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CHAPTER 045 - HOSPITAL AND BIG NEEDLES
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Contracted To Him By Her Fatherย ย ย CHAPTER 046- BREAKING POINT
"We should have your results in a couple of weeks," the Doctor continued cheerfully. "We'll contact you when they arrive." "Do you think I'm at risk for another miscarriage?" Sarah suddenly asked, and the doctor looked surprised by her question. "Not at all." He shook his head vehemently. "But the last time..." Sarah began shakily. โ...was just one of those tragic things that sometimes happen in life. You're healthy and your baby looks healthy. There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't carry to term and deliver a perfect baby. Now onto happier topics; would you like to know the baby's sex or designation? The Doctor said cutting her off. "You could tell?" Sarah asked with a smile. "The image was as clear as a bell today." He nodded indulgently. "No." Lorenzo shook his head. "I'd rather not know." "But Lorenzo..." Sarah turned to him in surprise but Lorenzo refused to meet her eyes. "Why don't you want to know?" "It makes no difference." Nothing Lorenzo could hav
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-21Contracted To Him By Her Fatherย ย ย CHAPTER 047 - A WRONG ASSUMPTION
"When I said she shouldn't overtax herself, I meant both physically and emotionally, Mr. Matteo." Sarah heard the sharp admonishment in the slightly familiar voice and frowned as she tried to hear over the weird buzzing sound in her head. "What on earth were you thinking, upsetting your omega like this less than half an hour after the procedure she'd just been through?" "Will she be okay?" Sarah heard Lorenzoโs unusually subdued voice over the rapidly subsiding buzz and she wondered at the strange panicky edge in it. It didn't sound like Lorenzo in the slightest. "He bled a little, which is never a good sign. I'm not willing to take any chances, not after this. I want her to remain in bed for at least a week. Complete bed rest." "I can't stay in bed all week," Sarah protested, opening her eyes. Lorenzo surged forward and tightened his grip he had on one of her limp hands. "Dio!! Tesoro, thank God! How are you feeling?" Lorenzo asked, frantically looking at her everywhere.
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Sarah was lost in thought, humming a gentle lullaby while she continued to stroke the small baby bump, when she gradually became aware of a presence in the open door. Sarah gasped in surprise, not sure how long Lorenzo had been standing there. Lorenzo stepped forward almost reluctantly, his handsome face more grim than usual. For a man who usually had his emotions sealed up tight, he looked like someone who was struggling mightily to keep his expression absolutely neutral. But the muscles bunching in his jaw, the cords tightening in his neck, and his thinned lips were strong indicators of how hard he was fighting to keep whatever he was feeling hidden. Fascinated by the incredibly bad job Lorenzo was doing of pretending to appear completely detached, Sarah was still absently running a hand over her stomach when she gasped and jumped for a completely different reason. All pretense of detachment tossed aside, Lorenzoโs face paled and his eyes darkened in alarm as he surged toward
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"Is this a private conversation or can anyone join in?" Luke interrupted Sarahโs musing drily and she blinked up at Luke. "I think you're overanalyzing. From what Elisa tells me he was desperate to cancel that debt. Elisa thinks, and I'm inclined to agree after what I just saw, that Lorenzo wants a clean slate with you but doesn't really know how to go about it." "Well, I live with him and I know you're both wrong," Sarah maintained stubbornly, shoving all those Scrabble and chess nights to the back of her mind determinedly. Sarah tried not to think about the companionable meals and the silent support that Lorenzo had lent her at every doctor's appointment. "He's in love with someone else. I'd say another woman, only in this case, I think I'm probably the other woman." "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" both Elisa and Luke asked furiously. "He was in love with her before my father forced him into this marriage. She's the woman he wants to have a family with. I'm the
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-22Contracted To Him By Her Fatherย ย ย CHAPTER 050 -HELIUM BALLOONS AND SWEET GESTURES
