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Catherine added, knowing full well, that if he keeps this up, she might be the one touching him all over. The man was irresistible, and he knew it. Shawn sighed. As if reading her mind," he anticipated, "There is always a price to pay, sweet." His hand moved to her hair, and he fingered the red-scarlet strands as if he couldn’t help himself. "As you demand... okay, follow me to my library. The paper is there, just waiting for you to sign it." He turned around and motioned for her to follow him, and Catherine did, staring at his broad shoulder, which was only covered by a shirt and his usual trousers, and wondering what would happen if he let the man win this game of his.

They would never risk their sterling reputations by making me look anything less than flawless, no matter how much I might wish it. Resignation settles over me as I swing my legs off the mattress and shuffle into the shower. I linger under the hot spray, willing it to unknot my stiff muscles. If only it could rinse away the knot of nerves twisting in my gut. By nightfall I'll be Katya Kozlova, chained to Isaac for life. I slide into the underdress Maude laid out, then shrug on the satin bridal robe she left behind. A cheerful note rests on top reading: You're going to be beautiful!

It was like he was stripping me bare with just his eyes, and suddenly, the weight of what I’d said crashed over me. “You’ll do what?” Dante asked, his voice deep and sharp, like the edge of a blade. “I’ll marry you,” I said, my throat dry but my words firm. “You need a bride before the day ends. I need…” My voice faltered for a second, but I forced myself to finish. “I need a husband.” Daniel gawked, but Dante didn’t flinch. He stepped closer, the air shifting with his presence. His eyes scanned me once, taking in the pale dress, the bouquet clutched like a lifeline, the mascara-stained cheeks I hadn’t even bothered to fix.

But she would not sacrifice her dignity. The Cross estate loomed against the stormy sky like a fortress, its towering gates sliding open as their car approached. Elena’s breath caught at the sheer scale of it—marble pillars, glass walls, endless gardens drowned in rain. It wasn’t a home. It was a kingdom. And now, somehow, she was queen in name alone. When the car stopped, Damian stepped out first, his tailored suit unbothered by the downpour. He extended his hand to her, not with affection, but with cold expectation. She hesitated, then placed her trembling hand in his, feeling the icy steadiness of his grip.

Her throat running dry as panic overwhelmed her at losing her wedding ring which was a beautiful gold band with a 2 carat oval diamond in the center. "Alessio will kill me!" Serafina hissed at herself, pulling the towel off her hair as she shook out her clothes on the counter, hoping, praying that it got tangled in the material. Gnawing at her lower lip she stepped out of the washroom, thinking maybe she left it in the room, taken aback when the lights of her bedroom had been turned off, with a dim flicker coming from the bedroom. Cautiously, she walked across their walk-in closet, hesitantly peeking into the room.

Disclaimer: This book starts from book two in ther series. To read book one, find The Girl Who Loved Two Princes completed on GN 2017, June 4th (Caines, Terres Somnia) Another insufferable ball. The excuse for it? It was his birthday. Lord Bartholomew Arden would rather be sitting in his room preparing for midterms. Duke Arden took Bart around the room to meet with the nobles in attendance. Their dealings with the Arden House were drilled into Bart's head. As though Bart weren't already aware of them all. He would have given many things to not have to endure this night.

My heart was pounding, every nerve in my body buzzing with anticipation as his touch grew bolder, more demanding. When we reached the bed, he lifted me as if I weighed nothing, setting me down with a gentleness that belied the hunger in his eyes. His hands moved to the hem of my dress, fingers grazing my thighs as he slowly pushed it up, his gaze devouring every inch of skin he revealed. I felt exposed, vulnerable, but there was something exhilarating about it—about letting him see all of me, giving in to the pull between us without restraint.

I want her to know how much I want her and want to be with her, but I don’t want to scare her off. “What were you reading on the balcony?” I asked her. “Just a romance book,” she replied. “It’s about a mafia princess who falls in love with a guy in the mafia, but she’s betrothed to someone else. It’s very well written.” “Sounds like a great love story. One you could tell your kids,” I smirked. “Well, probably not all the violence and sex,” Isabella giggled. “True,” I chuckled. “What are you doing tomorrow?” I probed.

I had not been a bride. I had been a transaction completing itself. I pressed my fingers against my lips. Kept reading. The second document was worse. It was correspondence between Matteo and a lawyer I didn’t recognize dated three months before our wedding. Discussing the management of the asset. How to ensure cooperation. How to maintain control after acquisition. The subject is emotionally dependent following her father’s death, one line read. Isolation will be straightforward. I read that sentence four times. The subject. I had been the subject.

Benita barely had time to react before he backed her against the bookshelf. Her breath caught. His hands slammed against the shelf on either side of her. Trapping her. “Careful baby girl,” he murmured. Benita glared up at him. “Get away from me.” Her nightgown brushed lightly against his arm as she tried to move, baring her breasts bare. The thin fabric did nothing to hide the warmth of her body, the heaving of her chest made her breasts push out of the thin fabric in a rhythm. He suddenly felt the urge to bury his head deep between those breasts, breathe her fragrance and suck those plumped….