She hadn’t been able to shake the feeling that he was hiding something from her, though.

Per favore, not another woman.

Do. Not. Trust.

How she could she trust him? She didn’t know how.

She did know that she wanted to. She wanted to believe he would treat her with respect, that maybe one day...

A rap on her door jolted her out of the trance she’d worked herself into.

It was probably a member of staff, come to escort her to the chapel. The sweet girl who brought her breakfast every morning had been shocked when Alessandra had told her she would be walking to the chapel alone.

Always alone.

How she wished she’d swallowed her pride and called her brother and begged him to come. Deep inside, a part of her had believed he would come, that he wouldn’t leave her to do this alone. That he’d forgive her.

This was his flesh and blood growing in her belly, the very reason she and Christian were prepared to take this ultimate step.

Alone or not, she should have left already.

Her stomach clenched.

at the

at the chapel. The staff

when he realised

Alessandra knew all about humiliation and would never intentionally inflict it on someone

the

on the door reminded her that someone stood on

onto her face that dropped as soon as she saw

morning suit, stood

moment she didn’t

burst into

* * *

as they were called

Where was she?

to be late but half an hour? If Stefan hadn’t taken his phone from him after Christian had texted her to say he was at the chapel,

face in the congregation caused him momentarily to lose track

enormous beam on his face. Beside him sat his wife, Tanya,

have invited

His stomach curled.

done that for

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