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Vin glanced at his own bodyguards, who’d entered the cathedral and surrounded the other ave his chief of security a slight shake of his head, telling the Scarlett “Get Out Now”

He obeyed, abruptly releasing her He turned and fled, his two bodyguards swiftly following him out of the cathedral

Noise suddenly rose on all sides Scarlett fell with a sob into Vin’s arainst the front of his tuxedo

And a young man leaped up from a middle pew

“Anne, I told you! Don’taround the nave, the stranger proclai with the bride for the last six months!”

Total chaos broke out then The father of the bride started yelling, the mother of the bride wept noisily and, faced with such turmoil, the bride quietly and carefully fainted into a puffy heap of white tulle

But Vin barely noticed His world had shrunk to two things Scarlett’s tears as she wept in relief against his chest And the trenant body, cradled beneath the protection of his arms

CHAPTER TWO

OUT OF THE frying pan, into the fire

Scarlett had escaped Blaise, but at what price?

For the last hour, she’d tried to calm the fearful beat of her heart as she sat in a faded floral chair next to aoverlooking a private garden Vin had brought her to the private sitting room in the rectory behind the cathedral and told her to hile he sorted things out A kindly old lady—a housekeeper of so hand

But the tea had grown cold She set the china cup into the saucer with a clatter

Scarlett didn’t knohich scared herface Or the fear of what Vin Borgia ht do now to take over her future—and her baby’s