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CHAPTER SIX

HAD THAT REALLY HAPPENED?

Had Enzo almost kissed her?

Saturdayabout that o In fact, it’d taken up a lot of her thoughts Perhaps tootouches on this wedding A wedding that was about to take place in the garden

And yet, when she was supposed to be checking last- about the way Enzo had stared into her eyes—the desire that had flashed in them And then there was the way his look had sent her heart racing

At tiaze could be so intent that it was like he could see straight through her—like he could see whatherself into thinking she had kept her attraction to him under wraps—that there was no way he knew just how much she wished he would pull her into his arms and kiss her But then what?

This is where things got really httiot past the ar to each other She supposed it was because she couldn’t i and committed relationship

The truth was relationships didn’t last She’d learned that lesson over and over again in her life It was best to just keep things light and simple

Because putting her tattered heart on the line wasn’t so herself feel deeply for Enzo and then losing hi to happen She wouldn’t let it

The only reason she had planned the surprise party was to remind Enzo of what he had here at the estate—what he would lose if he were to sell it The party, the cake and all the other arrange to do with her feelings for him becausebecause she had those all under control

So how did she explain what had happened in Paris? It was that city—the city of love It had cast some sort of spell over her—over them But once they’d returned to Tuscany, they were both able to see what amore than a casual friendship

Okay, maybe that wasn’t quite true Maybe it was s used to be Enzo used to confide in her and she had done the saht, there had been an aardness between them—much like a wall One that each of theetting in her way Now she needed to knock it down, if she was going to convince him not to sell the estate

Ring Ring

It was the house phone The only thing it was used for these days was business Personal calls went to their cell phones Sylvie checked the time on her fitness tracker There was less than an hour now until the wedding cere

The phone rang again