‘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, Zayed and Stefan

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

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

would be

insisted on

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

drink to baby Mondelli,’

took a moment for

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

the two men then downed their final shots, got to their feet, walked out of the bar and into the

*

out for the next instalment of SOCIETY WEDDINGS: THE SICILIAN’S

a SOCIETY

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evening balmy. As they passed loud

her closer

left to nothing but

could feel in her skin was him. He

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