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Lily’s lover is the Italian millionaire Vito. He’s wonderful, but always reminding her that their relationship has no future: he doesn’t care to marry and doesn’t want children. But then she accidentally gets pregnant… Shocked, Lily musters up the courage to tell him, only to be faced with the worst reaction ever. Without any explanation, Vito kicks her out of the house! Then, six weeks later, he appears before Lily with an arrogant proposition to marry him!
THE SALVATORE MARRIAGE DEAL (Harlequin comics), by Natalie Rivers - Amazon Sales Rank: #297861 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-19
- Released on: 2015-06-19
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THE SALVATORE MARRIAGE DEAL (Harlequin comics), by Natalie Rivers Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Lily shivered in the back of the water taxi as it travelled carefully along the foggy Venetian canal. The cold and damp seeped through her suede jacket, chilling her to the bone, but she was grateful for the fresh air. It was warmer inside the polished wooden cabin of the taxi, but it was stuffy, and the movement of the boat made her feel queasy. These days everything made her feel queasy, but at least now she knew why.
She was pregnant.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Pregnant. How was she going to tell Vito?
She'd been living with him for five months, and during that time he'd been the most amazing, attentive lover she could have imagined. But she'd always known that as far as he was concerned it was only a temporary arrangement.
From the start Vito had promised her complete exclusivity and, in return for his fidelity, he'd demanded the same from her. But he'd always made it plain that there was no future for the relationship. There would be no long-term commitment, and categorically no children.
But now she was eight weeks pregnant. The stomach bug that she'd thought was taking a long time to clear up was actually morning sickness.And presumably the same stomach bug was responsible for the failure of the Pill.
She shivered again and looked at her watch. Vito would be waiting at the palazzo for her, wanting to know what the doctor had said. She glanced up as the taxi passed under a familiar arched bridge. In only a few minutes she'd be home.
Suddenly, despite her apprehension about telling Vito her news, she couldn't wait to be with him. A baby might not have been his plan right now, but she hadn't got pregnant deliberately. Vito would understand. He was a rich and powerful man, used to things going exactly the way he wanted, but he wasn't unreasonable. He might be surprised, shocked even, but after he had time to absorb her news she was sure that everything would be all right.
She'd always wanted a family, and now that she thought about it she couldn't think of anyone she'd rather have as the father of her children. He was a successful and influential businessman, but she'd also seen the loving, tender side of him. He wouldn't reject his own baby just because it was unplanned.
It was eerily quiet as the taxi stopped at the watergate entrance of the palazzo. The fog muffled the sounds of the city, and all Lily could hear was the lap of the water against the marble steps. She paid the driver and gratefully accepted his hand as she climbed unsteadily out of the boat. Then she made her way upstairs, where Vito was coming out of his study to greet her.
Her breath caught in her throat, and she hesitated on the top stair, just staring at him—soaking up the absolute masculine perfection of Vito Salvatore, her lover.
Over six-feet tall and broad shouldered, he carried himself with the physical grace and power of an athlete.
His black hair was slightly wavy, and it was brushed back from his strong forehead to reveal his breathtakingly handsome face.
She'd often wondered if she'd ever get over how amazing he was. It didn't matter whether he'd been away on business for a few days or whether they'd just been in different rooms for a few minutes—whenever she laid eyes on him after they'd been apart, her heart fluttered and excitement coiled through her. After knowing him for ten months and living with him for the past five months, she was still overwhelmed by the pure thrill of being with him.
'You have returned at last.' Vito caught her with his blue eyes as he closed the distance between them and swept her into his embrace.
'Hmm.'Lily snuggled against his strong chest, pressing her face against his velvety-soft black cashmere sweater. She breathed deeply, drawing his scent into her lungs. Safe in his arms, she felt so much better. The nausea she'd suffered in the water taxi was already a distant memory.
'I tried to call you,'Vito said, lifting her face gently for a lingering kiss. 'But then I found your phone in the bedroom.'
'Sorry.' Lily looked up into his gorgeous face. As always his kiss had the power to make all thoughts fly out of her mind. 'I forgot to charge it.'
'Are you all right?'Vito asked, catching her hands in his. 'You're so pale and cold. Come and sit down. Would you like a warm drink?'
'I'm fine,' Lily replied, letting Vito lead her into his study. 'A glass of cold water would be lovely.' She smoothed her fingers over her hair, suddenly apprehensive again. Now she knew why she'd gone off tea and coffee—and in a minute she'd have to tell Vito. 'I thought Carlo was taking you to your appointment,' Vito said, looking over his shoulder at her as he dropped ice cubes into a glass and poured mineral water from a frosted bottle. 'I don't like you taking public taxis, especially when you aren't feeling well.'
