The Greek's Pregnant Bride

He’d been there waiting for her.

A long pause. ‘No. She doesn’t need to.’ Rocco made no effort to move.

‘Either let me in or I let myself in.’

Now Rocco’s face did show some animation, a snarl flitting over it. ‘You enter my home when I say you do.’

Christian had had enough. He was there to see his wife, not debase himself by getting into a fight with his brother-in-law. Raising himself to his full height, he climbed the steps and stood eye to eye with him. ‘I know Alessandra is your sister but she is my wife and the baby she is carrying in her womb is mine—mine—and I will fight with every breath in my body to protect them. I am going to see her whether you like it or not, so, are you going to let me the easy way or the hard way?’

He couldn’t believe it had come to this, two old friends squaring up to each other. If he wasn’t so heartsick about his wife there would be some room in his heart to mourn the death of a friendship he’d valued so highly and had hoped, until this precise moment, could one day be mended.

To his surprise, Rocco’s stance relaxed a fraction. He looked him over, nodding slowly, his eyes thawing. ‘She’s in the summer room.’

Christian waited for the catch. When no catch seemed forthcoming, he headed off in the direction he remembered.

‘Memento vivere,’ Rocco called out.

The words made him pause in his tracks. He turned his head and supplied, ‘Remember to live.’

Rocco’s face. ‘The best life to live is with

with a nod. ‘Living without

going to run

As quickly as Christian’s cheeks raised up into a quick grin, he felt a fragmented

if all the other broken pieces could

found her curled up on the daybed, a cross between a chaise longue and a sofa, reading a glossy magazine. Beneath the simple black dress she

to keep Alessandra and their

glanced up, her eyes widening to see him there. ‘Christian.’ Her voice sounded hoarse. ‘What are

come to

raised a brow.

me.

down and swung her legs round, dipping her head. ‘I told you I wanted some space.’ Her words were muffled behind the

from me

‘Nothing’s changed...’

on his haunches before her, he gently swiped her hair away and placed

for a brief moment, honeyed