Now that nobody was around to witness it, Sarah felt free to laugh at the image Lorenzo presented. He looked like an underdressed, forlorn clown with those balloons clutched in his hand. "What?" Lorenzo asked, the grim facade melting away in the face of Sarahโs amusement. "It's just...those balloons, Lorenzo." She snorted, trying to control the giggles. Lorenzoโs own devastating grin lit up his face. "I know, right?" Lorenzo shook his head sadly as he tied the balloons to Sarahโs bedpost. "A hospital without a single 'get-well-soon' balloon in sight. Craziness." "Thank you for them anyway. They always brighten up a room." "I remember you saying that when you talked about a friend's tenth birthday party. You wanted some for your own..." But Sarah hadn't even had a party that year, much less balloons. She didn't even know why she'd confessed that sorry tale to Lorenzo. There was an awkward silence while Lorenzo stood hovering by her bedside. "You don't have to stay, Loren
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"You are an extremely difficult patient, cara," Lorenzo gritted out from between his teeth. Three days later, It was midafternoon and he had walked into Sarahโs workroom, only to find her guiltily standing in the middle of the room. Sarah was clutching the sketchbook that she had crept upstairs to retrieve, to her chest. "I was bored," Sarah whined. "So I thought if I had my sketchbook handy, I could work on some designs." "Why didn't you call me or Ms. Brown to get it for you?" "You were catching up on some work," and Lorenzo had missed enough of it already, taking the week off to stay with Sarah. "And Ms. Brown has dashed out to do some shopping." "This is ridiculous," Lorenzo growled, reaching her in one stride and swinging Sarah up into his strong arms as if she were a featherweight. "You're being impossible. Why didn't you watch some TV or read a book or take a nap or anything until Ms. Brown or I got back?" "Because I'm bored now," Sarah complained sulkily, and Lor
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"Let me go," Sarah demanded between clenched teeth, wriggling urgently as she tried to get away from Lorenzo. To her frustration she could barely move and eventually she wore herself out and stopped moving. Sarahโs hands were braced on Lorenzoโs hard broad chest as she tried to keep her upper body away from Lorenzoโs; one of Sarahโs feet was dangling over the side of the bed and the other was trapped between Lorenzoโs legs. Sarah glared down into her husband's face but her eyes were closed and Lorenzo looked so relaxed that for an implausible moment Sarah actually believed that he might have fallen asleep. His eyelids lazily drifted up when Sarah stopped moving. "Just relax will you?" Lorenzo implored wearily. "I can't relax like this," Sarah whispered, and Lorenzo groaned before, with seemingly great effort, she shifted until they were both lying in the middle of the large bed. Lorenzo was on his back, his sock-clad feet, because he had somehow managed to kick off his sneakers
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The natural light in the room had a warm orange glow to it when Sarah woke up later and she saw it was just after dusk, meaning that she had slept for nearly five hours. She sighed lazily, feeling remarkably warm and comfortable with her head cushioned on Lorenzoโs hard chest and his neck supported by his upper arm. That same arm was curled around Sarahโs shoulders with his big hand snuggled just under her right breast. One of Sarahโs hands was tucked under his cheek and the other was...she tensed abruptly when she discovered where her audacious hand had come to rest. It was cupped over the firm bulge of Lorenzoโs crotch. A bulge that was rapidly swelling and hardening beneath her palm. "Don't panic," Lorenzoโs sleep- roughened voice growled. The deep tenor of his voice rumbled through the chest beneath his head. "Don't...it's nothing." "It doesn't feel like nothing to me." Sarahโs own voice was husky with sleep, and she amazed herself when, instead of following her first inst
