‘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

prefer it if he gave us his blessing but if he

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

would never forgive

He didn’t blame him.

he would take. It would be no

before that, never mind Greece. New York had been a whole new world. He’d felt out of his depth on every level, especially when comparing himself to his

best in the world, he still struggled to understand

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

a perfect world she would marry someone from a similar background. Someone worthy

backgrounds but on marriage they had common ground: relationships were not for either of them. In that one respect

he would never

complicated emotions would never infect their

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