L SAN

a mixture of maybe mortification and something I refused to name heating me from the inside out and resting in the core between my legs. Raffaele Mancini st

trayed me, flicking to his broad chest, down to the way his long fingers rested casually in his pockets and then to his crotch. My throat felt dry, and my heart hammered in my chest, and I internally struggled to take my eyes away from there. I silently and earnestly praye

azel," he said, his voice sm

oes instead of his maddeningly attractive face and

wasn't," he repl

him the satisfaction of seeing how much his presence affected me. Still, my mind continuously betrayed me, conjuring

," I hissed u

d before I could stop him, his thumb brushed over my bottom lip. The sensation was electric, sending a shiver down

ice dropping to an intimate whispe

gnited. He straightened, towering over me once more, and shoved his hands back into his pockets. "Some

audacity o

ad, I stayed frozen, my pride warring with the strange, unwelcome thrill that lingered from hi

the few times whe

nicer than anything I had ever stayed in, with a king-sized bed draped in expensive linens and a wardrobe large eno

veled appearance. My hair was a mess, my cheeks still flush

th kind eyes and a neat apron stepped inside. "Miss Hazel, Don Mancini has asked me to tell you t

st the edge of the bed. "You can

lipping just slightly. "I'll let him know,"

did he think he was, ordering me around like this? I wasn't one of his lackeys or one of tho

ould actually pass on my message. Maybe Raffaele would lea

oor opening again

esence filling the room like a storm. He shut the door beh

o disobey me," he said, h

I didn't exactly agree to all of these arrangements to become your pup

ng mine. "This isn't about agreeing, Hazel. You mad

g and eating on command," I snapped, my anno

ropped to my lips, then back up to my eyes. "This is your first and only warning," he said, his voice a da

s from fear or something else entirely. The air between us f

," I said, though my v

he found my resistance amusing. "You shou

ward the exit , leaving me standing

Damn the way he made my hear

y, or the fact that I couldn't just let him have the upper hand or maybe all of it

to look at me and wa

ave a bath yeah?

ached for the hem of my shirt a