Page 75 of His Cursed Heart

Anubis. The God of Death in Ancient Egypt. I had no idea my wife likes Egypt Mythology.

You have no idea about her at all.

I let my thoughts aside and I focus on my beautiful fox.

"I'm not asking you to let them in the house. They don't even like it inside." Althea says and looks at me.

"I don't like dogs." Like that helps with something.

"Well, I don't like you but you don't see me kicking you out of the house." That mouth will bring her hell one day.

"Is that how you're trying to convince me to let your dogs stay here?" I ask amused.

"I'm not trying to convince you. They'll stay here." She says confident.

"I don't think so." I say with a smile. Her eyes burn and I love getting on her last nerves.

"Fottuto idiota." She whispers. Ah, already saying she loves me. I knew she can't resist me. "What do you want?" She asks then.

Smart girl.

"You always want something in return, so say it." I smirk and I wrap my hand around her waist, bringing her closer to me.

The growl is now from both the dogs.

"I want you to sleep in our bedroom." I say and her brown eyes are looking in mine. "Share the matrimonial bed with me." I know I said I'll give her time, but fuck it, I'm desperate.

She puts her hands on my chest and it takes everything in me to not kiss her pretty fingers. I can easily see the thoughts running in her head. Sometimes she's too obvious.

"No fucking, if that's holding you back." I say and

one of her hands slaps my chest.

"Give me your word." She says and I try to not show the surprise that takes ahold of me. Althea doesn't believe in promises, but she needs my word that I won't touch her.

My mind goes to what Makhim translated from that note. My blood boils again. I need to have this conversation with Althea but now it's not the time. Right now, she's trusting her dogs more than me.

"You have my word, Althea. We do this your way." I repeat the words from last night. Her eyes close and she nods.

I let go of her waist and Althea takes her dogs to the back of the house.

"If I see dog shit all around my property, I'll shoot them and put their heads over our bed." I yell after her.

"Keep dreaming, Moretti." She yells back and I smirk.

I enter the house and tell a guard to help her with whatever she'll do to make those dogs welcomed.

But it's worth it. If having her dogs around will make her sleep in our bedroom, then I have to find a way to like the dirt bags.

I go straight in my office to call the Senator to announce him that I'm coming to his stupid party. His secretary called me right after Makhim left a week ago. I had no intention on going, but thinking about it, it's actually a good idea.

Hanibal doesn't like leaving his country, so he'll send his right hand to the party and I'm a hundred percent sure that he'll bring all the dirt he finds back in Italy. I haven't met him. I heard that he likes to work in private and doesn't like social meetings.

So, what changed his mind?

I feel my phone vibrating in my hand and I look at it and see that Arius is calling me.

My blood runs cold. He's not calling unless he found something.