Savage Vow (Ivanov Crime Family #1)

by Zoe Blake

His body leaned into mine, pressing me harder against the wall. “Do what? Say that I love you? That I’ve been collecting your paintings to feel close to you?” “Stop,” I begged, but his lips muffled my protest. I turned my head to the side. He then bit my earlobe as he rasped, “Admit it, Samara. You love me too.” I groaned. “I don’t. I can’t. I can’t!” “You can’t what? Admit you’ve fallen in love with a monster?” His hips ground against mine, punctuating each word. “Admit you love the feel of my hands on you? Admit that despite three years apart you never let another man touch you?” He kissed the column of my neck. His hands wrapped around to my lower back and pulled me forward. I inhaled the familiar spicy scent of his Bleu de Chanel cologne as my fingers clawed at his shirt, unsure of whether I was trying to pull him closer or push him away. “You can’t love me. You barely know me. This is all just a game… a sick, twisted game.” “God dammit, malyshka,”