‘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

version of wetting the baby’s head in the bar next door with her sister-in-law and some other friends. He suspected theirs would be a much more

about it, he realised Alessandra hadn’t drunk any alcohol for well over a year, what with the pregnancy and

tolerance would

and she’d insisted on wearing her

over her like her own personal guard when

to baby Mondelli,’ Rocco said with a

for the penny to drop. ‘Olivia,

face. ‘Yes.

walked out of the bar and

* *

out for the next instalment of SOCIETY WEDDINGS: THE SICILIAN’S SURPRISE WIFE by Tara Pammi. Coming

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AND THE streets were packed, the evening balmy. As they passed loud party-goers, all Alessandra

step took her closer

would be left to

awareness. All she could feel in her skin was him. He walked beside her, so

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