Ruthlessly Bedded, Forcibly Wedded by Abby Green

Author:Abby Green
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Rich people, Betrayal, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Adult, General, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780263207705
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

CARA had watched the shadow of the small plane dancing over the sparkling Mediterranean below them as they’d approached and then landed on the island of Sardinia, in the north-west airport of Alghero.

Vicenzo’s words the previous evening, the stark reality of his cold ambivalence to this baby and her own vulnerability to him, had made her close in on herself in protection. He had given her the bare details, telling her that his family villa was located near the ancient ruins of Tharros, on the western coast.

A Jeep and driver was waiting for them at the airport, and the afternoon sun beat down on Cara’s head.

After driving for about forty minutes, the driver, who had been introduced as Tommaso, turned onto a narrow road with tall trees swaying on either side, making it shady and mysterious. They turned right, towards the coast. A huge set of iron gates appeared and opened smoothly as if by magic, almost hidden by the dense foliage and colorful bougainvillea. They emerged through low-hanging branches into a massive forecourt complete with a fountain, its clear water jumping high and falling burbling into a low pool. Lotus flowers drifted on calmer water.

The house appeared then, surprising Cara with its discreet elegance. She wasn’t sure what she’d been expecting. Her experience of millionaires was confined to those who competed to live as flashily as possible. They stopped, and she got out before Vicenzo could stride around and open her door. She’d been skittish around him all day, jumping if he came too near. Her belly seemed to be in a constant knot of anxiety now, and she’d ignored his dark looks.

It was a classic Mediterranean terracotta flat-roofed villa. But, with a tantalizing hint of another style, it had huge floor-to-ceiling windows, with white curtains billowing gently in the warm breeze. A delicate latticed veranda hugged the exterior and snaked around both sides of the villa, and Cara caught a glimpse of lush lawns falling away and down either side, to where she imagined the sea lay. She could hear waves breaking gently nearby, and a well of emotion rose up at the sound.

It was one of the things she’d missed most about living in London. Their family home in Dublin had been to the south of the city, on the coast, but Cormac had lost no time in selling it off as soon as their parents had died.

Cara had grown up with the sound of the sea on her doorstep, and it had been so long since she’d heard it like this that bittersweet nostalgia gripped her.

Vicenzo looked at her taking it all in, the lingering traces of the passion that had seemed to explode out of nowhere yesterday evening making him slightly wary. His eyes dropped to her mouth. She was avoiding his gaze, but he knew she was aware of him. It was stamped all over her, and she was behaving like a nervous filly. She’d been avoiding looking at him all day, and it made irritation prickle under his skin.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.