Page 6 of Surrendered Hearts

Right, straight into it.

I can get on board with this.

“Agreed.”

“I have my apartment in New York and my home in Medellin. You will divide your time between the two with me.”

This demand is not unexpected, but it doesn’t work for me. I shake my head. “No, my work is here. I will move into your apartment here.”

His lips flatten. “No. You will go where I go.”

My forehead wrinkles. “There’s no need for that. Neither of our families expect that.”

“I expect that.”

My frown remains. “Whatever for?”

“You will be my wife, Emilia. That is what I expect of a wife.”

“I will be your wife in name only.”

“You will be my wife in more than name.”

I blink as my pulse quickens. Surely, he can’t mean what I assume he means. “You’re going to need to be more specific there.”

His eyes don’t stray from mine. “We will be married, and while we might not love each other, I will require you to be a wife in every way a woman is a wife.”

My breaths come faster as I stare at him, stunned. This is not how I saw this going. “No.”

“Yes.”

“I’m not fucking you, Javier. That’s what you’ll have mistresses for.”

He reaches for his drink, still with his eyes boring into mine. “I won’t take a mistress.”

No, no, no.

I can’t sleep with him.

Iwon’tsleep with him.

He already owns my heart; I can’t allow him to own my body as well.

He will ruin me completely. Absolutely. Without question.

I shove my chair back and stand. “I agreed to marry you. I did not agree to live with you or to sleep with you, and I will never agree to those things.”

I’m halfway to the door of the suite when his strong arm circles my waist from behind. Halting me, he pulls my body flush against his while gripping me so tightly I struggle for breath.Mouth against my ear, he growls, “Perhaps I need to remind you of how much you like fucking me.”

Before I have a chance to gather my scrambled thoughts, he brings his other hand to the slit in my dress and reaches under it to slide his fingers inside my panties.

Oh. God.

I thought I remembered how good it felt to have him, but I’ve forgotten.

There’s not another man alive who brings me to life the way Javier does.

I sag against him, helpless but to allow him to continue on his path to my destruction.

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