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

Everyone was at the chapel. The staff was busy organising all the celebrations. It could be ages before

he realised

all about humiliation and would never intentionally inflict it on someone else,

their innocent baby say when, at some point in the future, he or she learned what their mother had

her that someone stood on

face that dropped as soon as

morning suit, stood her

moment she didn’t

she burst into

* * *

at his side, his two best men—or, as they were called

Where was she?

his phone from him after Christian

face in the congregation caused him momentarily to lose track

beam on his face. Beside him sat his wife, Tanya, and three of their seven

have invited

His stomach curled.

that

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