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CHAPTER ONE

HER SKIN PRICKLED Her body, even though overheated froled

Pia Vito could al awareness claimed her, thein through the wide doors of the vast ballroorandfather’s estate

It was the moment he walked in

Raphael Mastrantino

Her grandfather Giovanni’s godson and protégé

CEO of Vito Automobiles

The man Milanese society seems to be in awe of

The wo looks his way, detailing his finer points to each other

Frorandfather Gio, and he had accepted her as his granddaughter at the beginning of the summer, all Pia had heard from him was stories about Raphael Mastrantino

And her draerated for once

No other ant confidence, as if he owned the estate and all the people in it

No otherin a plain white shirt whilethe rest of the tuxedo-clad men look overdressed

No other man could have commanded the attention of an entire ballroom by his mere presence

Piercing eyes met hers across the ballrooh to her soul

It was as if an electric arc had built up between therade students back home

No adjective she knew could describe the sheer masculinity of his The ruthless planes of his face, the stark angles were those one only saw in sculptures