The Italian's Mistress (HQR Presents) by Melanie Milburne

Author:Melanie Milburne [Milburne, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother, 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, Multicultural & International, Foreign Country, Italian Nationality & Heritage, Family & Domestic Life, Young Child-Son, Sickness & Operation, Temporary Mistress, Payment For Hospital, Payment Exchange
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Published: 2010-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE next week was a form of torture for Anna. Each day spent by Sammy’s bedside was hard enough to deal with without the added burden of Lucio’s plans hanging over her head like the sword of Damocles.

She couldn’t escape her anguish over his plan to bring her to justice. He was after control. Control of her, control of her son, control of her responses to him as if she had no mind of her own.

She was so inextricably caught in the mesh of his net she couldn’t think of a possible way out of it. Every way she turned she confronted his determined purpose. He was calling all the shots and there was nothing she could do to stop him.

She knew he could scoop Sammy away from her at a moment’s notice. He would use Jenny as leverage, citing her disability, exploiting her vulnerability to achieve his own goal in securing Sammy as a Ventressi.

He would let nothing stand in his way. He wanted her to pay for her indiscretion—an indiscretion that had wounded his pride. It was his idea of justice and she would have no choice but to do as he commanded.

But marriage?

How could she go through with it? She would be committing herself to a lifetime of his disdain; every time he looked at her she would be reminded of what he thought of her, of how she’d betrayed him.

And Sammy?

Yes, he would finally have a father figure, but at what price? The secret of Sammy’s paternity would lie between them like something unpleasant beneath the carpet of their lives. They would have to skirt around it, never bringing it to the surface for Sammy’s sake, but it would never go away, no matter how much they tried to ignore it. She’d had a child via his brother, and he had made it very clear he could never forgive her for that.

Lucio came regularly to the hospital and Anna thought anyone watching from the outside would imagine him to be a doting father and an attentive partner to her. He brought her drinks and snacks and sat and read or played with Sammy so she could take a much needed break. In the presence of the staff he was polite and solicitous towards her, giving the impression he cared for her deeply. If only they knew of the way he’d coerced her back into his life! How, within days of Sammy leaving hospital, he planned to put a ring on her finger and a noose around her neck, thus tying her to him indefinitely.

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