'I was all right,'Lily reassured him. 'I thought I might want to walk a while—the fresh air makes me feel better.'
'Still, if I'd known you were going to dismiss Carlo I would have accompanied you myself,' Vito said, slipping his arm around her waist and guiding her over to a sofa by the window. 'I don't know how you persuaded me not to cancel my meeting.'
Lily ran her hand over her long blonde hair again as she sat down. The humidity of the fog had made it frizz. It was absurd to worry about what she looked like at a time like this, but somehow the enormity of the situation suddenly made it easier to focus on smaller things.
'What did the doctor say?'Vito asked, looking at Lily with concern. Her heart-shaped face really was incredibly pale, and there were dark smudges of fatigue under her expressive hazel eyes. 'Do you need antibiotics?'
'No,' Lily said.
She was smoothing her hands over her hair. Vito recognised the nervous gesture. Since they'd been together he'd grown used to her body language, but he couldn't imagine why she was anxious now.
'Then what is it?'
Fear that there might be something seriously wrong suddenly sliced through him like the blade of a knife. He dropped to his knee beside her, and took her chilly hands in his. The thought of Lily ill was unbearable. 'What did the doctor say?' he pressed. 'Do you have to go back for tests?'
'No.' Lily hesitated, looking at his expression. His black brows were drawn down with concern, creating two vertical creases between his eyes. She was close enough to wonder at their amazing colour—the incredible vibrancy of sky-blue that made her feel like summer had come, rather than the cold and damp of early spring that still felt like winter.
But she'd worried him—something she'd never meant to do. She should tell him the truth at once.
'I'm pregnant.'
Lily could not have prepared for what happened next. She'd anticipated surprise, maybe even displeasure. But she'd never expected the sudden dramatic change in his expression—as if cold steel-shutters had dropped down over his features. Nor the brutal finality of his words.
'Pack your things.' He jerked abruptly to his feet, letting her hand fall from his fingers as if he could no longer bear to touch her. 'And get out of my house.'
LILY opened her eyes and looked groggily at the clock. Damn! She was late.
'Aren't you up yet?' Anna said, already smartly dressed for work, walking across the open-plan lounge to the kitchen area of her flat. 'I thought you had that presentation this morning. You know—the big make-or-break one.'
'Yes, it's at nine o'clock.' Lily pushed herself up into a sitting position on the sofa. She was so grateful to her friend for letting her stay since Vito had thrown her out, but this sofa wasn't exactly the most comfortable place she'd ever slept.
'Oh dear, you look awful,' Anna said. 'I thought morning sickness was only supposed to last the first few months.'
'So did I.' Lily moved and breathed slowly in an attempt to keep her stomach calm.
'Here,' Anna said, placing a glass of milk on the coffee table. 'Good luck this morning,' she added, already halfway to the front door.
Lily picked up the milk and took a careful sip. It was cool and comforting, and within a couple of minutes she felt her stomach start to settle enough for her to manage a quick shower and get ready for work. Thank goodness for Anna, who'd remembered one of her colleagues talking about how milk had worked wonders for the nausea she'd suffered from during pregnancy.
Forty-five minutes later Lily climbed out of a black cab she could ill afford, and hesitated on the wide London pavement, staring up at the imposing steel-and-glass building that was the home of L&G Enterprises. It was a subsidiary of the Salvatore empire, and a menacing shiver ran down her spine at the thought that Vito might be inside. But if she'd really thought, even for a moment, that there was any chance of him being anywhere near, she would never have agreed to make the presentation today.
She took a deep breath, gripped her heavy briefcase tightly, and walked into the building. A long blonde coil of her curly hair was bouncing in front of her eyes, so she tucked it back forcefully behind her ear. She'd been so late that there hadn't been time to straighten and style her hair properly. She'd settled for pulling it back tightly into a twist at the nape of her neck, but it was already showing signs of breaking free.
It was important she did well this morning. So far she hadn't managed to find the permanent job she desperately needed. But, if luck was on her side today, this could be the break she needed. She'd approached her old boss at the computer-software company she'd been working for when she'd met Vito, and as a personal favour he'd been prepared to offer her a chance. If she could sell his company's web-conferencing system to L&G Enterprises, he'd give her a commission and find her a permanent job.
'But didn't Suzy Smith set up the pitch?' Lily had asked, thinking of the flamboyant brunette who'd willingly stepped into her shoes when she'd handed in her notice so that she could move to Venice to be with Vito.
'She did,' Mike, her old boss, had conceded. 'But honestly, Lily, she won't be able to cut it. L&G are a notori...
