His Unwanted , His Beloved , His Omega

e, Eliza...ever," the alpha told he

divorcing you, Romano,

orce, cara?" he asked.

and she can't afford that now, not with a new baby on the

ave, but she hadn't. Romano had loaned her cousi

that loan were, but she had always ass

w, the omega couldn't b

generosity, and that loan was merely an

sponded. "Nadia has done

ever it takes to get

an help her..." the om

e made his contempt of the idea more than obvious to everyone at the time, a

You're an honest businessman, and you wouldn't destroy a small business j

be trifled with."

e, Eliza? Do you think I care what you think of me? I

omano made a scolding sound in the back of his th

wanted this marriage, remember? You begged for it, I'm sure. So if you want a divorce right n

e knew it. Romano had her e

orce. Not when so muc

i was done being a doormat. She said nothi

eel his eyes burning into her slender

he first day of their marriage, opting instead to head for

t room, no

no came downstair

ning meetings to rush out to and instead he tended to ling

It was as if their earlier ar

he kitchen and the homey setting lent a

e in the intimate setting, Romano always r

thing new, as the alpha

that morning was the most he

aps but had always made his conte

out kissing her on the mouth, the way he could talk past her when he had something to tell her,

two years ago. How hopelessly infatuated she ha

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recalled their

hadn't told her much about their guest except that

to meet Romano by herself so

s many "tricks" to keep his business

in his home. He would let Eliza soften them up with her natural warmth, and

g until she was twenty two; before that she had merely been grateful

mmate hostess: charming, sweet, warm on the out

parties had always left her f

and purposeful, like a man ready for battle. Romano had s

an elegant ponytail of her then wavy chest length hair, and she had chosen

ad been completely riveted by the unexpectedly splendid man who stood in front of her, and for

ess suit, but his windswept hair had contradicted that air o

He had been like no other man she had ever seen before, and th

nother and then another, until he stood directly in front of her, so close that

at the alpha in wonder, tracing every an

k velvet over gravel, had sent a s

s your

smelled wonderful like whiskey and sin, and Eliza couldn't help and

ry emotion, every sensation of

ealing voice going slightly h

ng much sense at that mom

m, boyish smile that mad

?" he asked qui

" Romano traced a finger over her lips and she stopped

a whispered, and h

Eliza." No one had ever looked at

with so much appreciation an

nd for the first time in his life, she had felt wanted. Between on

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