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Authors: Lillith Payne
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weeks."
"Nico, just tell me this one thing. Did I slight you somehow, sometime, without realizing it? It seems you want to possess a part of me and I don't understand why?"
"You were the forbidden fruit, Danielle. It was the right thing to do all those years back, stopping before we got too far. Now, you're of age and willing. So am I. I intend to make every minute count. I'll never have you any other way, I'll take what I can get."
"I was young. I couldn't do anything about my age. And if you remember, I wanted to go further several times and you always stopped us."
"It wasn't a game, just the right thing to do. Do you have any idea how hard it was to stop, to be on the edge and have to pull away? One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was stop loving you. Now I have an opportunity to possess you, even if it is just for a few short nights. I'm going to take full advantage. You might not enter this experienced, but you'll leave it with a new perspective on sex and life."
"But not love?"
"You're the one who insists on no romantic entanglements. We can go back to my original offer. Marry me and I'll give you the netsukes as a wedding gift. I'll even give you the hillside acres for your olive trees."
"You truly are a bastard at heart, Niccolo. To bribe me with my heart's desire but never once have you mentioned love and meant it beyond the word. It's only a concept to you, not an emotion. I couldn't marry any man I didn't feel loved me. You've made it apparent I'm good for sex but not for love. I'm strictly a financial gain and window dressing. I can further your label with my expertise."
Danni waited while the waitress placed the check on the corner of the table and mumbled thanks as she passed. She knew she was interrupting and chose to insure her tip rather than get bits of gossip. That was why they'd chosen this restaurant, so far away from their normal haunts and homes. He stood, dropped several bills on the table, waited for her to stand, and gently guided her toward the door with his hand on her back. Outside, the breeze kicked up dust from the parking lot as he walked her toward the old farm pickup.
"I don't see any other way out of this, Nico. Do you?"
"I've given you options, bella. You've made the decision which road we travel."
"Yes, I have. I'll give you my body willingly, Nico. But you'll never possess me the way you might think. You can't have my soul too. I'm already selling it for the netsukes!"
"If you do this, it will always be a part of you."
"I know, and you too. Only you're not afraid. To you I'm just another conquest, a business deal with a twist." He laughed aloud, and she glared at him. "You're enjoying all this way too much!"
"Let's wait and see what you get out of it, Danni. You might be surprised."
"It's a heavy price to pay for my heritage, or what's left of it." She opened the truck door and he waited while she climbed in, not resisting the urge to palm her buttocks in the process. She pulled away and dropped in the seat quickly, tugging the door from his grasp.
"Friday night, Danni, I'll pick up you at five. Be dressed like a lady."
"Be dressed like a lady," she mimicked, and he stopped several steps from her. Suddenly her face became very serious. "Nico, if I ask you to stop…or…"
"We'll work it out as we go along, bella."
"I hate it when you call me that."
"You used to think of it as a term of affection."
"I used to. Please don't use it anymore."
"I'll try. Danni, just relax. You yourself said you wanted to take things further years back. We're just catching up on lost time. When spring comes, life will figure itself out for all of us."
"In the spring a piece of me will be dead."
"I have no illusions about my life, Danielle. I win because I play the game well. I'm successful because my only true love is the Severino land and vines. She'll always be first in my mind and heart. In a strange way, the vines have been my mistress before I could understand the
"Nico, just tell me this one thing. Did I slight you somehow, sometime, without realizing it? It seems you want to possess a part of me and I don't understand why?"
"You were the forbidden fruit, Danielle. It was the right thing to do all those years back, stopping before we got too far. Now, you're of age and willing. So am I. I intend to make every minute count. I'll never have you any other way, I'll take what I can get."
"I was young. I couldn't do anything about my age. And if you remember, I wanted to go further several times and you always stopped us."
"It wasn't a game, just the right thing to do. Do you have any idea how hard it was to stop, to be on the edge and have to pull away? One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was stop loving you. Now I have an opportunity to possess you, even if it is just for a few short nights. I'm going to take full advantage. You might not enter this experienced, but you'll leave it with a new perspective on sex and life."
"But not love?"
"You're the one who insists on no romantic entanglements. We can go back to my original offer. Marry me and I'll give you the netsukes as a wedding gift. I'll even give you the hillside acres for your olive trees."
"You truly are a bastard at heart, Niccolo. To bribe me with my heart's desire but never once have you mentioned love and meant it beyond the word. It's only a concept to you, not an emotion. I couldn't marry any man I didn't feel loved me. You've made it apparent I'm good for sex but not for love. I'm strictly a financial gain and window dressing. I can further your label with my expertise."
Danni waited while the waitress placed the check on the corner of the table and mumbled thanks as she passed. She knew she was interrupting and chose to insure her tip rather than get bits of gossip. That was why they'd chosen this restaurant, so far away from their normal haunts and homes. He stood, dropped several bills on the table, waited for her to stand, and gently guided her toward the door with his hand on her back. Outside, the breeze kicked up dust from the parking lot as he walked her toward the old farm pickup.
"I don't see any other way out of this, Nico. Do you?"
"I've given you options, bella. You've made the decision which road we travel."
"Yes, I have. I'll give you my body willingly, Nico. But you'll never possess me the way you might think. You can't have my soul too. I'm already selling it for the netsukes!"
"If you do this, it will always be a part of you."
"I know, and you too. Only you're not afraid. To you I'm just another conquest, a business deal with a twist." He laughed aloud, and she glared at him. "You're enjoying all this way too much!"
"Let's wait and see what you get out of it, Danni. You might be surprised."
"It's a heavy price to pay for my heritage, or what's left of it." She opened the truck door and he waited while she climbed in, not resisting the urge to palm her buttocks in the process. She pulled away and dropped in the seat quickly, tugging the door from his grasp.
"Friday night, Danni, I'll pick up you at five. Be dressed like a lady."
"Be dressed like a lady," she mimicked, and he stopped several steps from her. Suddenly her face became very serious. "Nico, if I ask you to stop…or…"
"We'll work it out as we go along, bella."
"I hate it when you call me that."
"You used to think of it as a term of affection."
"I used to. Please don't use it anymore."
"I'll try. Danni, just relax. You yourself said you wanted to take things further years back. We're just catching up on lost time. When spring comes, life will figure itself out for all of us."
"In the spring a piece of me will be dead."
"I have no illusions about my life, Danielle. I win because I play the game well. I'm successful because my only true love is the Severino land and vines. She'll always be first in my mind and heart. In a strange way, the vines have been my mistress before I could understand the
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