nora
ut tonight, it felt suffocating. I paced across the antique Persi
Maria, who stood quietly by the mahogany dresser. "To my face! In my own home! That Rossi gi
her head bowed. "And she brings legitimate wealth. For the
nd. "Her so-called delicate constitution is a farce. She isn't sleeping until noon out
ook a deep breath, smoothing the heavy fabric of my black skirt. I would fin
ria
humiliation that still stained my cheeks. No matter how much I spent on Par
arco, strolled in, humming a jazz
" he grinned, completely oblivious to
the vanity. "Your brother's new wife humiliated me today, and you are buyi
irk on his handsome face. "Don't waste your energy, Gloria. You could e
icked my eyes. "You ar
Once Damien and his pretty bride produce an heir, ou
suffocating in the gilded
ella
rossed the threshold of our private wing. The tension from the
lay face-down on the massive four-poster bed
led down the collar of my dress, the dark, violent bruises Damien
ed. "Leave us,
ly fled the room. The hea
e. "I apologize," he murmured, his bariton
hit my feverish skin, but as he rubbed it in, the
issed, shif
large hand over, my thumb tracing the thick, unnatural callu
n," I asked lazily, "aren't you a legitimate businessman? Why do
replaced by a lethal, icy void. He snatched his hand back, his ja
s, letting the silk slip lower. The silence between us was no longer just u
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