Russian Enforcer's Reluctant Bride by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Puss in Print Publications
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Joanna was walking on air. As she strode through the gardens, Ramir gamboling around her feet, she thought she could have burst out into song. A glow suffused her cheeks. It wasn’t hard to see why. She’d just had the best sex she’d had in ages, and it showed. Vitaly was gone, but the memory lingered. She was surprised at how strongly she’d responded to him, her body apparently having acquired a will all of its own. How strongly she’d misjudged the man. It was clear to her now that beneath that hard veneer there lay a tender heart.

He’d shown her pleasures she’d long forgotten. Granted, Jonathan and she had had sex during the five years their relationship had lasted, but it had never felt this wonderful—this earth-shattering—this… blissful.

She couldn’t help but smile at the recollection of her recent union with the man who was starting to dominate not merely her body but also her heart. Had their meeting in the forest been preordained? Had fate finally smiled upon her and decided to bring the blossom of hope to adorn the tree of her future?

How odd, that Jonathan’s gambling debts would have brought Vitaly Loganov into her life. How… auspicious.

And she was just giving her mind free rein to outline a future that prominently featured Vitaly, when a voice spoke in her rear. Her mood of careless happiness was suddenly ruthlessly crushed like the fragile blossom it was.

“I see you’re enjoying the fruits of my labor, Miss Royale?”

Without turning, she stiffened, and replied, “A very fine garden, Yury. You must be so proud.”

“Oh, but I am. As I am proud of all the things that belong to me.”

She did turn now, the inflection in his voice giving her pause. She wondered if he had been standing there long, but then figured it didn’t matter. Her happiness was not something she should feel ashamed about.

“Have you lived here long?” she said in an attempt at making polite conversation.

Ignoring her question, he said, “You will find that I feel very strongly about the distinction between mine and thine, Joanna. It’s one of the reasons I love this country so much that I’ve made it my home. When I was in Russia, everything belonged to the state. And I do mean everything. No private property.” He extended his arm to gesture at his garden. “All this could have never belonged to me if I’d stayed where I was born. But now that it does, I like to protect it with my life.”

She looked up at the fierceness with which he’d spoken these words. She now saw he was staring at her with a look of indignation mingled with unmitigated hatred, and she frowned, not comprehending. “If this is about Jonathan, I assure you I had nothing to do with what he did. He never even confided in me about his plans for the hotel.”

Yury slashed the air with his hand. “Screw your ex-husband. I don’t care about him any more than I care about the men who betray me.

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