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Protecting His Defiant Innocent
Michelle Smart
Tempted by her billionaire protector…Travelling to a dangerous Caribbean island to continue her late brother’s charitable work, Francesca Pellegrini finds herself under the protection of security tycoon Felipe Lorenzi. Independent Francesca is infuriated by his commands, but Felipe’s every look invites her to give up her innocence to him…His body and heart as hard as stone after his military career, Felipe has no time for Francesca’s seductive games. Until this captivating young woman entices him beyond all measure, and this lone wolf decides to throw away his strict rules and take her as his own!Book 1 in the Bound to a Billionaire trilogy
Tempted by her billionaire protector...
Traveling to a dangerous Caribbean island to continue her late brother’s charitable work, Francesca Pellegrini finds herself under the protection of security tycoon Felipe Lorenzi. Independent Francesca is infuriated by his commands, but Felipe’s every look invites her to give up her innocence to him...
With his body and heart as hard as stone after his military career, Felipe has no time for Francesca’s seductive games. Until this captivating young woman entices him beyond all measure, and this lone wolf decides to throw away his strict rules and take her as his own!
Electricity shot between them, so real Felipe could almost hear the crackle. It heated him too, making tiny jolts bounce on his skin, his heart thrum...
His hand rose of its own volition, his fingers stretching towards Francesca.
A throb of need burst through him, so powerful he had to dig his feet into the floor to stop himself from hauling her into his arms.
‘You are not leaving this suite.’ His speech was long, drawn-out, ragged.
‘I’m not staying with someone who can barely look at me and gets irritated every time I open my mouth.’
Without him knowing how it had happened his fingers closed around the delicate wrists. A moment later he’d pulled her to him so their bodies were flush, her breasts pressed against his chest.
‘I don’t dislike you,’ he ground out, gazing down at the spitting eyes, the luminous skin, the lips that begged to be kissed... ‘Don’t you see that? I like you too much.’
For long, long moments they did nothing but stare at each other, until the anger that blazed so brightly in her eyes softened to blaze with something that struck straight into his loins.
Bound to a Billionaire (#u0177422a-400a-521c-9c5f-2604cfa0189a)
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
Available now!
Look out for
Matteo and Natasha’s story in
Claiming His One-Night Baby
September 2017
and
Daniele and Eva’s story in
Buying His Bride of Convenience
October 2017
Protecting His Defiant Innocent
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
The Rings That Bind
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
Visit the Author Profile page
at millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk/) for more titles.
This is for Nicky,
the best friend a girl could wish for. xxx
Contents
Cover (#u9154c98d-1c39-5c71-9f34-c4b7c0c8b995)
Back Cover Text (#ubb2c3006-ed33-509f-abf6-b38f2ba03008)
Introduction (#u1ce95290-fcc1-5ac3-a420-04a2b646b7c2)
Bound to a Billionaire (#u81649d5c-7f81-517c-a101-ea53580efbc7)
Title Page (#u04123d8e-f378-5a29-994c-c8a0fa0cc0e1)
About the Author (#u4b961bb6-d423-556b-bb4f-ae7a511b77a2)
Dedication (#u132a5093-24c0-50b0-9210-fad0d2432d8f)
CHAPTER ONE (#ueea8aa6a-96d5-519e-9d2a-bd309a8ed417)
CHAPTER TWO (#ua89a24cf-6083-5aa3-8205-c31068aadfea)
CHAPTER THREE (#u0a4ad0f7-8dfc-592e-86f4-693e4c6a45b4)
CHAPTER FOUR (#ubd02a49a-5665-5468-b53a-904bc8f981fe)
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CHAPTER ONE (#u0177422a-400a-521c-9c5f-2604cfa0189a)
‘ARE YOU WITH ME?’ Francesca Pellegrini tightened her ponytail and glared at the two men sitting opposite her in the small draughty room of the family castle. ‘Will we work together and build the hospital in Pieta’s memory?’
Daniele threw his hands in the air. ‘Do we have to discuss this now, in the middle of his wake?’
‘I am talking about building an enduring legacy for our brother,’ she reminded him crossly.
Francesca had known Daniele and Matteo would need a little convincing but had complete faith she would get their agreement. Hurricane Igor had decimated the Caribbean island of Caballeros only ten days ago. Twenty thousand people had died and the island had been left with only seven working hospitals for a population of eight million. Pieta, the eldest of the Pellegrini siblings, had seen the devastation on the news and had sprung straight into action in the way she had always so admired.
Despite running an international law firm, he’d always looked at practical ways to help those suffering at the hands of natural disasters, donating money, hosting fundraisers and getting his hands dirty. He’d been famed and honoured for his philanthropy and she’d been so proud to call herself his sister. She could hardly believe she would never see him again, his life cut short when his helicopter crashed in thick fog.
‘I’m not asking you for the moon,’ she continued, ‘I’m asking you to put your skills into building the hospital Pieta was planning for a country that has lost everything and to do it in our brother’s memory.’ Daniele earned a fortune—he’d just taken delivery of a brand-new yacht!—but what good did he do with it? Who did her brother serve other than the god of money?
Francesca knew she was being unfair to the brother who’d always doted on her but what did it matter? Pieta was dead and the only thing she could focus on to endure the pain was continuing with his plan and thus continuing his legacy.
‘I’m not saying it’s a bad idea,’ he snapped back. ‘Just that we shouldn’t be rushing into anything. There are security concerns for a start.’
‘The country has been flattened. The only concerns are dysentery and cholera.’
‘Don’t be so naïve. It’s one of the most dangerous and corrupt countries in the world and you want me to send my men to work there and for Matteo to send his staff there.’
Matteo Manaserro, their cousin, owned private medical clinics across the western world, performing vanity services for people who refused to age gracefully. He’d also launched a range of youth enhancing products that had made him world famous and as rich as Croesus. Francesca’s mother was an enthusiastic wearer of the entire range and swore she’d only had a couple of nips and tucks since using them. Pieta had often said Matteo could have been one of the greatest and most eminent surgeons in the world but that he’d thrown it away in the pursuit of money, just like Daniele.
‘I’m travelling to Caballeros tomorrow. I’ll confirm myself that your security fears are unfounded,’ she informed him without dropping her stare.
Daniele’s face went the colour of puce. ‘You are not.’
‘I am. It’s all arranged. Pieta had already earmarked the site to build the hospital on and put aside money for it and arranged meetings with government officials and...’
