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She eyed hi in her brow ‘And what if I have to fly off at a moment’s notice? Will you show e was there, from the jut of her chin to the tone of her voice ‘I have a career ofto take ti he could be in his jet right now He didn’t want to deal with her anger or acknowledge the suspicion e from her eyes That was not what they were about They were two individuals able to lead their lives to their own needs, not justify their whiuilt ‘We will find a path that suits us both’

She nodded slowly but when she spoke her voice was fractionally war as you don’t expect all the compromise and sacrifice to come from my end’

‘I don’t expect that’

‘Good’ After a moment of silence, she jerked her head in another nod ‘Have a safe trip’

He mimicked her movement ‘I’ll see you at the chapel’

CHAPTER NINE

ALESSANDRA STARED AT her reflection She’d been primped and preened by an army of beauticians and now she was ready

Ready?

She would never be ready Not for this

But it had to be done

She had to marry Christian and she would do it alone

Sebastian and Zayed, who had arrived together the night before, had both offered to give her away She’d been touched by the offers but had declined They were there for Christian, not her

There were only two people she would have wanted to walk her down the aisle and one of those was dead The other hadn’t even had the courtesy to respond to his invitation