The Greek's Pregnant Bride

Food and calorie intake she could control and she did so rigidly, making sure everything she ingested was as nutritionally perfect for her baby as it could be.

It was the only thing she could control. Everything else seemed to be slipping through her fingers.

‘How was Hong Kong?’ she asked, walking over to her little office space in the corner which was a little too close to the dining table than she liked. Being in Milan made it harder for her to tune Christian out. The apartment she’d always thought of as wonderfully spacious seemed to shrink whenever he was there with her.

God knew she was trying to keep her distance from him, trying to be as unobtrusive as possible.

Thankfully her work load had increased. The days she wasn’t on shoots were spent developing the results, spent in meetings with directors whether in person or via conference calls; being busy.

Conversely, Christian’s workload had seemed to abate. He now made it home at a decent time most evenings.

Now it was Alessandra holing herself away, burying herself in work. Avoiding him as much as she could.

It was the only way she could keep herself sane.

She’d never imagined marriage would be so hard emotionally, a feeling exacerbated at Stefan’s wedding to the beautiful Clio a couple of weeks ago. It had been a wonderful occasion but watching them exchange their vows had brought everything back about her own wedding day and the hope she’d been foolish enough to allow through.

She’d never imagined she would feel so emotional towards him.

he said. ‘The contract

Kerstin get on?’ Good. Her voice was

in Hong Kong for

him a couple of weeks before. Right at the exact time as Alessandra’s nutrition control had taken on a life of

he implemented it immediately. He’d decided they should marry—a month later it was done. He’d decided to employ Kerstin—a fortnight later she was his new

at her desk, she fired up

‘Are you working?’

to leave for half an

‘I wanted to talk.’

‘About?’

for a proper house here

She shrugged. ‘Go ahead.’

spoken to

‘Naturally.’

we can look at after we’ve seen the

feel his eyes upon her as she placed her memory stick into the side of

this,’ he continued. ‘I’ve asked the agent to provide