That Can Be Arranged (Tessa and Nicholas)

Chapter 1 A Painful Separation

“She’s the woman who can bear my child?”

“Yes, Master Nicholas. She’s the only one in the entire Brentwood City who is genetically compatible with you.”

In the darkness, Tessa Reinhart was half-delirious as she lay on the king-sized bed, clutching and clawing at her thin clothes. She felt as if flames were licking her body, and she whined, “It’s so hot, I can’t stand it…”

The door closed with a heavy thud, and a towering figure sauntered over to the bed.

Tessa tried to open her eyes to see the person approaching, but all she could make out were the blurry edges of what would otherwise have been a rather chiseled face.

Even so, she could still feel the dominance that radiated from the person, and as he drew near, the air around her suddenly grew so dense that she could hardly breathe.

The next moment, she felt a weight pressing down on her. The heat of her body seemed to wane as soon as the hard contours of the man’s body molded against hers. Relieved and tempted by the inexplicable coolness that washed over her, Tessa arched her back fearlessly as though to close even more distance between herself and the man, wriggling impatiently as she mumbled, “More…”

At that moment, Nicholas Sawyer’s gaze darkened, and a sense of hot urgency ran down his spine. “Don’t move,” he whispered huskily, seductively, his voice like velvet.

The Sawyers had extremely rare genetics, but rarer still were women who could bear Nicholas’ offspring, and this mewling woman beneath him happened to be one of them.

He would never have intentionally gotten close to women, much less fool around like a rogue. The only reason he was doing this tonight was to fulfill the duty, Remus Sawyer, his grandfather, had given him.

such an intense desire for this woman, whom

and ran her hands all over him, the soft curves of her silhouette pressed precariously against

turned into a hungry beast, ferocious as lust cascaded over him and made him grab hold of Tessa by her waist, flipping her over. “Woman, you’re the one who asked for

she stiffened at the unfamiliar sensation. The pain itself was so extreme that for a minute, she was almost

over to her stepmother’s to demand the inheritance her mother had left for her, only to be

her thoughts. “Ow…” she cried out piteously, protesting against the violation, but the man

amidst his low grunts and her tortured panting, he went on to thrust tirelessly into her, switching positions

She threw her

one slender shoulder, and Nicholas saw her birthmark, which was a shade darker than her pale

…

had soaked through the bedsheets as she clutched the protective rails on either side of her, her knuckles

harder. I can see

silent delivery room, heralding the

now on, the child has

she lay ashen-faced on the hospital cot, so weak and drained that she couldn’t even lift a finger. All she could do was watch

tears streamed past her

that man, whose identity she still did not know, Tessa

keep her from escaping told her that if she were to deliver the baby safely, then her brother, Timothy,

that, Tessa agreed immediately and without a second