Karissa, determined to prove to the boy she grew up with that she wasn’t a spoiled gold digger, packed up and left home for two years to work and attend college- without telling anyone where she went. Two years later, the bookstore where she works has burned down. Wanting to help her beloved elderly boss rebuild, Karissa returns home to demand Donato give her access to her inheritance. Donato is more than willing to help her access the money, but he wants something in return. Something he has waited for two years to take . Karissa thinks his ultimatum is taboo and so wrong , but secretly she yearns to be claimed, hard and unprotected by the hot alpha Italian billionaire she secretly desires. This is a 5K+ erotic romance short story , full of steamy forbidden alpha billionaire excitement. Standalone, female 1st POV.