‘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!’

had already celebrated the birth of his baby with Rocco,

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 civilised affair than his had been. But not by

it, he realised Alessandra hadn’t drunk any alcohol for well over a

would

on wearing her five-inch

the bar and hover over her

drink to baby Mondelli,’ Rocco said with a

a moment for

hide the beam on his face. ‘Yes.

two men then downed their 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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balmy. As they passed

her closer to her

would be left to nothing but her

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

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