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She gave the tiny apartment one more look, still not ready to coo home”

With the flowers collected and stowed in the car, Enzo drove them back to the vineyard while Sylvie stared out theat the beautiful scenery But it wasn’t the tall Cypress trees lining the road or the rolling hills that captured her attention; it was the war raging within her between sticking out her plan to convince Enzo to change histo Florence now The sooner she got there, the sooner she’d accept the reality of her situation—she had no future with Enzo

She focused her thoughts on aiting her in Florence The location of the apartment was superb as it was in the heart of the city And best of all, it was furnished Old furniture, but it appeared to be well taken care of All theto buy furniture would help stretch her savings until she landed a job

But she also realized she’d been the one responsible for inviting the h until the end And then she would move on—no matter how hard it would be for her

CHAPTER ELEVEN

THE BIG DAY had arrived

Praises and compliments were bandied about

But all Enzo could think about was the s It was so much smaller than the house on this estate And it needed a lot of work

He knew those were all excuses The truth of thethere He didn’t want her to be so far away

And yet, he couldn’t ask her to stay here Because soon, he would no longer own the estate So what did that leave him? To ask her to s and co himself from with the sale of the estate

“This is great” The reporter, Ja at Sylvie than exploring the estate “I think we have all we need of the villa and vineyard”

“Are you sure?” Sylvie asked

“You’ve been an excellent guide” Jameson smiled once more at Sylvie “I’ve really enjoyed your company”

Color rose in Sylvie’s cheeks “Thank you”

Unhappy with this conversation, Enzo cleared his throat as hethe time on his atch It was definitely ti