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Hated it, detested it, regret it, wishing i never laid eyes on its frustrating pages. By Betty Davis Heroine is a weak-boned, NOT witty, NOT funny or i suspect NOT intelligent. She gives over to everything even when the guy of the book insults her, tells her his plans to kick her out with her baby after he is done using her...AGAIN...And they NEVER have a fight where SHE wins and NEVER succumbs to his seduction. Unfortunetly she ALWAYS succumbs. She never finishes a sentence in a fight because he cuts her off all the time or starts on his "seduction". Honestly this book is a huge regret. I regret reading it, looking at it, regret everything about it. In the first 90 pages she is insulted and bullied by him so many times, i start to wonder if this is a the reality of how the author sees a woman and thinks it romantic or somewhere a horrible mistake happened and this book was unfortunetly edited by a guy who has no heart.What the hell happnened? I really really extremely do not like the guy in this book. He's a lying, domineering, chauvinistic, doesn't-care-about-anyone, insulting, mean...a true bully!! With other authors they successfully pull of the domineering man as successful because they balance it with romanctic and a softer side of him, BUT this book is an insult to womankind! Hated it, detested it, regret it, wishing i never laid eyes on its frustrating pages.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Despite the hardheadedness of the H I still liked the book By Vanessa Lily Chase is Vito Salvatore's mistress. She has been sick lately and he has her go to the doctor. She is shocked to discover that she is pregnant. But she figures it will be okay. That Vito will know that she did not get pregnant deliberately and that they will be fine. She tells Vito and he tells her, "Pack your things. And get out of my house."Vito believes that he is infertile so of course the baby can't possibly be his. His whole explanation of this makes sense, however, the fact that Lily was a virgin and never gave him any reason to doubt her fidelity isn't explained. Instead of questioning the validity of the fertility tests that his ex-wife and he took he automatically jumps to the conclusion that Lily cheated on him. Vito had never told Lily that he couldn't father children he kept that bit of news to himself and let her worry about birth control. I can believe that Lily loves Vito since she is so willing to put up with what he dishes out, but where is her pride? I wonder if Vito really loves her though. He didn't seem to be too eager to set his pride aside and have some proper medical test done until after the baby was born and it was feared that the child had his rare blood type. I don't think there was enough groveling on his part. He should have been feeling horrible because he was willing to kick his HEIR to the streets with the baby's cheating mother. He should have been feeling awful for all the things he said to Lily, did to her, and was willing to do to her all because he believed his ex-wife and trusted her so much that he didn't even bother to get a second opinion.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. It started out strong, but the further along it got the less sense it made. By Michigangirl Really this book deserves somewhere between a three and four stars, but when the author had me, I was hooked, so I made it four instead of three.Our heroine, Lily, has been with the hero, Vito, for almost a year. She's been living with him for five months of that time. As it turns out, her stomach bug turns out to be a nasty nine-month condition and when she shares the good news with Vito, he kicks her out immediately. Enter a very few months later and he's pissed to see that she landed on her feet after he kicked her out and is now pitching software to one of his lesser companies. Since his grandfather has one foot, an arm and half his body in the grave, he's been pressing Vito to settle down and give him a great grandchild so he can be sure the line will continue. Seeing a ready made family, Vito decides to take the stupid girl, convince his grandfather that her child is his, marry her, and then when his grandfather kicks the proverbial bucket he'll throw her and the kid back out into the street.Vito, of course, is positive that Lily is a lying cheat because he is infertile. The test results were waved under his nose by his now ex-wife, and judging by the number of times this was stated, I can only assume it was in the literal rather than figurative sense. Vito doesn't want to feel like less of a man to anyone by admitting that he is, so he just slams Lily any chance he gets and doesn't explain why he's so sure of what she did to him.All I can say is wow to Natalie Rivers. For the most part she had me reading intently with her no holds barred actions and reactions of the characters. Anything could happen at any time. And then..Our wonderful heroine's excuse for marrying Vito was believable the first time around, then it fell flat, after that I thought it was her reasoning for leaving him..but I was wrong. The last time it was like someone saying I'm going to bathe in pig feces because it smells wonderful and gives me a fresh clean feeling for all the sense it made.Knowing full well that he didn't care about her, that he did not now nor would he ever acknowledge that her child was his, that he refused paternity or DNA test to be done to prove this fact, that as soon as his grandfather dies he was going to do an instant replay and immediately kick out her and her baby quite literally into the streets, why would she stay with him?This book was not bad. Natalie Rivers is a really good writer. I'm rather surprised at how well she held my attention through this book considering the fact that she failed to make the heroine's reasoning believable.If I hadn't read so many wallbangers in the past month it's possible that I would have rated this book a little lower. My issues were not enough grovelling..as a matter of fact..grovelling was practically non-existent. No self respect from the heroine. She needed to pick herself up and say I don't deserve this and I'm not going to take it. And I really needed some logic that made sense behind some of the actions.
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