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His sisters peppered hied the this news really well And if answering all their questions—questions that di

dn’t pertain to Sylvie—made them feel better, he could do that for them

By the ti up the phone, an entire hour had passed Before he headed to the vineyard, he wanted to say solass of fresh-squeezed spremuta and a roll with butter and jam He was relieved to see the color in her cheeks and that she had an appetite

“Sorry about that,” he said “It was my sisters”

“No probleive you solass in the sink “And now I have to finalize so this weekend”

“Ah, sure I need to get to work, too”

“I’ll talk to you later”

With that, she was gone and he was left alone with his thoughts His sisters said they were okay with the sale, but he had to wonder if that was the truth And Sylvie was being so nice to him—too nice What was up with that?

CHAPTER FIVE

SO WHAT HAD his sisters said?

Sylvie was dying to know if he’d told the him because it wasn’t her business But that didn’t keep her fro a mistake as she did Would they be her allies?

Well, obviously not Because there was no way she was going to wedge herself between the siblings—even if Bianca was a friend, a good friend No, this was a battle she was going to have to wage on her own

And it didn’t help that Enzo kept doing one thing after another to surprise her—like at the party last night In the beginning, he hadn’t been overly enthused by it In fact, she wasn’t even sure if he’d stay for it But as tiuests, and by the end of the evening he was laughing and sined?

So the first part of her plan was a success; now she just had to keep going She had to keep finding ways to remind Enzo as important about this place And so far she had no plan of action for today Worst of all, the day was almost over

They’d just finished dinner, which they’d shared since they were the only two staying at the estate They’d agreed that in order to make it fair, one would cook and the other would clean up—though they both always seemed to share cleanup duty