‘There is one little problem.’

‘Oh?’

He reached into his back pocket and pulled out an envelope.

Inside was a document making official Christian’s name from Markos to Mondelli.

Thus, when their swaddled baby was handed to them properly to begin their journey as a family, the first thing their daughter heard was the sound of her parents’ laughter.

As beginnings went, it couldn’t be bettered.

* * *

‘Three, two, one, drink!’

In unison, Christian and Rocco raised their glasses to their mouths and downed their shots.

‘To Letizia Markos,’ said Rocco, picking up his next shot.

‘To my beautiful baby,’ Christian agreed. ‘And to my beautiful wife.’

‘Three, two, one, drink!’

his baby with Rocco, Zayed and Stefan

She was having her own version of wetting the baby’s head in the bar next door with her sister-in-law and some other friends. He suspected theirs

hadn’t drunk any alcohol for well over a year, what with the pregnancy and then the four months of breast-feeding she’d

tolerance would be

and she’d insisted on wearing

over her like her own personal

need to drink to baby

for the penny to drop. ‘Olivia, she

hide the beam on his face. ‘Yes. I’m going to

final shots, got to their feet, walked out of the bar and into the next one, both eager to be with the

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the next instalment of SOCIETY WEDDINGS: THE SICILIAN’S SURPRISE WIFE by

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balmy. As they passed loud party-goers, all Alessandra could think was that her night

took her

she would be left to

could feel in her skin was him. He walked beside her, so near yet

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