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“As long as you keep her away fron away your entire fortune to her”

Giovanni watched as his godson walked out His breath left on a sigh of satisfaction

By the tih, neither Raphael nor Pia would like him very much But he didn’t care There was only oneJust as he had trusted only one man with his precious company

CHAPTER FOUR

PIA STOOD OUTSIDE Raphael’s i set of offices on the tenth floor of Vito Automobiles in front of his assistants’ desks—apparently Raphael required two assistants—and fought the urge to turn tail and run

She would have to run a long way though, for the stretch between the bank of elevators to the wide swath of those desks was an ocean of glea marble

Stay away from me

She cringed at the words she’d thrown at hie a semblance of sophistication in his presence If only her insides didn’t turn to jelly the moment he was near

But she’d never experienced anything like her attraction to him, and she didn’t kno to control it

She was still debating whether she should just cut her losses when the door to his office opened and he stepped out

His suit jacket was gone, and he seemed to have carelessly pushed the sleeves of his white dress shirt back, revealing hair-roughened forear Rolex His hair needed a trim, and there were dark shadows under his eyes

He was so painfully gorgeous that he took her breath away

“Pia? How long have you been waiting?”

His frown cut through the light-headedness

The two assistants’ gazes swung to her They shot to their feet, a torrent of Italian volleying out of their mouths

Pia forced herself to move toward him “I just arrived and I… I hadn’t even had the chance to inquire if you were around”