Bound by Fate: The Billionaire's Unwanted Wife

isappearing back into the woodwork. Luca typically disregarded Elizabeth in favor of his Sunday Times, even though he demanded that she eat all meals with him for "appearances'' sake since he lo

the paper up between his fingers and flung it aw

nt to know exactly where yo

wearily. "You've definitely vanished from o

re not talking

about you, your ridiculous actions, the other women

" His tone was pra

o don't feel married! Perhaps I'm ready to take chances. Perha

of telling me that you were with another man last night, Elizabeth." With rec

asked. "How are you going to handle it? Make my life unbear

inctively. She realized that even if she gave in now, it wouldn't quiet his fury, even if she

r harm her physically. She was aware that he was holding his wrath in contro

tinued, shedding all illusion of confide

lieve you,"

a break; I wasn

he said with

er desire to be in this marriage. I'm ready to leave. I want to g

"You'll get your divo

hild with a woman you despise?" Instead of answering, he thr

?" She blinked in confusion, and

captivated by the heated look on hi

w wh

arry me? He a

calating the issue. She couldn't believe he could be so cruel, espe

She couldn't bear to be around him any longer and felt awkward and wobbly. She swayed away from t

e sounded very

ine." "I simply stood up too soon." I

d out. "I had a q

which you already have

being a total jerk about it, and Elizabeth felt

nsisting on doing this

gave him a haunting look, and then sh

longer an issue. She said, "I want a divorce; nothing you do or sa

ated. She said what needed to be said and walked o

o felt like she had won some ground and that he had genuinely listened to her. She took up the phone from its place on the table because she felt she wanted to speak to someone about what had occurred, b

along, so she was taken aback when she found out that Luca had called the older man on the phone. "More than a little curiou

his opening sally and this made Elizab

ware that having a divorce is not an o

desert. "I am aware of it, but it doesn't appear lik

Elizabeth thou

ver have married you if I had told her about the agreement!" Elizabeth cringed at her father's scathing laughter. She attem

o sell herself for the sake of your sadistic little contract. Daddy's

believed you were the embodiment of all her dreams f

hat our agreement says?" At

would eventually di

ad feelings for her?" He sounded absolutely mortified that

," and she could almost hear

y allowed her

er actually chuckled when he added, "It was like watching a sleepy cat fall in love

tte, there's no us here. I was not

given how much you gained from this deal. And the eventual outcome would have stayed the sa

t a quick, powerful growl. "That s

e is now quite vital. Therefore, you should keep her satisfied, get her pregnant, and put a stop to her incessant

edge that her husband had always considered their marriage to be something outside of his real life. His family was entirely from Italy, and she had never met them. He never bothered to invite her to

nd I'm amazed that it's taken you so long to a

actically glued to her ear. She made an attempt to grasp what they were talking about and what was this goal that would set her free?. If the conversation was any indication, it had to do with a mut

y were talking about her. How in the world did... "Even the one thing you would believe the lady could accomplish, she botched even th

ned" Luca surprised her by saying.

you, the work shouldn't be too difficult? You're free to file for divorce and start a happy ever after with tha

hat it seemed as if someone had assaulted her. She had always assumed that Luca's urge to perpetuate his Italian macho ego-the need to have a son, so to speak-was the cause for his desire. She had never once considered the notion that it was a part of a contract he had with her father! She had always as

much she had always understood. She was no longer even confident of that! Luca appeared to dislike her so intensely that she understood that, despite carrying his name, any child they pr

his fortunes, but she was unaware of the extent he would go to in order to insure a male heir. Everything was very antiquated. Since she was immersed in her torturous thoughts, it took her a long time to hear the faint buzzing in her ear, signaling that the two men had terminated their contact. S