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Yet, when he opened his otten all juue And s a bit with that proposal But she was being stubborn and he’d grownmoment

He knew she loved the estate—enough to wage a ca it So the only reason he could come up with for her to turn him doas that she didn’t love him Maybe she cared about hi more than that—

“Enzo, what’s wrong?”

He didn’t have to lift his head to recognize that voice It was Bianca When his gaze rose, he found not one but both sisters staring at him orry reflected in their eyes

“Where’s Sylvie?” Gia asked

“She left” His voice sounded hollow as he slumped down in a kitchen chair

“Left?” Bianca said “I thought you were going to talk to her”

He lowered his gaze to the tabletop “I did”

“And she still left?” Gia pulled out a chair across the table from him

“She did”

Bianca sat next to him “Why didn’t you stop her?”

His gaze jerked up to ut “Don’t you think I tried? I even told her we should get married”

Bianca and Gia turned to each other They didn’t say a word, but they were co nonetheless He hated when they did this and left hi—no, that wasn’t true He knehat they thought He screwed this all up And he couldn’t disagree

His chair scraped over the slate floor tiles

“Don’t go” Bianca stood, as if to follow him