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‘In that case, he shouldn’t beBella, should he?’
Alex laughed ‘You could be right there Okay, I’ll reassure Sergio that any photos you take are for your personal use only They won’t be gracing the glossies, or anywhere else’
Harriet smiled ‘Good Because I really want to take some photos Not just of the bride I especially want one of you and your two friends together’
Alex bent down and gave her a kiss on the cheek ‘I’d like that Have to go now, Harry Sorry I wasn’t able to take you out to dinner tonight’
‘No worries I’ll have room service, then read one of the books I downloaded onto my tablet back home before I left’
‘What kind of books?’
‘Mostly thrillers, with a few roest I try?’
‘Not a ro you is my job’
‘And you’re very good at it, too Lord knohat I’row bored and don’t want to have sex with me any more I’m already seriously addicted to your unique brand of love’
‘I wouldn’t worry about that, if I were you,’ he said ruefully ‘There’s no danger oftime yet’ And wasn’t that the truth!
It was actually a relief to hear that Harriet didn’t envisage ending their affair any ti him one day that it was over between them It would happen, of course She didn’t love him Basically, she was just in it for the sex Same as him
Are you sure that’s still true, Alex? questioned that inner voice that had been plaguing hiht up the subject of love Are you sure that your feelings for her haven’t already changed to so and lust?
Alex clenched his jan hard, refusing to listen to such rubbish It was all Jere his attitude to love andthat was ht be called the city of love, but Italy was the country of love He would have to watch hi, and then in Venice If he wasn’t careful, before he knew it he’d be asking Harriet tohe was the last hts of love back into Pandora’s box, Alex, and get yourself out of here Pronto!
‘Must fly,’ he told her, and with one last peck on the cheek he was gone
Chapter Twenty-two
HARRIET COULD NOT i The lack of a church filled to the briuests didn’t seem to matter, despite her own drea Or it had been, till she witnessed this one Ad for the cerenificent villa overlooking Lake Como Plus the weather was beautiful, the skies blue overhead and the summer sun not too hot
But it was the unique bridal party that dazzled Harriet the most It wasn’t often that there were no bridesrooraph to take first, they were all so good-looking The bride, of course, wasHarriet had already known Bella was beautiful She’d seen her on television and in the gossipYet her goas sith sheath in pearl satin which ski She wore no veil With that gorgeous mane of white-blonde hair, she didn’t need a veil Her jewellery was just as si with pearl-drop earrings
She and Sergio looked brilliant standing together, his darkly handsome looks the perfect foil for Bella’s exquisite blonde beauty Harriet took heaps of photos, including several of the three friends together She didn’t have an opportunity to io had spoken to her at length as she’d walked with the io’s villa to the countess’s Such a nice entleood of hi crasher
The countess had been very sweet as well Her name was Claudia and she was aBut a very merry one, Harriet deduced by her flashy clothes and flirtatious manner, especially towards Jeremy Not that he seemed to mind Alex had eventually confirht have been lovers at soe difference