‘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.’
closest friends. He’s
us his blessing but if he refuses...’ She sighed, a
made that familiar clenching motion they did whenever he thought
never
He didn’t blame him.
he would take. It would be no
at Columbia. He’d never left Athens before that, never mind Greece. New York had been a whole new world. He’d felt out of his depth on every level, especially
wealth rivalled the best in the world, he still struggled to understand what they’d seen
a gutter rat without a penny to his name. She was Alessandra Mondelli, born into one of
someone
common ground: relationships were not for either of them. In that one respect they were perfect for each other. She would
he would
emotions would never
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