Chapter 5
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Isabella gathered her senses and pushed him away, creating some space between them, she couldn’t believe she has almost kissed Santo. What was she thinking? She cleared her throat, turning to face him.
“Mr Moretti I apologize about the disruption. Lola won’t cause anything like this again.”
Santo summed her up, then proceeded to take her hand and hold it. Isabella swallowed a moan.
“Anxious Isabella?” Isabella looked away from him.
Santo put his hand under her chin to face him, he saw her swallow.
“No.” She lied.
Santo leaned closer to her. “Can you feel it?”
“Feel what?” She avoided looking at him again.
“This pull between us.”
He took her wrist and rubbed his thumb circularly on her wrist. It was pure torture to resist him, she bit in her bottom lip. He loved how she reacted to him, like everything was new to her.
“When you bite your lip tesoro it does things to me.”
“Stop Santo.”
“You are truly beautiful.”
“We can't, it wouldn't...”
“Ti voglio ora Isabella.” (I want you)
She wanted him now too. Where the hell was her brain and why was she now thinking of being enraptured by him here in the office?
Santo cupped her cheek, lowering his head he heard her gasp. Seizing the opportunity Santo grabbed her neck and covered his mouth with hers. Isabella's automatic response was that she grabbed his hair and brought him closer to her.
This kiss had her thinking of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, big and explosive. Part of her wished it hadn’t happened but there was a bigger part that wanted it not to end. It felt good and natural. When it was over, she could barely stand. Isabella didn’t know what to say. Santo broke the silence.
“I didn’t mean to, no actually I did.”
Isabella moved backwards.
“Why would you do that Santo?”
Santo watched her carefully, she was giving all the signs that she was keen but now he doubted it.
“Because I’ve been wanting to do that since I saw you this morning.”
“Well I am asking you nicely, please don’t do that ever again.”
Santo lifted his brow, he doubted he could do that. She tasted so heavenly and the way she moulded into him.
“Tesoro I cannot promise that.” Isabella watched him stalk his way to her, like a predator stalking his prey. Isabella shook her head, she wanted him to but it was wrong on so many levels and she had to think. He was messing with her brain.
“We have to be professional Mr Moretti.”
“I won’t touch you tesoro until you beg me to and you will.”
He kissed her forehead and left her office. Only when she heard the door close did she give herself a moment to sink down on her desk, holding the edges of her desk with the tips of her fingers.
Isabella closed her eyes and tried to breathe, calming herself so that she could forget those lips seducing her, his strong hands and how he wrapped them around her waist. She shook her head clear and went to sit at her desk. Isabella distracted herself by immersing herself in work.
It took 3 hours but she eventually got the groove of things and was back to her normal self. Just as she was erasing the earlier incident out of her mind she got an email from Nicholas informing her that dinner would be at 7pm tonight. She emailed him back, asking if there was another night free in Santo’s calendar as she was busy tonight. Not long after she sent the mail did she get a call on her work phone.
“VP of Public Relations, hello.”
“Why can’t you do dinner tonight!” Santo’s voice demanded at the end of the line. She shook her head at this man.
“Santo I have something going on tonight, Armando invited to me his place.”
She heard him growling, “You can cancel and have dinner with me.”
Isabella sighed heavily, “Santo, I haven’t seen Armando in months. I am going to his dinner.”
“Fine tesoro then I will accompany you.”
“Santo, this is a dinner between Armando and I.”
“Isabella.” She heard the warning in his tone and had to close her legs tightly at how erotic her name sounded from him.
“Santo why can’t you wait one more night, why the haste?”
“I want you Isabella, for myself.”
His confession knock her for a six, she always knew Santo to be straight and honest but not like this.
“And you can’t spare me a night with your brother, is your need to have me and toss me away that strong.”
“Tesoro I have no intention of throwing you away at all.”
She laughed bitterly, remembering all his previous relationships and how brief those lasted.
“This conversation is over, I am going to Armando tonight and you have no say in that.”
Isabella slammed the phone on him, how dare he think he could immediately just demand his ways on her, the arrogance of him.
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