Ruthless Monarch: A Billionaire Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Ava Harrison

Author:Ava Harrison [Harrison , Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

21

Matteo

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I feel drained after what I just said. I don’t usually talk about such things. I keep my past where it belongs, buried in the backyard with all my emotions and a few bones. But there’s something about Viviana.

She’s like my own brand of kryptonite. My very own truth serum. No matter how much I try, she finds a way to creep up and install herself in my life. I’m so fucked I don’t even need fucking lube.

She’s making me feel all kinds of crazy things. She’s making me remember even more. It’s not good. I know she’s part of the plan, but each second that I know her . . . No, I can’t think of that.

Salvatore is out there. Salvatore wants his place. And she is the means of getting it.

No matter how she bats her eyelashes at me, she’s also lied to me, and that can’t go unpunished.

It doesn’t matter right now. That’s a long-term plan. Right now, there is only one thing I need to concentrate on, and by the way she looks at me, I know it worked.

Allowing myself to open up like that and telling her everything was a calculated risk, but a risk worth taking. She now thinks I trust her.

The room is silent again, the air heavy with my past.

Our faces are close. So close, I can feel the way she exhales.

Her eyes are still glistening with unshed tears. I lift my hand again, and this time, I cradle her jaw.

Tilting her head up.

She watches me intently, her chest heaving as I swipe my thumb across her skin. Trailing it up to her lips. And when she parts her mouth on an exhale, I take it as an invitation and close the distance.

My mouth finds her. As my tongue seeks entry, she moans into my mouth.

My arms pull her tighter to me and then grip her close.

Out of nowhere, her hands press against my chest.

“Stop.” She pulls away. “I can’t do this.”

I stare down at her, confused, not really understanding what just happened. I thought I read the situation. I thought she wanted me. I lift my hand, attempting to back away from her, but she grabs me by my wrist. “Stop,” she says again.

“That’s what I'm doing.”

“That’s not what I meant . . .”

“You do want to do this?” It might be dark in here, but I can still see her cheeks are red.

“Yes. Yes, Matteo. I want you, but I can’t do this without talking to you first.”

Talking to me about what? We’re already married. It makes no sense.

“I need to tell you something first.”

I narrow my eyes confused.

“Okay.”

“You have to promise to hear me out and listen to everything I say before you do anything.”

Now I'm really confused. I nod my head.

“Matteo . . .” she starts, but then she shakes her head, taking a deep breath. “Saying this is so much harder than I thought it would be.”

“Just go on with it. I find that works best.

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