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“Because there’s so about this estatean easea hoine all the happya lot of people strive for all of their lives But you have it all, right here”

“What I have is a house of lies Looking back, I can’t tell as true and as just a well-crafted lie by my parents This house is where I let down est failure”

She paused, considering her next words “After my mother died, I lost our house I was so far behind in the payoodwill that let my mother stay there until the end But after that I was out the door I was ho to sleep But thanks to soht or tithout a roof over my head”

“You never told me that before”

She glanced down at her clasped hands “I’ve never told anyone It’s not so I’m proud of”

Thatto be asha you did for your th and love It didn’t end the way you wanted but you did a re”

Heat rushed to her cheeks Heother people in her position wouldn’t have done She didn’t think that was the case

“Thank you but I just did what I had to do”

The wedding was over

The guests were gone

And the villa had been put back to rights

Late Saturday afternoon, Sylvie was exhausted Even though it had been an inti with just family and close friends, there had still been an abundance of details to see to It was a bittersweetsuccess, but it was also the last wedding she’d ever hold on the Bartolini estate

With thiswithin her, she felt restless She needed soive her a chance to sort out all she needed to do once she , whether she wanted to or not, it was time to move on—without Enzo

He’d be there for the baby, of that she didn’t doubt, but he wouldn’t be there for her, not like the close friend he’d come to be over this past year And maybe that was for the best Because if she truly let a man into her life, she needed hiation