The Greek's Pregnant Bride

Chapter 23

He’d no longer been the skinny, bookish kid and the bullies had known it. After one particular fight, when he’d broken the nose of the ringleader and blackened the eyes of two others, they’d left him alone.

He hadn’t wanted to hit anyone since then. Until now.

How could anyone call Alessandra a slut?

‘Too many to name.’ She answered his question with a shrug.

‘How could they say such things? You were a child.’

‘I was seventeen. Old enough to know better.’

‘Do not tell me you blame yourself?’

the respect that I swallowed Javier’s lies.’ Her eyes pierced right through him. ‘I should have known not to trust

all men are

they?’ She didn’t elaborate. She continued staring at him with the same piercing

‘No!’ he said forcefully.

my brother, all the men I’ve ever known have been liars. Trusting Javier cost me everything. My grandfather turned into my jailer, the few friends he’d permitted me to have turned their backs on me because their parents didn’t want me corrupting them and Rocco had the humiliation of reading untrue, lewd comments about his baby sister. I’m sorry, but I will never trust you, Christian. All I can do is try and have faith that your indiscretions will

you.’ He rose from his seat, ignoring the throbbing pain across the front of his face,

of her scent and his body responded, his groin tightening as memories of burying himself inside her assailed

going to be my wife.’ He spoke the words slowly. ‘If you do not believe anything else,

the

and

of his stare, close enough for

neck, heating her skin. For a moment she lost her train of thought, suddenly pulled back to that night

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