‘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.’
he’s one of my closest friends. He’s not going to be
would prefer it if he gave us his blessing but if he refuses...’ She sighed, a troubled expression crossing
his guts made that familiar clenching motion they did whenever he thought of what
would never
He didn’t blame him.
thrown his way, he would take. It
his first week 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
his own wealth rivalled the best in
name. She was Alessandra Mondelli, born into one of Italy’s premiere families. She had class and breeding.
a perfect world she would marry someone from a similar
they might be from disparate backgrounds but on marriage they had common ground: relationships were not for either of them. In
he would never need
emotions would never
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