Chapter 76

When Antonia left Marconi’s room with a troubled, shocked look on her face, Marconi was worried. He tried not to show it—but he was. Antonia was the kind of woman that never allowed anything weigh her down. Even if it did, she was never one to show it. For sympathy and self-pity she hated so much. That attitude was one Marconi admired about her.

When she was forced into her marriage with him, she felt the pain of being sold off by her father to satisfy his need, yet she never sat down to wallow in her own pain. Rather, she braced up and embraced her own predicament with a fight.

When Marconi saw her leave the room with a fright, even after he did to her what she didn’t want, he knew something was up and needed to go find it out without being too overly interested in her business. He knew how much he wanted to be in her. A lot had changed within the space of one month. His concern and possessiveness were something—just a few out of the feelings he could not describe and