Bound By Her Ring

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Authors: Nicole Flockton
with all the company’s various interests, she didn’t believe Luciano could hamper any future employment possibilities for her. Did she dare test him? Push him to see how far he would go?
    “You don’t have that sort of power,” she scoffed.
    “I do and believe me I won’t hesitate in using it to get my way. In fact I can start now.”
    Mesmerised by his animal grace, she watched as he walked towards the phone on her desk. He picked up the receiver and punched out a series of numbers, all the while keeping his gaze firmly focussed on her. She shivered at the steely glint shining in his hard, dark eyes. They resembled chips of iron ore.
    “Robert, Luciano Morelli here. I’d like to check the status of the Anderson Hotel loan. We’ll be…”
    He wasn’t going to be pushed. With those brief words spoken she knew she had no choice. Her father’s livelihood was being held in her hands. They may have had their differences throughout her life, but he was her father. She would do whatever it took to keep his business safe. She reached out towards the phone.
    The beeping of the disconnection tone resounded in Luciano’s ear. Looking down he saw Jasmine’s finger on the disconnect button, the slump of her shoulders telling the story—she was joining him. She’d caved in the moment she knew he would call in the loan and ruin her father.
    He looked pointedly at her hand and then into her eyes, “You have something to say?”
    “You win, I’ll come on this trip but there are conditions.”
    “Conditions? Do you really think you’re in any position to lay down conditions with me?”
    “Whether I am or not doesn’t come into it. I will only come on this trip if you agree to my terms.”
    Luciano looked at the fire sparking in her eyes and his body instantly hardened. He’d never seen her look this way before. They’d had many encounters concerning her father. But this time she looked like a lioness protecting her cubs. He wanted to pull her into his arms and change the fire in her eyes from one of anger to one of desire. He wanted her to melt in his arms. He wanted to burn in hers.
    But not today, he had plenty of time to act on those feelings when they were away. It was all part of his plan, to make her succumb. Succumb to his ministrations. Succumb until she couldn’t think straight anymore. He tempered his thoughts when he heard her. “Well?”
    “Go ahead. I’ll listen and consider them. But remember all it takes is one phone call to change your father’s life.”
    “That’s my first condition, your guarantee you will not call in the loan and harm my father’s business. Second, as this is a business trip the only time we will spend together will be for any business functions you have to attend. At all other times I’ll be free to do my own thing. And finally, I want separate rooms.”
    He laughed at the absurdity of her conditions. “If you go on this trip you have my guarantee I won’t call in your father’s loan, his business is safe—for now. But that’s it. I won’t agree with any other conditions.”
    He held up his hand as she blustered to interrupt him. “Listen to me very carefully. We’re husband and wife; we will be sharing a room.”
    He moved forward and soon he was standing right in front of her, pulling her into his arms, her body rigid in his hold. He would soon change that.
    “You will be by my side from morning to night. You will accompany me to every meeting I attend. And you will agree to these terms, if not, you know what will happen,” he paused to let his words sink in. “These are my conditions and they won’t be negotiated.”
    He finished by capturing her lips in a kiss, taking advantage of her startled gasp to deepen it, groaning low in his throat as her mouth opened further beneath his. Her arms circled his neck as he pulled her closer, letting her know exactly how much he desired her.
    His fingers found the front of her suit jacket and popped the button,

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