‘So we are in agreement?’

‘Yes. We are in agreement. I will marry you.’

It was Christian’s turn to exhale. Who would have thought he would feel relief to hear a woman agree to marriage?

‘It would be best to marry as soon as we can—before you start showing.’

‘I don’t want to arrange anything until I’ve spoken to Rocco.’

The mention of her brother’s name hit him like a blow: the metaphorical elephant in the room spoken aloud.

‘We will speak to him together.’

‘It will be best if I speak to him alone. He’s my brother.’

one of my closest friends. He’s

he gave us his blessing but if he refuses...’

until he returns from his honeymoon,’ Christian decided, although his guts made that familiar clenching motion they did whenever he

never forgive

He didn’t blame him.

thrown his way, he would take. It would be no

been a whole new world. He’d felt out of his depth on every level, especially when comparing himself to his new friends’ wealth and good breeding. He’d had neither and hadn’t been able to understand why they’d accepted him as one

now, a decade on when his own wealth rivalled the best in the

a gutter rat without a penny to his name. She was Alessandra Mondelli, born into one of Italy’s premiere families. She had class and breeding. She

world she would marry someone from a similar background. Someone

for either of them. In that one

would never need

emotions would never

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