Pregnancy Of Passion

She wasn’t sure why Salvatore felt the need to do the deed so quickly, but she knew her own motives.

She couldn’t help feeling they had made a baby that first night back together. While Salvatore might consider them already man and wife she wanted the legal ties as well if she was going to carry hi s chiId again .

Everything this time around was going to be right.

So, although it meant putting together a wedding and an auction at the same time, she did not complain .

‘How did Shawna take the news of our upcoming marriage?”

Elisa looked up from the guest list for the auction. Salvatore had given her the library to work in,

bringing in all the equipment she required to finish organizing the auction. A fax machine a computer with high-speed internet service a phone with two lines-whatever she wanted she got.

She smiled at the man who acted as if nothing was too good for her. ‘My mother isn’t keen on the institution of marriage, you know.”

He nodded the glow of satisfaction he’d worn since her agreement to become his wife not dimming an iota. Shawna’s lack of approval would mean very little to him.

‘she wished me well and said perhaps marriage was the best way to spend my twenties.” She’d also said that a woman didn’t really come into her own until after forty and Elisa could evaluate her life and arcane commitments then.

Sharing that sentiment with Salvatore was not on the agenda particularly since she had no such intention. This marriage was for life, and if she thought Salvatore felt any differently about it she would never have agreed to marry him.

‘ls she flying over for the wedding?”

‘No. She’s working and can’t spare the time.” Strangely, that had not bothered Elisa.

She’d finally come to accept that her mother’s lack of affection was not her fault, but a deficiency in the older woman’s emotional makeup.

Salvatore laid his hand on Elisa’s shoulder. ‘Are you OK with this?”

‘l’m fine. Shawna was not a woman who should have had children.”

‘I can only be grateful she did not realize this until after you were born cars.”

Warmth suffused Elisa’s heart and she leaned into Salvatore’s body. ul’m almost done with the guest list for the auction.”

‘I will need it to run a background check on all those attending.”

‘ di Adamo cannot afford that level of security.”

Salvatore looked at her as if she’d lost her mind.

‘lt matters not what he can afford. This is your safety and I will not have it compromised.”

‘On other words you aren’t charging him.”

‘you are mine. I protect what is mine.”

‘Did you ever wonder if you were born in the right millennium? You’re a total dinosaur when it comes to relationships.”

An expression she could not decipher entered his eyes.

‘surely, it is not that bad?” He really seemed to care so she let him off the hook.

‘lt’s fine. If I thought you were walking on me, I’d let you know.”

‘lt is true. You are not shy in voicing your opinion.”

She grinned at the irritation in his voice.