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‘He’s in the leisure industry’ He shrugged ‘But I always knehat I wanted to be and my parents never stood in my way’

‘So maybe they don’t really expect you to settle down’

He s of potential brides If I’ is that I marry someone who’ll be in the family business in my stead’

She frowned ‘But your sisters and brother aren’t’

‘My sisters are,’ he corrected ‘And raduates’

She remembered what he’d told her about theraphs A PR consultant, an interior designer and a chef Where did that fit in with leisure? But she knew there was no point in asking Theo He’d probably already let slip a lot more than he’d intended

Theo glanced at Madison as he paced the roo fair to her Here, in London, his background wasn’t an issue She saw him as Theo the man, the doctor, not the heir to the Petrakis hotel chain And it wasn’t her fault that his family drove him crazy

He sighed and sat on the sofa next to her ‘Signomi, Maddie I’m sorry I should have explained My family owns a chain of hotels—little romantic boutique hotels Expensive hotels’

‘So you’re telling me you’re rich?’

‘My fah I’ve told Dad that because I’m the only one who hasn’t joined the fa The others have worked for it, so nores me, I’ll divide up my share between them anyway’

Her approving look warmed him

‘But they still keep trying to set hters of friends who also own hotel chains and whose farimaced ‘It’s one of the reasons I left Greece I’ to marry me off to form a dynasty’

‘You never wanted to be part of the business?’

He shook his head ‘I’m a doctor, Maddie It’s who I am It’s what I’ve alanted to be’

‘If they kno you feel and they love you,’ Madison said softly, ‘then they’ll accept it’

‘They do…kno I feel and love me, I mean And they sort of accept it, but I suppose they’re still hoping I’ll change o back to Greece They miss me’ He smiled ruefully ‘And I miss them’