She canât be tied down
Unless he can persuade her itâs worth it!
Katherine Oliver is not interested in getting married. The only problem is, she canât keep her hands off gorgeous billionaire Luca Donato, who wants to put a ring on it! So she puts Luca to the test in an X-rated battle of witsâto persuade herself that their nights of passion can turn into something more!
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THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE
© 2018 Kimberly Sheetz
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Donât be afraid to take that first step...and keep walking.
CHAPTER ONE
Luca
MY NAME IS Luca Donato. You may have seen my mug on the cover and in the pages of Forbes, Fortune and the Robb Report, because my family is ridiculously, obscenely rich.
Iâm talking Saudi princeâlevel money.
I could wipe my ass with hundreds for several lifetimes and still not make a dent in the family trust.
My family descends from Italian aristocracyâsome royal connections if you go back far enoughâand weâve done well enough with our investments in Donato Inc. to never have to work again if that were our choice.
But unlike some in similar positions, the Donatos havenât grown soft with privilege. If anything, our wealth has made us harder, hungrierâall about the victory.
We decimate our opponents, and the word no really isnât part of our vernacular.
In fact, I canât remember the last time someone refused to cave to my demands.
Until a certain redhead came along.
The one Iâd chased to the airport.
Ah, there you are, you gorgeous pain in my ass.
Katherine Cerinda Oliver...my runaway fiancée.
If Katherine had thought to blend in, that spectacular head of burnished auburn hair was her downfall. Stubborn tendrils escaped her messy bun to curl around her delicate jaw, teasing wispy ends that tickled and caused her to rub her nose without thought.