Chapter 41

Mateo shoved her hands away and pinned her to the bed, his knee between her legs. He was allowing rage and lust to cloud his judgement. This violence was the product of Mateo's upbringing and lifestyle. This was the fundamental difference between the two of them. Mateo could control the rage if he wanted, but it was always simmering below the surface, he needed it to stay alive. But Raina had been brought up with love and compassion. Sure she got angry, but her base emotion was one of happiness.

Though hormones raged through her, begging her to pull him down for another kiss, she tried one last time to use logic. "You don't want to do this, Mateo."

His eyes held hers with a dark promise. "I have wanted to do this from the day I met you. Should've done it the day I met you. You would've had a ring on your finger and no reason to put your life at risk in Italy."

"It's always about my safety!" she yelled at him. "You need to get a life and stop controlling mine."