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Lorenzo paused, his gaze lingering on Sarah before he continued, his voice low and reflective. โSheโs the kind of woman I always pictured myself marrying. Poised, sophisticated, beautiful...She keeps all her emotions locked up tight, which suited me fine because I never appreciated messy emotional scenes. We dated and got along pretty well when we were in college. I fancied myself in love with her. It was a very neat, clinical, and uncomplicated version of love. I thought that we were perfectly suited, before things got difficult and we broke up. We both have grown up since then and realised we weren't as well suited and we thought. I- when we were together, we were...practically kids, jesus. We were so young, and just- privileged with the youth we had, free of responsibilities and societal expectations." Sarah tried to keep her expression neutral, but it hurt so much listening to her husband talk about the other woman. "Then I came here to meet your father and saw you for the fi
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Sarah woke up some time during the early hours of the morning when she felt Lorenzo leave the bed. Sarah blinked in confusion, not sure how she'd gotten to bed. She was stark naked, and she didn't remember getting undressed or even coming upstairs for that matter. Sarah could hear Luciana fretting through the baby monitor and was about to get out of bed when she heard Lorenzoโs gentle voice crooning to the baby. Luciana calmed down a little, and Sarah smiled as she listened to her husband sing to the baby, Lorenzoโs sleep-roughened voice slightly off-key. His voice faded and Sarah sat up, switching on the bedside lamp and adjusting the pillows behind her back when she discerned that Lorenzo was probably bringing Luciana into the bedroom for her feed. Lorenzo appeared moments later, looking completely rumpled and wearing nothing but white boxer shorts. He smiled when he saw Sarah sitting up in bed. "Your daughter's hungry." Lorenzoโs nodded down at the fussing baby, and Sarah rea
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At first Sarah hadn't been comfortable with the blatant nepotism, but both Logan and Jackson had convinced her that they genuinely saw value in her work. "Looks like she's not wanting for attention, so I'll take her beautiful mother out for a spin on the dance floor in the meantime," Giovanni said, and whisked a laughing Sarah away from Lorenzo before the other man could protest, twirling her around to some upbeat music. He'd had Sarah for barely two minutes before someone cut in, and after that Sarah was passed from partner to partner for the next half hour before Lorenzo finally claimed her. "Think you can spare some time to flirt with your husband, cara?" he asked sulkily, and Sarah blinked up at her husband uncertainly until she recognized that Lorenzo was a little jealous and most definitely pouting. The fact boosted Sarahโs confidence and brought a delighted smile to her face. "I have a few minutes to spare between dances." Sarah nodded after a considering pause, and L
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"So what are the plans for tonight?" Elisa asked curiously as Sarah enjoyed the decadent slice of chocolate mousse cake she was having for dessert. "We'll probably have a quiet evening." Sarah shrugged. " Lorenzo doesnโt know it's my birthday." "Oh." Elisa glanced away for a long moment before turning back to Sarah . "Do you want me to tell him?" "No, he'd feel awful if he knew." Elisaโs lips tilted at the sides. "Well, at least he wouldn't be indifferent," Elisa said. "Which is probably what he would have been a year ago." Sarah nodded. "I know." She paused. "Lorenzo told me he loved me...about a month ago. And he's said it every day since. But, I can't quite seem to bring myself to believe him." "Sarah, it's been pretty obvious to me for a while now that he's in love with you," her cousin startled Sarah by saying. "It has?" "Yes...I think I started to see it when he tried to forgive my debt for no good reason and then when you fainted after your amniocentesis and star
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It was three months later and Sarah headed down to the kitchen for breakfast and found her husband already seated at the table, newspaper in hand. He'd already dressed Luciana and had her little baby carrier placed on the table in front of him. Luciana was asleep and Lorenzo was so absorbed in his paper that he didn't notice Sarah at first. It was Ms. Brown day off, so Lorenzo had fixed himself a bowl of cereal, toast, and some coffee. Sarah smiled at the sight of them, her heart overflowing with affection for them both. "Good morning," Sarah greeted cheerfully as she headed over to the breakfast nook. Sarah dropped a kiss on the baby's cheek and then, after the briefest of hesitations, one on her husband's lean cheek. While Sarah was a lot more affectionate these days, Sarah still felt a certain reserve around Lorenzo, not sure if she could touch and kiss her husband as freely as he did to her. Sarah knew she was being silly, but she seemed unable to overcome her emotional bar
