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“Pia, if you do not like the ring, ill get you so else I could not refuse Gio in that moment but I will absolutely understand if it does not please you I want you to have whatever you want, cara mia”

“No, of course I love the ring, Raphael Nothing could lorious than it already has been”

“Then let’s finish it with so his sister today, I’aze settle on the upper curves of her breasts

It was the first ti And it was driving him crazy

“Because I can’t afford to lose any of the few curves I have?”

The vulnerability in her eyes snagged at him “Because you’re now mine to protect I wish I could show you how perfect you are to me”

“I think I’ to believe it”

“Bene” He inclined his head, waiting for whatever was in her head to co made Pia so self-conscious

Even white teeth digging into her lower lip, she adjusted her clutch, and then looked up again That hint of hesitation in those eyes pierced him And made him ith desire, for he knehat it o home”

But he still waited He wanted to hear those words from her mouth He wanted her surrender He wanted her to choose this, hi that even a lifetih “I will take you home then”

“No”

Covering the distance between theers with his, pressed her body to his in a side hug that sent a shudder through hiet used to how freely she expressed her affection How easily and naturally it ca brilliantly on her finger reenerosity of her spirit was his too now His to guard fro himself

A weight unlike any responsibility he had shouldered so far in his life

She ated the saucy effect by pushing her glasses up on her nose

He chuckled