All Chapters of Gilded Hearts: Chapter 61 - Chapter 63

Sophia POVSaturday mornings were supposed to be quieter,.At least-, that's what I'd always believed,.Yet here I was-, sitting inside the company's main conference room at barely nine in the morning-, surrounded by laptops-, reports-, half-empty coffee cups-, and people who looked just as reluctant to be working on a weekend as I felt,.Damien had made one thing very clear after breakfast,.He wanted this project finished as soon as possible.Originally, we had another week before the final submission.But after Lorenzo's and Italy thing, Damien had decided there was no point dragging it out. If everyone worked through the weekend-, we could have the entire proposal completed within the next two days,.I shifted uncomfortably in my chair-, instinctively reaching up to the high neckline of my cream-colored blouse,.I never wore high-neck tops to work that often,.But today, I hadn't had much of a choice,.The soft fabric concealed the dark marks scattered across my neck and collarbone

Sophia POV Damian didn't wait. His hand shot out—not to my wrist-, but lower,. His fingers hooked beneath the waistband of my sleep shorts-, gripping my panties with firm, possessive intent,. "Damian—" He pulled. The sudden pressure yanked me forward with a gasp-, my body colliding with his,. His free arm banded around my waist, lifting me off my feet-, carrying me to the bed while I clutched at his shoulders-. He tossed me onto the mattress,. I bounced, breath knocked from my lungs-, and before I could scramble back-, he was on me—knees bracketing my hips-, hands pinning my wrists above his head,. "Let me go-," I demanded, even as my pulse raced,. "No,." His mouth hovered over mine. "Tonight-, I'm going to make you understand exactly who you belong to Wifey,." His lips brushed my jaw-, my throat, my collarbone—each touch feather-light-, teasing-, deliberately insufficient,. I squirmed beneath him, already aching for more,. Stop responding, I told myself. Don't give him the s