{"id":2925,"date":"2018-07-12T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=2925"},"modified":"2018-07-12T10:06:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:06:12","slug":"claiming-his-wedding-night-consequence","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/portfolio-item\/claiming-his-wedding-night-consequence\/","title":{"rendered":"Claiming His Wedding Night Consequence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-d18d8c2c81d10022ebd21ffa95322c35 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2925'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-a2288e4302badfafb1e58ed79bbd4c81\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-a2288e4302badfafb1e58ed79bbd4c81{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-a2288e4302badfafb1e58ed79bbd4c81 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-a2288e4302badfafb1e58ed79bbd4c81 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-a2288e4302badfafb1e58ed79bbd4c81 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Claiming His Wedding Night Consequence<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Nicolo\u2019s discovered his runaway bride\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2bd894dbf2e4bf2c4acf98ce4fbf94aa'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>&#8230;And the secret she\u2019s kept from him!<\/p>\n<p>Nicolo Santo Domenico\u2019s marriage to heiress Chiara is purely for convenience\u2026until their explosively passionate wedding night! But when Chiara realizes that Nico\u2019s reasons for seducing her are as cold as his heart, she flees their fledgling marriage. Months later, Nico tracks down his errant wife, only to find she\u2019s expecting! 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av-av_heading-c6dfc2a1ea3aef6fcaf3cbb539e67569 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Excerpt from<\/p>\n<\/div><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Claiming His Wedding Night Consequence<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2bd894dbf2e4bf2c4acf98ce4fbf94aa'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Chiara looked at Santo Domenico in shock.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, she managed to formulate words. \u2018Why on earth would you want me to marry you?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Apart from anything else, she had to be a million miles removed from the type of woman a man like this went out with. She\u2019d pored over glossy magazines for years lamenting her untameable hair and fuller figure. Not to mention her zero fashion sense. She knew her limitations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Like I told you, dealing with the bank would be tedious and time-consuming. It would take months, maybe even longer. Through marriage to you, the castello will become mine within a much shorter space of time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Understanding finally sank in. So that\u2019s why he would marry her. He was so arrogant and preposterous she could barely take it in. The thought of even considering any kind of intimate relationship with someone like him was totally ludicrous. And yet&#8230;she couldn\u2019t deny the very illicit beat of awareness deep within her. It shamed her. She wanted his disturbing presence gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think you\u2019ve said enough. Your proposal \u2013 \u2018 she stopped for a second as that word rang in her head. \u2018It\u2019s not even a proposal&#8230;what you\u2019ve just said is frankly ridiculous. I have no desire to marry a complete stranger, for any reason.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For a moment he looked at her and then he turned abruptly and went to the window. Much to her disgust, Chiara couldn\u2019t stop her gaze moving over his broad shoulders and where the material of his jacket moulded to hard muscles.<\/p>\n<p>He turned back to face her and she lifted her gaze guiltily.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I should have expected that you would take this as an opportunity to thwart the Santo Domenicos one last time, but you should know that my acquisition of the castello is going to happen, with your help or not.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Chiara felt frustrated. \u2018I told you, I had no idea about any of this. Why would I want to thwart you? What happens to the castello once the bank repossesses is out of my control!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Not if you marry me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>He really was serious<\/em>. For a moment Chiara let herself imagine what it might be like not to have to leave the place where she\u2019d just buried her parents and a wave of emotion nearly felled her. But at such a cost!<\/p>\n<p>It was all too much. Chiara felt Spiro nudge her thigh and she went over to sit down in a chair, afraid her legs wouldn\u2019t keep holding her up.<\/p>\n<p>She looked up at Nicolo Santo Domenico. \u2018You can\u2019t possibly mean to marry me. You despise me. My family. And why would I agree to such a union, with a man who has married me solely for the castello?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Faced with Chiara Caruso, back in this room, Nico was more convinced than ever that his plan was a good one. He knew exactly why she should agree to such a union. To give him what he wanted. To repay some of the huge debt her family owed his family. What better wife could he choose for himself than a traditional Sicilian woman? And one who was indebted to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You owe me. You are the last Caruso, and I am the last Santo Domenico.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She stood up, agitated. \u2018I don\u2019t owe you with my life!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My deceased ancestors lying outside in the graveyard have had their lives all but wiped out of history.\u2019 Nico realised that if they married, the Caruso name would disappear forever. It called to the devil inside him. Karma.<\/p>\n<p>Chiara\u2019s hands were clasped in front of her and Nico was aware of her breasts, full and high, moving rapidly under her dress. A spike of arousal went straight to his groin and he had to control his response with an effort that was surprising.<\/p>\n<p>He had to admit that the attraction he felt was unprecedented and had inspired this audacious plan. Even though she wasn\u2019t remotely his type. But something about her lush and curvy body called to a very base part of him that seemed biologically programmed to recognise a mate irregardless of what his head might want.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d done some research on Chiara Caruso before this meeting and there had been no pictures and little or no information. She didn\u2019t appear to have done much at all. Not attended university, or worked.<\/p>\n<p>She was looking at him now with wide clear green eyes and he felt very warm all of a sudden. It was as if she could see all the way through him and right into his mind. Read his thoughts. It was a very disconcerting sensation for someone who kept his innermost thoughts private.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t disconcerting enough to make him change his mind. He\u2019d come to Sicily to reclaim his family\u2019s legacy and he vowed right now that he wouldn\u2019t be leaving without making this woman his wife. 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