Pregnancy hormones. That was all it was, she told herself—pregnancy hormones playing with her emotions.

‘Where are all the other guests?’ she asked, following the manager to the lift.

‘Today, you are our only guest. The others will be arriving from tomorrow.’

How strange. She’d never known a hotel to have only one guest before.

Her suite was one of two located on the top floor. She guessed the other had been reserved for Christian.

Stepping into it, she couldn’t help the little thrill that ran through her at the opulent marvel of marble and the stunning views. The back window had a direct view of the Parthenon.

Over the years she’d stayed in many luxurious hotels but the lavishness of this suite had a magical quality to it.

‘Will you require lunch in your room or would you prefer to eat in the restaurant?’ the manager asked.

‘I think I’ll eat on my balcony.’ She had a quick skim of the menu and selected a tomato salad with crusty bread. Nothing fancy, just something healthy to keep her going until Christian joined her that evening...

thought of him again, her heart

CHAPTER SIX

a full-on week of work and the morning’s travels, Alessandra was stepping out of the shower when the phone

‘Ciao?’

‘Good evening, agapi mou.’

spine to hear his

Christian,’ she said, keeping her voice formal. ‘Does

does. Can you be ready in a couple of

‘Why?’

you out for

hard to dampen the excitement fluttering low in her stomach, she opened the large wardrobe where a maid had hung all her clothes. Amongst them was her

make her look like a hag. Her intentions had gone to hell. Her brain had tried to hand over the cash in the first boutique but her heart had overruled it. It wasn’t until the fourth boutique that she’d found The One, the dress

what she’d been thinking when she had then parted with a large sum of cash for the lacy white lingerie she’d selected to wear with

did know what

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