‘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!’

already celebrated the birth of his baby with Rocco,

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

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

would

and she’d insisted on wearing her

set to bolt out of the bar and hover over her like her own personal

to baby

for the penny to drop. ‘Olivia, she

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

is wonderful news!’ Embracing in a manly fashion, the two men then downed their final shots, got to their feet, walked out of the bar and into the next one,

* * *

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As they passed

step took her closer to her

would be left to

her skin was him. He walked beside her,

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