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Claiming His One-Night Baby
Michelle Smart
One night…Seeing Natasha Pellegrini at her husband’s funeral propels Matteo Manaserro back to a time before she shattered his trust. Caught in a potent mix of emotion, they surrender to their explosive passion…One secret…Unable to share the truth about her passionless marriage, Natasha was a virgin until Matteo’s touch branded her as his.One baby…When Matteo discovers Natasha is pregnant he knows they must present a united front. He might never trust her—but he’s intent on claiming his baby. Except he hasn’t bargained on their insatiable chemistry binding them together so completely!Book 2 in the Bound to a Billionaire trilogy
One night...
Seeing Natasha Pellegrini at her husband’s funeral propels Matteo Manaserro back to a time before she shattered his trust. Caught in a potent mix of emotion, they surrender to their explosive passion...
One secret...
Unable to share the truth about her passionless marriage, Natasha is a virgin until Matteo’s touch brands her as his.
One baby...
When Matteo discovers Natasha is pregnant, he knows they must present a united front. He may never trust her, but he’s intent on claiming his baby. Except he hasn’t bargained on their insatiable chemistry binding them together so completely!
‘For better or worse, we’re going to be tied together by our child for the rest of our lives—and the only way we’re going to get through it is by always being honest with each other. We will argue and disagree, but you must always speak the truth to me.’
Natasha fought to keep her feet grounded and her limbs from turning into fondue. But it was a fight she was losing. Matteo’s breath was warm on her face, his thumb was gently moving on her skin and scorching it, and the heat from his body was almost penetrating her clothes.
She’d kissed him without any thought, a desperate compulsion to touch him and comfort him flooding her, and then the fury had struck from nowhere. All her private thoughts about the direction he’d taken his career in converging at the realisation he’d thrown it all away in the pursuit of riches.
And now she wanted to kiss him again.
As if he could sense the need inside her he brought his mouth close to hers, but not quite touching—the promise of a kiss.
‘And now I will ask you something. I want complete honesty,’ he whispered, the movement of his words making his lips dance against hers like a breath.
His other hand trailed down her back and clasped her bottom to pull her flush against him. His lips moved lightly over hers, still tantalising her with the promise of his kiss.
‘Do you want me to let you go?’
Bound to a Billionaire (#uee5e7a53-2ad3-5e37-b3fc-0929c3608c8e)
Claimed by the most powerful of men!
Felipe Lorenzi, Matteo Manaserro and Daniele Pellegrini.
Three powerful billionaires who want for nothing—in business or in bed. But nothing and no one can touch their closely guarded hearts.
That is until Francesca, Natasha and Eva are each bound to a billionaire…and prove to be a challenge these delicious alpha males can’t resist!
Don’t miss Michelle Smart’s stunning trilogy
Read Felipe and Francesca’s story in
Protecting His Defiant Innocent
Already available
Read Matteo and Natasha’s story in
Claiming His One-Night Baby
Available now!
And look for
Daniele and Eva’s story in
Buying His Bride of Convenience
October 2017
Claiming His One-Night Baby
Michelle Smart
www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)
MICHELLE SMART’s love affair with books started when she was a baby and she would cuddle them in her cot. A voracious reader of all genres, she found her love of romance established when she stumbled across her first Mills & Boon book at the age of twelve. She’s been reading and writing them ever since. Michelle lives in Northamptonshire, with her husband and two young Smarties.
Books by Michelle Smart
Mills & Boon Modern Romance
Once a Moretti Wife
The Perfect Cazorla Wife
The Russian’s Ultimatum
Bound to a Billionaire
Protecting His Defiant Innocent
Brides for Billionaires
Married for the Greek’s Convenience
One Night With Consequences
Claiming His Christmas Consequence
Wedlocked!
Wedded, Bedded, Betrayed
The Kalliakis Crown
Talos Claims His Virgin
Theseus Discovers His Heir
Helios Crowns His Mistress
Society Weddings
The Greek’s Pregnant Bride
The Irresistible Sicilians
What a Sicilian Husband Wants
The Sicilian’s Unexpected Duty
Taming the Notorious Sicilian
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at millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk) for more titles.
For Adam xxx
Contents
Cover (#ufb40b01d-d3b7-5d1e-be97-86a58865e876)
Back Cover Text (#udf51dc2b-9d7b-5a98-ad1e-4852ef20cd19)
Introduction (#u18746d86-6243-5ec7-b942-e1593b41f4fc)
Bound to a Billionaire (#ufad358db-f230-5f67-a729-78be21570c73)
Title Page (#u8b3fa90c-613f-5f99-8412-72d07e529371)
About the Author (#u78c29f1f-5c9e-5e94-8cc2-9bede153475e)
Dedication (#u89a8b40b-8e4c-54cf-afc5-3fe0c4c92de5)
CHAPTER ONE (#u502a0bb7-6ae2-56fe-a7ef-b0bc6c0be31f)
CHAPTER TWO (#u59d0fe84-ab74-5b85-bd98-46d37c5dc84d)
CHAPTER THREE (#u12a5e845-76a8-5e14-8326-6a5fe72676f7)
CHAPTER FOUR (#u8b4e3506-9a9d-5335-8cb8-9d2b4bacfcb4)
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CHAPTER ONE (#uee5e7a53-2ad3-5e37-b3fc-0929c3608c8e)
JAW CLENCHED, HIS heart pounding an irregular beat in his chest, Matteo Manaserro watched the coffin being lowered into the consecrated ground of Castello Miniato’s private cemetery.
Surrounding the open earth stood hundreds of Pieta Pellegrini’s loved ones, friends, family, colleagues, even some heads of state, with their security details standing back at a discreet distance, all there to say a final goodbye to a man who had been respected the world over for his philanthropic endeavours.
Vanessa Pellegrini, Pieta’s mother, who had buried her husband, Fabio, in the adjoining plot only a year ago, stepped forward, supported by her daughter Francesca. Both women clutched red roses. Francesca turned around to extend a hand to Natasha, Pieta’s widow, who was staring blankly at the wooden box like an ashen-faced statue. The breeze that had filled the early-autumn air had dropped, magnifying the statue effect. Not a single strand of her tumbling honey-blonde hair moved.
She lifted her dry eyes and blinked, the motion seeming to clear her thoughts as she grabbed Francesca’s hand and joined the sobbing women.
Together, the three Pellegrini women threw their roses onto the coffin.
Matteo forced stale air from his lungs and focused his attention anywhere but on the widow.
This was a day to say goodbye, to mourn and then celebrate a man who deserved to be mourned and celebrated. This was not a day to stare at the widow and think how beautiful she looked even in grief. Or think how badly he wanted to take hold of her shoulders and...
Daniele, Pieta’s brother, shifted beside him. It was their turn.
Goodbye, Pieta, my cousin, my friend. Thank you for everything. I will miss you.
Once the immediate family—in which Matteo was included—had thrown their roses on the coffin, it was time for the other mourners to follow suit.
Striving to keep his features neutral, he watched his parents step forward to pay their last respects to their nephew. They didn’t look at him, their son, but he knew his father sensed him watching.
Matteo hadn’t exchanged a word with them since he’d legally changed his surname five years ago in the weeks that had followed the death of his own brother.
So much death.
