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“On an empty stomach?” No wonder she’d almost passed out

She shrugged once more “When?”

“What?”

“When is the estate being sold?”

“I don’t know I justWe have to work out the details Nothing has been fully decided”

She didn’t say anything to that She got to her feet and quietly walked away, leaving hi worse than he had before

He thought she would yell at hi would have been better than the silent treath he supposed he deserved it because ever since Paris he’d been quiet, too—trying to figure out the right thing to do for his family and for himself

But was it the right thing for Sylvie?

His proclamation had stunned her

The next uesthouse She didn’t feel as though she’d acco that was on her to-do list

She’d spent e on the estate And she intended to do the same today She told herself it was because she had a lot of work to do, but the real reason was that she was avoiding Enzo

The cottage was quiet and out of the way It was used in part for wedding services, fro decorations and everything else Princess Bianca—well, she wasn’t officially a princess until Christs back into the business, building it up Now the business was ah she had a drea to an end

Her sto this way and that As such, her appetite was nonexistent

All the while her mind was on Enzo How could he sell the estate? This was the same place he’d competed with his sisters over in order to claied his mind? She didn’t understand