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Just the idea of cheating on this beautiful woman fills me with disgust.
Books don’t let you down—especially romances. You get that ending you want, even if it’s hard won.
He doesn’t think I’m a prop. Perry Constantine looks at me as if I might be someone special.
I may not be thrilled to go through a fake wedding with this woman, but damned if I’m going to let someone abuse my fiancée. She may be a pain in the ass sometimes, but she’s my pain in the ass.
touch her hair, trying to fight the surge of protectiveness for this woman that fills me, but it’s no use. Guess I’m a sucker for a damsel in distress.
“All that talk of sin doesn’t mean shit, since you won’t let me touch you.”
“He will never speak to you like that again once you become my wife,” I say, my voice firm. She stares at me, her lips parted. “What? I won’t let him, Charlotte. If he so much as lays one finger on you, I’ll break it. I’ll break all of them if I have to.” “But I’m his daughter,” she reminds me. “And you’ll be my wife. You’ll belong to me.” I pull her to me, slipping my other arm around her waist, my mouth at her temple as I whisper, “I don’t care if he’s your father. No one hurts what’s mine. Do you understand?”
But it’s more than that. No one counts on me for shit, and this woman looks at me as if I could be her savior. She needs me. I want to be there for her.
My earlier thoughts return and I decide to be truthful. “You know what I want to see?” Charlotte shakes her head slowly. “What?” “You wearing those earrings I gave you.” I lean in close, my mouth right at her ear. “And nothing else.”
“There it is,” she murmurs. “Beautiful, right?” I gaze at her, drinking her in. The gloss is completely gone from her lips and there’s high color in her cheeks. My hands in her hair have messed it up completely, and she’s fucking stunning. “Yes. Definitely.”
