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him. Again.
    It started like all the others, his beautiful face descending toward her, his lips settling on hers so softly, she could almost believe it hadn’t happened. His hand would cup her cheek, stroking her skin with his fingertips.
    This dream, though, was far worse than her previous ones. She was clad in a gorgeous wedding gown, her face hurt from all the smiling, her eyes burned from the happy tears. The look on her new husband’s handsome face stole her breath and when he leaned in to kiss her again with those perfectly sculpted lips, her body swayed toward his.
    The moment cut to nighttime, and she was naked in a giant bed. Her new husband poised above her, his hard, muscular body brushing against hers. Making her gasp, making her moan when he finally entered her, joining them completely. The joy that suffused her threatened to burst and she cried out her love for him as he thoroughly brought her to climax.
    But then it all changed. The utter disgust on his face when he realized who he shared his bed with in the early morning light. The thunderous expression on his face while he demanded her to leave left her devastated. Empty. Feeling so incredibly worthless she wanted to curl up in a ball and die…
    You really thought I wanted you for my wife? You’re nothing to me. Nothing…
    “Paige! Paige, wake up!”
    The sweet little voice startled her awake and she opened her eyes, stared up at the ceiling as she tried to ease her erratic breathing. That had felt so incredibly, terrifyingly real. How Matteo looked at her when he realized he’d married her. Made love to her. As if her greatest wish had turned into his most horrific nightmare…
    “Are you awake yet, Paige?” A small, slightly sticky hand touched her cheek and then he was climbing on top of her, shaking her shoulders, making her laugh. Matty’s angelic face was directly in hers. His thick, wavy hair stuck out every which way and his big brown eyes drank her in with an expectation she’d grown used to. “Good morning.”
    “Good morning,” she murmured with a little smile aimed at her young charge. “Isn’t it awfully early?”
    He shrugged. “I don’t know.”
    She glanced beyond Matty’s shoulder, saw the time on the digital clock that sat on the bedside table. Not even seven o’clock yet.
    “Matty, I told you to leave Paige alone.” Matty climbed off of her quickly, his eyes wide as he sat beside her. Hurried footsteps accompanied the deep, rich voice that sounded from down the hall. And then there he stood, filling the doorway with his broad shoulders and overwhelming presence. His dark hair mussed, his face shadowed with stubble, clad in a black T-shirt and gray plaid pajama pants. She’d never seen him dressed so casually before.
    Even after everything that happened between them last night, how he’d refused her, reminding her she’d been the one to run in the first place, Matteo Renaldi quite simply stole her breath away.
    And oh, how she both loved and hated that.
    Paige quickly sat up, tugging the covers with her so she covered her chest. Not that she was naked or anything, but she wore a thin tank top he might be able to see through.
    Not that he hadn’t seen everything she had to offer him already…
    “Sorry to disturb you,” he said apologetically, his gaze meeting hers for the briefest moment before he looked away. He seemed embarrassed. Good. After last night’s fiasco, he should be. “I told Matty not to bother you since it’s your day off.”
    Oh. She’d forgotten. Foolish, really, but she spent so much time with Matty it felt as if she never had a day off, which she didn’t mind. She really did love her job.
    Even though her boss drove her absolutely crazy.
    “Daddy’s taking me to the zoo today, Paige! Come with us, come with us!” Matty scrambled across her bed and climbed onto her, making her groan. He started bouncing up and down, his little bottom hitting her thighs with his every bounce and she