Free The Moretti Arrangement by Katherine Garbera

the details and Angelina had simply gone along with them. Deciding to let herself be a pawn. It was what she’d been in this mess from the beginning.
    She’d made a concerted effort to try to make him see her as more than a mistress.
    Like when she’d made them a picnic lunch and convinced him to leave the office for an hour. They’d driven out of the city and had a quiet meal. They’d talked about books and travel, and she’d realized they had a lot in common on a very basic level. She’d mentioned that she loved finding out the history of old buildings. And Dominic had confessed he did the same, but with cars.
    The next day he’d given her a book on architecture in Milan, and then he’d taken her that evening to one of his favorite old buildings. They’d explored the old stone facades and talked. Just talked. Angelina hadn’t realized how long it had been since someone had listened to her and shared an interest with her that wasn’t related to work or money.
    Though there were times when she felt she’d succeeded, when she looked around this ultramodern place that he’d outfitted for them, she felt as though they were nothing but sex partners. He had to know that this place wasn’t…wasn’t the kind of place she could picture herself living in.
    Was she giving him too much credit by suspecting that he had done it for her? She knew he must have some clue that she was falling for him. It was hard not to tell him how much she cared about him in the middle of the night when he made love to her. Their evenings together weren’t like the obviously sexual games he played at the office or in the showroom or even in the new Moretti Motors Vallerio Roadster.
    “Do you like it?” he asked, coming to stand behind her.
    “Do you?” she asked. She’d been very careful to keep things between them stress free. She wanted Dominic to realize that they could have a longer relationship and to be honest she was trying to be exactly what he wanted. She was adventurous in the bedroom and tried to be sweet out of it.
    “I’ve just seen it.”
    She shook her head. “Dominic, didn’t you approve the furniture in here?”
    “No.”
    “Why not? You told me you were buying this place, not renting it.”
    “It will only be my home for the next five months or so. The furnishings don’t matter too much to me—except the bedroom. I did ask for a king-size bed so we will both have enough room.”
    “Do you do this for all your mistresses?” she asked.
    “You are different,” he said.
    She smiled at him as she felt tears sting the back of her eyes. “Thank you.”
    “You are very welcome. Now let’s explore the place. Check out the bed.”
    She followed him into the kitchen, thinking that he always made her feel like the sexiest woman alive even though she was nothing close to it.
    There was something about having a man want her the way Dominic did that took her breath away. Her mobile rang when they entered the kitchen area. “Do you mind if I get that?”
    “Who is it?”
    She glanced at the caller ID. “I’m not sure. It’s an out-of-country code.”
    “Don’t forget to use the recording button that Ian installed on your phone.”
    “I will,” she said.
    She hit the button to answer the call and record it. “ Ciao, this is Angelina.”
    “ Ciao, Ange.”
    “Renni, how are you?”
    “Good. I’m calling you because I need a favor.”
    “What do you need?”
    “Do you remember Jillian Stiles? I dated her two years ago?”
    “Not really,” she said. Her brother went through women very quickly. “Why?”
    “She’s going to be in Milan next month, and since you aren’t going to be living in your place I thought maybe she could use it,” he said.
    She’d let Renni know when they’d planned for him to come to Milan—before Barty’s behavior had changed their plans.
    “I don’t know. Let me think about it and I’ll call you back.”
    “She needs to know soon,” Renni said.
    “Why can’t she