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Lorenzo smiled bittersweetly. "I know you don't believe me yet," he whispered. "But I'll make it my life's work to convince you." Lorenzo bent his head and kissed Sarah gently, his lips moist, gentle, and sweet on Sarahโs. Lorenzo raised his head much too quickly, and Sarah went up on her toes to prolong the contact. "Enzo..." Sarah didn't know what to say, but Lorenzo shook his head and smiled gently. "It's okay. I just wanted you to know." Lorenzo kissed her again, a little bit more urgently this time. Sarahโs dormant hormones sprang to life in an instant, and she pushed closer to Lorenzo, deliberately rubbing herself against Lorenzoโs hardening cock. Lorenzo deepened the kiss, his tongue plunging into Sarahโs mouth in clumsy desperation, and her lack of finesse made Lorenzo even hungrier for her. "The doctor gave me the all-clear for sex last week," Sarah reminded Lorenzo, and he groaned at Sarahโs urgent words. "I didn't tell you how I felt because I was trying to
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The thin sound of a distressed infant's wail jerked Sarah from a restless sleep. She sat up and fought her way out of bed before groggily trudging to the nursery. When she got there she blinked up at the already-present Lorenzo who was cradling their crying daughter tenderly in his strong arms. He was wearing only a pair of boxers and held the tiny baby up against his strong, naked chest. He was crooning gently to her and Sarah was transfixed by the sweet picture they presented. Lorenzo looked up and saw Sarah standing in the doorway. Lorenzoโs hair was messy and standing up in spikes. "Hey." Lorenzo smiled over at her. "I was hoping you'd sleep through this. You looked exhausted earlier. I don't think she's hungry. Just cranky. I think her wet nappy woke her up. I changed her and she's all dry and comfy now, but she hasn't worked the bad mood out of her system yet." Sarah walked over to them and peered over one bulging bicep into Lucianaโs scrunched-up little face and smil
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"I think it's time you left, Father," Sarah said voice rigid with pain, and her father sneered one last time before he pivoted on his heel and strode from the room. "Don't you dare believe what he just said, cara," Lorenzo whispered rawly, focusing his desperate glare on her. "Don't you dare!" "I know that you love her, Lorenzo," Sarah whispered. Lorenzo wasn't sure if she meant the baby or Martina, and Sarah could tell by the look of uncertainty on Lorenzoโs face that he wasn't sure either and so he was at a loss as to how to respond. "Would you try to take her from me?" "NO!" Lorenzo practically screamed, and the baby startled. Sarah soothed her with slight rocking motions until she started suckling again. Lorenzo reined in his temper and gentled his voice with visible effort. "I wouldn't do that to you. Cara I'd never hurt you like that." Lorenzo looked stupefied and hurt at the question. "But you want her..." Again the ambiguity and Lorenzoโs frown deepened. "If yo
Contracted To Him By Her Fatherย ย ย CHAPTER 065 - AN UNWELCOME PRESENCE
Sarah awoke to the sound of angry, hushed voices and blinked groggily as she tried to get her bearings. "I don't want you anywhere near her." Sarah heard Lorenzo hiss furiously and tried to concentrate on the drama unfolding in her doorway where she could see two large men silhouetted. One was unmistakably Lorenzo, and the other...she narrowed her eyes slightly, trying to focus a bit better. It looked like her father. "She's my daughter and I'll damned well see her when I want to," the other man blustered, confirming that he was, indeed, John Malik. "So that you can damage her more than you already have?" Lorenzo asked, almost shaking with rage. "I won't let you get close enough to hurt her like that again. And you can forget about getting that heir you want anytime soon. I refuse to give you that pleasure." "Well, then stay married to her until you do, or give up the vineyard," her father sneered. "The vineyard never meant as much to me as it did my father. You can hav
