Sev's Blackmailed Bride (The Dante Dynasty Series: Book #1): The Dante Inferno by Leclaire Day

Author:Leclaire, Day [Leclaire, Day]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: DLI Publishing
Published: 2020-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Sev deliberately kept his distance from Francesca over the next few days while she gave notice at TH and settled into her new home at Dantes, not wanting to throw any more fuel on a situation already on the verge of a messy explosion. He’d done enough by insisting she return to his bed, as well as come to work at Dantes.

Though she’d accepted the latter with dignified anger, when it came to his former demand, she’d told him in no uncertain terms which dark corner of his body to put his suggestion and precisely how to achieve such an impossibility. Though he regretted the means he’d used to force her compliance on the work front, at some point she’d face facts.

Timeless Heirlooms teetered on the edge of destruction, and not even Francesca’s brilliant designs would save it. Not in the long run. He’d rather acquire TH while he and his brothers could still turn it around, rather than attempt to pick up pieces shattered beyond repair. Quite simply, the Dantes were in a position to fix problems. The Fontaines weren’t. Unfortunately, he doubted he’d ever be able to convince Francesca of that simple fact.

He’d respected her preferences and kept his distance, missing her from both his life and his bed. But now Sev couldn’t stand it another minute. Whatever existed between them, whether The Inferno or simple desire, the craving to have her close at hand threatened everything he’d worked the past decade to accomplish.

A nagging compulsion consumed him, as though an emergency signal lit up the connection between them. He couldn’t recall ever being this distracted. After the sixth time he stood with the subconscious urge to track her down, he finally gave in and acted on the impulse.

He found her in the studio he’d arranged for her use, a huge, bright room with every possible amenity at her disposal, right down to a plush sitting area and tiny kitchenette. Giving her door a brief knock, he entered. And then he allowed his senses to consume him, the thumb of his left hand moving automatically to ply the palm of his right.

She sat at her desk, a drawing pad flipped open and a charcoal pencil in hand. He couldn’t say whether the sketch she applied herself to with such assiduous attention had anything to do with her job. But whatever she worked on, he suspected she’d lost all awareness of time and place.

Sunlight streamed from nearby windows and swirled within her hair, spinning the honey-blond strands to pure gold. It also illuminated the creamy tone of her complexion, making her appear lit from within. Even from this distance, he picked up traces of her unique perfume, the scent light and crisp and uniquely hers.

The pressure that had been building over the past few days eased with his first glimpse of her, forcing him to concede just how tense he’d become without constant contact with her. Every instinct begged him to go to her and carry her off. To take her as far from Dantes and the Fontaines as possible.

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