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CHAPTER 050 -HELIUM BALLOONS AND SWEET GESTURES

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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 Sarah’s amusement.

"It's just...those balloons, Lorenzo." She snorted, trying to control the giggles.

Lorenzo’s own devastating grin lit up his face.

"I know, right?" Lorenzo shook his head sadly as he tied the balloons to Sarah’s 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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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 051- STUBBORN HEARTS AND CARGO PANTS

    "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 Sarah’s 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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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 052 - THE NAME ON HER LIPS

    "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. Sarah’s hands were braced on Lorenzo’s hard broad chest as she tried to keep her upper body away from Lorenzo’s; one of Sarah’s feet was dangling over the side of the bed and the other was trapped between Lorenzo’s 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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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 053 - PREGNANCY HORMONES

    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 Lorenzo’s hard chest and his neck supported by his upper arm. That same arm was curled around Sarah’s shoulders with his big hand snuggled just under her right breast. One of Sarah’s 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 Lorenzo’s crotch. A bulge that was rapidly swelling and hardening beneath her palm. "Don't panic," Lorenzo’s 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." Sarah’s own voice was husky with sleep, and she amazed herself when, instead of following her first inst

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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 054 - BURIED TRUTHS, BARED HEARTS

    "I wasn't trying to prove anything," Sarah protested thickly.” I just didn't want to get emotionally involved again! I didn't want to start thinking that there was anything other than physical attraction between us. I can't afford to make that mistake again, i won't make that mistake again." "Mi dispiace davvero, cara," Lorenzo said regretfully as he got up and shoved his hands into his pockets to stare down at Sarah . "I can't give you what you want. Not the way you want it." "You did it before," Sarah pointed out, sitting up and swiping at her hot, wet cheeks. "We can just go back to that." "There's no going back to that," Lorenzo negated harshly, voice strained. "Never again." "I know I'm not your type." Sarah strove to sound casual about that painful fact and ignored the slight sound of dismay that seemed to rumble out from deep within Lorenzo’s broad chest. "Compared to all those supermodels and actresses, I know I've always been miss Dull and Dowdy, but you overlooked

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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 055 - THE SPACE BETWEEN GOODBYE

    That day signaled a turning point in their rocky relationship. The peace remained and along with it a mutual, ever-deepening respect blossomed between them. Lorenzo consulted Sarah on some of his business decisions, seeming to value her opinions and take her advice. Taking her cue from her husband, Sarah started asking for Lorenzo’s opinions on some of her designs and developed a keen admiration for the eye he seemed to have for quality jewelry. With Lorenzo’s encouragement, Sarah started attempting more difficult pieces using new mediums and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Life was better but by no means perfect - they still slept apart at Sarah’s insistence. While Lorenzo accompanied Sarah to all of her doctor's appointments and was even her coach at the natural childbirth classes she had started attending. Sarah hardly ever talked to Lorenzo about the baby and did her utmost to discourage any discussion. Elisa was meant to be her coach but her cousin had her han

    최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-23
  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 056 - MEETING HIS FATHER

    Neither Lorenzo and Sarah said anything for a while; they just listened to the rain and watched it cascading down the window like a waterfall. "I want you to meet my father," Lorenzo suddenly announced unexpectedly, and Sarah froze before turning her head slowly to meet Lorenzo’s brooding eyes. "What?" "My father," Lorenzo repeated, and Sarah bit her lip before clearing her throat uncertainly. "I don't know if that's..." Sarah began, but Lorenzo interrupted her before she could finish. "His condition is deteriorating rapidly," Lorenzo said abruptly. His voice broke slightly as he said the words and his jaw clenched. "Oh, Lorenzo, I'm so sorry," Sarah whispered, her eyes going liquid with sympathy for her husband. "When's your flight?" "I'm not leaving," Lorenzo told her grimly, and Sarah’s eyes shadowed in confusion, before flaring as she realized why Lorenzo refused to go and be with his father. " Lorenzo." Sarah’s voice was so low it barely carried to the man who sa

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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 057 - MEETING HIS FATHER II

    "Are you ready?" Lorenzo asked Sarah quietly a few hours later. They were both in his huge study where Lorenzo had set up the computer and camera for the video conference. No simple webcam and computer screen for Lorenzo, he had a proper video camera with a large television screen set up. "As ready as I'll ever be, I suppose." Sarah nodded nervously, and lorenzo led her to a large, comfortable sofa that was facing the camera. He made sure Sarah was sitting comfortably before kneeling in front of her unexpectedly. "I'm really sorry about earlier," Lorenzo said softly, his dark eyes piercing as they stared intently into Sarah’s. "Being around you is a curiously humbling experience. I do not believe I have ever apologized this much in my entire life before. I always seem to be getting it wrong with you." "You're under a lot of emotional strain at the moment, Lorenzo, and I know that I probably wasn't making it any easier on you. Please just forget about it." Lorenzo sighed deeply

    최신 업데이트 : 2025-04-24
  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 058 - WORDS THAT WOUND

    Lorenzo and his father were now having a solemn conversation, and the older man started pausing more and more frequently, seeming to lose track of his thoughts more and more until his wife stepped in and called a halt to the conversation. "Mamma says he is tired and needs to take his medication and rest," Lorenzo whispered to Sarah, as they watched the older man protest before allowing himself to be wheeled, for he was in a wheelchair, and out of the room with a few last farewells to Sarah and Lorenzo. Lorenzo’s hand was squeezing Sarah’s wrist so hard that it stopped the blood flow into her fingers, but Sarah didn't protest, knowing that Lorenzo was probably wondering if it would be the last time he would ever see or speak to his father. They watched in silence as the door closed behind his mother's elegant form before they became aware of the fact that another person was in the room on screen. A wizened old woman suddenly plonked herself into the seat Lorenzo’s mother had just

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  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 073 - CONFESSIONS AND SECOND CHANCES

    Lorenzo paused, his gaze lingering on Sarah before he continued, his voice low and reflective. “She’s 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

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 072 - THE GIFT OF TRUST

    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 Lorenzo’s gentle voice crooning to the baby. Luciana calmed down a little, and Sarah smiled as she listened to her husband sing to the baby, Lorenzo’s 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." Lorenzo’s nodded down at the fussing baby, and Sarah rea

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 071 - MEETING HIS FAMILY

    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 Sarah’s 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

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 070 -THE SURPRISE

    "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 doesn’t 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." Elisa’s 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

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 069 - THE BIRTHDAY SHE FORGOT

    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

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 068 - ECSTASY AND REDEMPTION

    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 Sarah’s. 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. Sarah’s dormant hormones sprang to life in an instant, and she pushed closer to Lorenzo, deliberately rubbing herself against Lorenzo’s hardening cock. Lorenzo deepened the kiss, his tongue plunging into Sarah’s 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 Sarah’s urgent words. "I didn't tell you how I felt because I was trying to

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 067 - EDGE OF REDEMPTION II

    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. Lorenzo’s 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 Luciana’s scrunched-up little face and smil

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   CHAPTER 066 - EDGE OF REDEMPTION I

    "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 Lorenzo’s 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 Lorenzo’s frown deepened. "If yo

  • Contracted To Him By Her Father   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

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