in the room told her she wasn’t the only one wide awake. “Did someone call?”He sighed and tugged her closer, “I have never been so full of regret for not shooting someone in the head as much as I am this morning about not killing Vellucci on Thursday in the dress shop.” He lifted another handful of her hair and watched it flow through his fingers, “my reluctance allowed that bitch to move f

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The Gala

Delfina and Carma entered the gala with their arms hooked through the elbows, giggling over the fact they drank a full bottle of champagne in the limo which dropped them at the end of the red carpet they’d just walked.On the red carpet when a reporter called out Carma’s name and asked her who her companion was, Carma drunkenly held up Delfina’s hand in hers and proclaimed, “my brother’s lover. I’ve stolen her and now she’s mine!”They’d both cackled with glee as the camera flashes went off like mad and then entered the venue hanging off each other.“Furio is going to lose his shit,” Carma snorted at her.“He’s too busy trying to catch up on his work after babysitting my ass all week.”“I still can’t believe he gave you breakfast in bed four days in a row.”“He said your dad used to give your mom breakfast in bed every morning.”“Right up until he got sick. It was how we knew he was really sick,” Carma said her smile fading. “Fifty years of marriage and other than the last three month

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Bluntness

“Delfina,” he stared at her. “You look amazing.”“Thanks.” She looked around wishing she could escape the discomfort she was feeling. Flicking a gaze to the cameras she wished Furio was still watching. She was feeling decidedly outnumbered as the three siblings gathered round her. Carma was still at the bar, chatting with two very handsome men. The woman was really embracing her newly widowed status, despite Valente’s order she was now his. She finally met the gaze of one of her guards and they immediately moved closer to her.“I tried to call you,” he said cutting into her thoughts.She turned and gave him an annoyed glance, “I’m aware.”“Can we talk?”“Ruggero,” Ernestina looked at him curiously. “What’s going on?”He ignored his sister, “Delfina, please. I know I owe you an apology.”“I needed your help, and you hung up on me.”“I was upset. When you said you were coming here –”“Oh, I’m not even angry at the fact when I called you to ask if you could get me home when I was stuck i

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No Chemistry

“Oh no, not this bitch.” Carma murmured in her ear. “I’ve been playing nice, but I can’t keep up my act much longer.”She giggled Carma’s words as she noted security was indeed trying to get her attention to warn her. “It’s okay. I told Furio I wanted her to be allowed to come.”“I know but I really hate her.”“Ditto. I kind of want to tire her up in a chair and set it on fire.” She snickered in a whisper at Carma’s excited clap, “wait for it, wait for it.”“Ruggero, you’re here.” Her eyes met Delfina’s, and her face paled drastically.“Hi Ambra.” She gave a little wiggle of her fingers.“Delfina, what are you doing here?” she cleared her throat nervously. “I didn’t know you were coming tonight.”“Why wouldn’t I be here?”“I mean,” she fidgeted as Delfina and Carma, both stared her down. “I mean, you wouldn’t normally come to such things, would you? Ruggero said he wasn’t bringing a date. You’re only a pastry chef who works in your parents’ restaurant. This is a touch more extravagant

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Furio’s Truths

Delfina stared at the man approaching. Her eyes raking him from head to toe and back again. Decked out in a tuxedo which hugged every ridge and muscle of his body, a body which after the past six days she was incredibly familiar with. His thick black hair was twisted in a bun at the back of his head, and it was shiny and glossy, and she fought the urge to tug it from its restraints and wind it around her fists and shove him to his knees and under her dress. His raised eyebrows told her he was reading her thoughts, and she cleared her throat.Carma was at her side before they were, and she mumbled about Furio arriving too soon and being a buzzkill. She snickered at Carma’s words.“Furio. You made it.”“I’m sorry I am late to the party,” he looked at her as if she were the only one in the room.“You came to steal Delfina from me,” Carma snorted and even stomped her foot. “Don’t think I don’t see through you, big brother.”He bent down and kissed Carma’s cheek and then Delfina’s. “You bo

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Confronting Ambra

They followed at a discrete distance as Ambra was escorted from the ballroom through a back entrance. Delfina was trying not to laugh as the other woman kept shooting wide-eyed glances over her shoulder trying to figure out how Delfina knew Furio.“Should I let Carma know where we’re going?”“Valente is with her. I’m sure in about ten minutes he’ll have her in a coat closet somewhere.”She giggled at his words and her laugh carried to Ambra who looked back even more alarmed.“Do you really think she’s not pretty?” Delfina asked Furio about his earlier comment.“Look at her. One of her eyes is bigger than the other just a fraction and her nose is slightly off center. Plastic surgery can’t fix the placement of her nose, despite her having it straightened when she was a teenager. It’s to the left and each time I look at her face I can’t help but wonder if her mother fell on her stomach when pregnant and it altered her features like a Picasso.”She wrinkled her nose, “that was very in-dep

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Bathroom Sabotage

Delfina was stunned to see Caprice and Nek both in the ballroom as well as her parents when she exited the back room with Furio. They were standing in elegant clothing with Fiamme, Carma, Valente and a younger version of Carma Delfina knew was Carma’s daughter.“Why are they here?”“We’re making a statement.” He shrugged. “They are now my family. Fuck with them, any of them, and I and the entire Matrone organization will come for you. Your father is quite excited by the way for the new designs of the restaurant.” He whispered in her ear, “somehow the restaurant was insured for two million dollars so he’s getting you and your mother your dream kitchens.”She looked up to him in surprise, her lips curling when she knew damn well the restaurant wasn’t insured so much for fire damage, “our dream kitchen?”“Yes. Your mother is struggling with the notion of you living apart from her. How would you feel to continue to work in the newly refurbished family restaurant but in a house of our own?

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