Page 10 of Secrets of the Brother
And the man I love killed her.
It was too much.
I pushed against his chest, wrenching my head to the side. “I can’t.”
He dropped his grip on my leg and clasped both his hands on either side of my face. “Bianca?”
I curled my shoulders inward and straightened my arms, shoving against his embrace. “I can’t do this.”
He pressed his palm against the base of my skull as he wrapped his other arm around my waist, forcing my body flush with his chest. “No. Fuck that. I won’t lose you again.”
I opened my mouth to cry out, but he swallowed my scream with a kiss so violent I tasted the coppery tang of blood.
His arm secured me tightly to him. I didn’t know where I ended and he began.
He broke our kiss, and for the barest of moments, pressed his lips to my forehead as he pled, “Please,tesoro mio. I need you.”
I desperately wanted that to be enough.
I wanted the sound of his voice and the taste of his lips and the feel of his arms and the idea of us together again to be enough… but they weren't.
I had struggled too long and too hard to forget him.
And now there was blood between us.
I broke free. “No. You made your choice.”
I stumbled toward the door.
Enzo grabbed me from behind, his hand wrapping around my throat, his arm closing around my ribcage.
Enveloping me in his unyielding embrace, he pushed my head against his shoulder as he snarled in my ear, “You belong to me, Bianca. Nothing has changed that.”
Terror seized the air in my lungs.
He was so much bigger and stronger than me.
“You have to let me go, Enzo.”
“Never,” he said fiercely. “I made that mistake once. I won’t do it again.”
He spun me around to face him. His eyes were dark with heated purpose.
I backed away. “I’ll scream.”
He loosened his tie as he stalked toward me. “Scream. Kick. Slap me again. Do whatever you want to me, babygirl. I’m not letting you go.”
In a last-ditch effort, I tried to dash past him.
He caught me around my waist with one arm and lifted me off my feet.
I kicked out as he placed me on the edge of the desk and forced my thighs open, stepping between them.
Once again, he wrapped his hand around the back of my neck and pulled me close, claiming my mouth.
This time, I kept my lips tightly closed.
Enzo growled his frustration.
