The Unwanted Conti Bride
‘I want to marry you.’If Sophia Rossi wants to save her father’s business, then merging the Rossi and Conti empires is the only way. Luca Conti broke her heart once before, but this time Sophia’s in the driving seat. Except Luca can still make her body tremble with just a look!Luca has spent years cultivating his ‘Conti Devil’ reputation to mask the darkness he inherited from his father; a façade that Sophia should be all-too familiar with. Still, the shrewd businessman can see the benefits of her proposal… He might not want her as his bride, but he’ll enjoy having her in his bed!
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Luca bent toward her. She was diminutive to his own lean six-two. âWhat is it that suddenly interests you about me, Sophia? Have you finally decided you need another orgasm to sustain you for the next decade?â
Flames scorched her skinâthat was how hot she felt. Yes floated to her lips, as if every cell inside her had conspired to form that word without her permission. This was easy for himâtoo easyâriling her up, sinking under her skin. Even knowing what he was, still she reacted like a moth to a flame.
âNot everything has to have a sexual connotation in life.â
He made to speak, but before he could she covered his mouth with her hand. Long, elegant fingers traced the tender skin of her wrist, leaving brands on her sensitive flesh. The center of her palm burned with the heat of his mouth. Slowly, as if savoring every second of touching her, he pulled her hand from his mouth. Of course life itself was a big joke to be enjoyed for Luca Conti.
âWhat did you think I was going to say, Sophia?â
She pursed her mouth tight and took a deep breath. âI have a proposal Iâd like to make to youâone that is mutually beneficial to us both.â
âThere is nothing you can offer me,â he said, his gaze flicking over her, dismissal and insult all wrapped up in that few seconds, âthat I wonât get from another woman with a whisper, Sophia. Nothing remotely tempting.â
âYou havenât even heard it.â
âNot interestedââ
âI want to marry you.â
The Sinner and the Saint meet their match!
Known throughout the world as the Conti Sinner and the Conti Saint, these legendary Italian brothers have been the focused goal of many a gold-digger.
But hands off, ladiesâthatâs now finally at an end!
For rumours are that Leandro, the Conti Saint, has a seven-year-old secret ⦠and Luca, the Conti Sinner, is engaged!
Donât miss the chance to get your hands on this fabulous new duet by Tara Pammi!
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TONIGHT, SOPHIA ROSSI decided with mounting desperation, her spirit animal would be a skunk.
Because desperation had a particularly pungent stink. It probably clung to her pores, spraying whiffs of it over pitying and curious bystanders, betraying her panic.
She had never belonged in the uber-rich Milanese society that her stepfather and mother dwelled in, was only a Rossi because Salvatore had adopted her after marrying her mother when Sophia had been thirteen. Facts of her life sheâd never been allowed to forget by the crowd around her.
Sheâd somehow weathered the end of her engagement to Leandro Conti.
But this latest rumorâher supposed affair with her one real friend, Kairos Constantinou, who was Leandroâs sisterâs new husbandâhad made her an object of gossip and even malice. If sheâd known what a spectacle it made of her, sheâd have refused Leandroâs invite to his brother Lucaâs birthday party, which had been extended weeks ago. The invite was only driven by his guilt at breaking their engagement.
Her fingers tightening over the fragile champagne flute, she made a casual, painted-smile-in-place round around the curving, wide balcony of the Villa de Conti.
Somehow theyâd made her into this temperamental shrew, this marriage-wrecking wanton that had become a liability to her family rather than an asset.
How had she, despite all her hard work, jeopardized the most important goal of her lifeâto support her stepfather, Salvatore, and rebuild Rossi Leather until her half brothers were old enough to take over?
Antonio Conti, the patriarch of the Conti family, reached her just as Sophia deflected another barbed insult. Glassy and brittle it might be, but she didnât let the smile drop from her face.
Silver threaded abundantly through his black hair. Antonio reminded her of a wolfâcunning, wily and quick to gobble up unsuspecting prey.
âTell me, Sophia,â he said, neatly cornering her near a white pillar, âwhose idea was it to propose a marriage between my grandson and you?â
Swallowing her shock, Sophia stared at him. No one should have even guessed. âOur engagement is irrelevant now that Leandro is married.â
âYour stepfather is ambitious but not clever,â Antonio continued as if Sophia hadnât even spoken. âHardworking but no vision. Even knowing of my desperation to find a bride for my grandsons, Salvatore would have never thought to offer you.
