‘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.’

of my closest friends. He’s not

if he gave us his blessing but if he

from his honeymoon,’ Christian decided, although his guts made that familiar

would never

He didn’t blame him.

way, he would take. It would be no less

remembered the first time he’d met Rocco, Stefan and Zayed during 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 every

in the world, he still struggled to

Markos, born a gutter rat without a penny to his name. She was Alessandra Mondelli, born into one

world she would marry someone from a similar

marriage they had common ground: relationships were not for either of them. In that one respect they were perfect for each other. She would

he would never

would never infect

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