Royal Dragon's Baby: A Howl's Romance

Author:Anya Nowlan [Nowlan, Anya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-09T18:30:00+00:00

Seven

Julie

The sun was setting on her day back in Tuscany, and it had been far more pleasant than the previous ones. With the quick kiss that Antonio had pressed on her lips still tingling there, she scrambled out of his Jeep as they stopped in front of the house.

Every warning bell in her head was going off, telling her to not get lost in the moment as eagerly as she currently was. It came too easily, too naturally, and she couldn’t afford to fall for a man whom she could have no future with. After all, if he was so blasé about kidnapping people when it suited him, what else could he do?

And that wasn’t even taking into account that he was a dragon, and a royal one at that, whatever that meant.

Still, watching him gently pick up Tony and carry him into the house, whispering to him in Italian as he did so, it was almost impossible not to fall in love with him more.

Love? Is that what this is coming to? she asked herself idly, trailing after him and dropping the picnic basket in the kitchen.

This time, there was a servant waiting for her there, his clever, dark brown eyes considering her with some curiosity.

Guess I’m not exactly a secret at this point, she thought, thanking the man and scooting after Antonio.

A crib had been set up in her room for the baby, and he had already set Tony down. When she found them, Tony was sleeping soundly, and Antonio was watching over his sleep with all the attentive affection of a loving father. It was enough to make her heart ache, knowing how much he had already missed in the boy’s life, and how much he was likely to miss out on moving forward.

“I’ll be leaving you for the night, la mia bellezza,” he whispered, though the look he gave her spoke in no uncertain terms that he would have rather been staying. “Take good care of my old bedroom.”

“This used to be yours?” she asked, suddenly seeing the grand, but comparatively to the rest of the house, fairly understated room in a different light now.

“It did,” he nodded, then pulled her in for a slight embrace.

Her heart beat heavily in her chest, and unless she was mistaken, so did his. He didn’t kiss her this time, but he held her close for longer than he should have.

“I loved our day together, Julie,” he said, and it sent shivers down her spine.

“I did too,” she admitted, knowing that she shouldn’t have been telling him these things if she sought to uphold any sort of front of not wanting to be with him.

“Good,” he said, releasing her finally and leaving her wishing he hadn’t. “Good night, la mia bellezza,” he said, before closing the door after him and leaving Julie and Tony alone.

She’d barely managed to start considering how truly idiotic it was to find herself falling in love with a man who was promised to another, and

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