An Innocent To Tame The Italian (The Scandalous Brunetti Brothers Book 1) by Tara Pammi

Author:Tara Pammi [Pammi, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, Italian Nationality & Heritage, The Scandalous Brunetti Brothers, Fake Fiancée, Billionaire Tycoon
Publisher: Harlequin Presents; Original Edition
Published: 2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Voices thinned and drifted into soft whispers as Natalie made her way toward a smaller corridor that held the elevators to the HighLine. She’d heard walking on the HighLine over the Galleria would be like touching the sky. And right now, she couldn’t bear to be around a man whose opinion was coming to matter too much to her.

The elevator car opened and Natalie stepped in. Before the doors closed, a handmade Italian leather shoe stopped them. His broad shoulders pushing the doors open, Massimo stepped into the car. Natalie pressed her hands against the cool metal, to puncture the tension filling the enclosed space instantaneously. Her belly swooped, more to do with him than the car rushing up.

“Running away, cara mia?”

“I just wanted to look around,” she whispered. And then hating the quaver in her voice, she straightened her shoulders. “To get away from the woman fawning over you. That’s allowed, isn’t it?”

When he punched the button to stop it, she swallowed. “Then it’s also allowed that I follow my errant fiancée, sì? At least to make sure she’s not meeting another man in secret?”

Natalie paled. “You can’t seriously think I’ve arranged to meet someone when you’ve cut me off from everyone. You...don’t think like that. Did Leonardo plant that in your head?”

His jaw tightened. “Leave my brother out of this.”

“Massimo, why are you so angry? You’ve been in a foul mood all night.”

“Why did you dress up tonight—” his gaze roamed over her chest, and then pulled up, a banked fire in it “—when it took me three days to convince you that I need you here at the gala at all?”

That’s what this was about?

“I didn’t want to embarrass you or you to be ashamed of me. Even if it’s all a sham, I didn’t want you to realize I was beneath all those women. I wanted...”

To appear to be worthy of you. The words stuck in her throat.

How had he become so important to her that looking out for herself felt like a betrayal to him?

“You wanted what?”

God, she was sick and tired of being twisted by her own feelings.

She clasped his jaw, tugging his head down to meet her eyes. Never in her life had she felt so vulnerable, so willingly weak. Only this man did that to her. He made her wish for things that would always be out of her reach. He made her wish she was...different. And that was the worst sort of thing to do to herself. “I wanted to look like I belonged on your arm.”

The rough stubble in his skin sent longing unfurling through her stomach. She dipped her face, burying it in the crook of his neck. The scent of his skin seeped into her very breath. Her hands crawled up from his waist, to his chest, touching him, exploring him.

His heart thudded under her palms, his harsh breaths feathering through her hair. Need and fear drove her to do things she wouldn’t have dreamed of. Instinct spurred her on.

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