‘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 not going to be happy
gave us his blessing but if he refuses...’ She
that familiar clenching motion they did whenever he thought of what his friend’s reaction would
would never
He didn’t blame him.
his way, he would take. It would be no less than he
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
when his own wealth rivalled the best in the world, he still struggled to understand what
Markos, born 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
perfect world she would marry someone from a similar background. Someone
be from disparate backgrounds but on marriage they had common ground: relationships were not for either of them. In that one respect they were perfect
he would
complicated emotions would never infect their
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