He loved hearing her curse. It rolled off her tongue, and he knew very soon he was going to get her to beg him to fuck her.Fernando took a step toward her, then another, then another. Maria Victoria didn’t back up. She stayed perfectly still and tilted her head back to look at him. He stared into her eyes and was taken aback at just how beautiful she was.“Your father wants me to marry you. He wants you to have the respect you deserve and for me to take care of you. I guess this is his way of bringing you back into the family.” He wanted to touch her cheek to see if it was quite as soft as he imagined.“You can tell him he can fuck off as well.”With that, Maria Victoria whirled around and walked away.Oh, he loved a challenge. Fernando thought she’d be some simpering girl who would fall madly in love with him. Maria Victoria was anything but…Maria Victoria woke up the next morning and the conversation she had with Fernando Franco kept rushing back to her.Her father couldn’t be seri
Fernando and Dante's POV“You saw her? Talked to her?” Dante asked.Fernando stood at the office window and nodded. Dante had called a meeting, wanting to speak to him.“How is she?”He thought about Maria Victoria. “She is nothing like any of our women.”“No, I don’t imagine she is.”“How?” Fernando asked. “Men have women with mistresses all the time. They are never allowed this much freedom.”Dante fell onto the only sofa in his office. He had a glass of scotch in his hands. “I had every intention of keeping Nicole and Maria Victoria. They were part of my family, but once my wife nearly killed Nicole, I couldn’t allow it. When Nicole learned the truth, she was done with me. She never wanted me again, so I just couldn’t do it.” He sighed. “I guess that makes me weak.” Fernando didn’t say anything. He’d never met a woman that would make him weak.“She will never fit into our circles,” Fernando said.“With training, she will.”He clenched his jaw. So, that was the end game as well—tra
Maria Victoria had never slapped a man before. She certainly had never slapped a customer. And she’d never been kissed by a man, or by a customer. It was lame that at the age of twenty-three, she hadn’t been kissed.Why did Fernando have to be her first kiss?Her lips still felt a little swollen. After he’d kissed her, she’d pulled away, drew her hand back, and slapped him right across the face. The moment she did it, she’d been in a state of shock. Boris Koslov wasn’t around, but Alessandro had stepped forward.“He’s a paying customer.”Her heart had raced and she quickly apologized, even though it was the last thing she wanted to do. Only, Boris had been around, and he’d called her over to him. He told her to leave for the night, and he looked pissed.Great. Now, Fernando might have cost her a job. It wasn’t the best job in the world, but it paid the bills and left a little aside for her to enjoy her hobby, which is what she wanted right now.Without another look at Fernando, she le
No woman had ever slapped him before. Fernando knew there was always a first time for everything, but this was certainly new to him.Arriving at the underground parking of his penthouse suite, he climbed out. Several of his men had been following him during this time. He was a capo, like Dante, and they knew what their jobs were. They all had to blend in while he took care of business. The close men were the only ones he trusted.He slammed his car door and then moved toward the back.“Are you going to try to run?” he asked.“Bite me.”He loved her spirit. Maria Victoria was like a breath of fresh air. He had to wonder what it was about the kiss that had caused her to slap him.Opening the door, he stepped aside, and he just knew she’d try to run. Maria Victoria didn’t disappoint. The moment she was out and free, she took off, but he was ready for it this time. His men knew to stay back. He caught her around the waist, stopping her in her tracks.“Let me go. You do realize this is kid
“You do realize I have a job and a life?” Maria Victoria asked the following morning.Fernando wouldn’t let her leave. He’d gone to bed, and she’d tried to stay awake as long as possible. She’d hoped to kick down the door or figure out his code. Nothing worked. In the end, Fernando had gotten up, dragged her to bed, and kept an arm around her waist while he had fallen asleep. She had hoped to stop him from sleeping, but exhaustion had claimed her, and she’d been enjoying some sweet dreams.Now, she was wide awake, sitting at Fernando’s dining room table, enjoying a morning cup of coffee and a bowl of sweet cereal. She never usually liked sweet cereal, but this one wasn’t too bad.“Your job and life ended when your father asked me for a favor.”“And let me guess, whatever Dante says, you jump at the chance? What kind of capo are you?”She hoped insulting him would help him choose to get rid of her. Instead, for her trouble, she got a raised eyebrow. How did he do that without even tryi
Did Maria Victoria really believe her words?Fernando Giordano Franco was tempted to take her earlobe between his teeth and nibble down, to see just how far he could push her body. She was a temptation he didn’t want to deny himself. He already felt his cock hardening, and that was just from inhaling her perfume. Maria Victoria smelled so fucking good. No woman should be this tempting. He was made of stronger shit than this.“Do you feel nothing if I do this?” He pressed his lips against her neck, and she shook her head, indicating no.She was such a little liar, but he didn’t mind. He found her fight against him cute. In fact, he was finding his time with Maria Victoria to be utterly invigorating. She was such a hard ball to crack. She wasn’t making it easy for him, and he was more than okay with that.Without touching her, he pressed his lips against her neck, and then just slightly brushed that pulse with his tongue. Her tits couldn’t lie, and the penthouse was warm. There was no r
Maria Victoria was a virgin, but Fernando didn’t need to know that. He was already getting everything he wanted and she was … well, she didn’t know what she was or wasn’t getting.Yes, she was getting married, and her home would remain hers, but other than that, her whole life was going to change. It had already changed. Fernando had gone with her to work, where she had to hand in her immediate notice of resignation. This was part of Fernando Giordano’s deal. He’d leave them all alone and allow Boris to keep his bar, but she had to quit work. This was hard.Handing in her notice felt like the first door of her cage was locked. Fernando was pushing her into a place she had no part in, and it was scaring her. Still, she forced a smile as she handed in her notice, and introduced Boris Koslov to Fernando, as well as Alessandro, and a couple of others. She was closest to Boris and Alessandro.After that, Fernando made her collect some of her belongings from the house. This turned out to b
Maria Victoria was different.From the moment he placed her suitcase in the trunk of the car, he knew there was something upsetting her, but he didn’t quite know what it was. He had no choice but to leave her at his penthouse apartment, while he went and took care of some business.While dealing with business, he had a couple of fashion boutiques deliver several evening gowns. He expected to keep Maria Victoria busy, trying to choose a dress for their engagement party. Most women loved to shop, or at least that had been his experience of women. When he returned home, he found Maria Victoria on the sofa.All the clothes had been set up on rails for her to look through, but from what he could see, she hadn’t looked. When he asked her what she wanted, she told him to choose. He chose a dark red number, and she tried it on.Now, as he stood at the hotel where he’d made the arrangements for this dinner party, with guests arriving and Maria Victoria on his arm, he realized what it was that