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‘What a clever girl you are!’ Claudia said ‘Ah, here’s Gina Just put the tray down there, dear I’ll pour Now, after we’ve had our coffee, I insist you sing that lovely song you wrote, Bella darling This rooel from New York,’ she added with her most persuasive smile

Bella wasn’t just clever but exceptionally talented, Sergio was re at the same time Her voice was as unique as she was Clear as a bell, with perfect diction, it could soften then soar with effortless ease But it was the emotion she put into her performances that lifted her talent to a level that had ht be burnt out at the ht Singing and perforio could see that She could never give it up Any man who expected her to would be a fool

Sergio didn’t consider himself a fool If and whenno, when he married Bella, he would have to be prepared to put his oorking life on hold occasionally whilst he supported her career He would have to learn to delegate so that he could be with her in New York, or London, or wherever her career took her

It wasn’t what he was used to doing He’d been a very hands-on boss in their franchise business He’d also been looking forward to the challenge ofin love with Bella, however, was forcing hi her heart was now number one in his life The family business would have to take a back seat till that happened Though who knew? Maybe a s around during the next et started Pronto Co into Milan to see the lie of the land, up close and personally

But that was toetting Bella back ho love to her with some more of the passion he’d bottled up for years He would have to be careful, however, not to tell her that he loved her in the heat of the moment

Patience, Sergio, he exhorted himself

Not one of his favourite virtues

Finally, he was able to get her away fro to be in a hurry

It was Bella herself who al to hiht

‘I think I’ht here and now,’ she said, her voice vibrating with an urgency that echoed his own

‘I think we should wait till I get you hoether