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After Concetta, the nursery had got even busier and had had to expand because two children had been born to swell the fanancy had produced twin boys, Marco and Matteo, and she had decided to take a break from the production line for a year or two at least Three little boys ranging from Nicky, as almost five, and the twins, ere two years old, had proved quite a handful Concetta was three, clever and well behaved, certainly easier to control than three ruhter was very fond of raising her brows in the boys’ direction andher father with an air of female superiority

Jeed so rapidly from the moment she had become a mother for the first time after Nicky that she sometimes could hardly recall the period before she had un for her in Sicily at the castello Occasionally she had thought sadly about the job she had left behind, but caring for Nicky had kept her very busy and Concetta’s arrival had persuaded Je her routine round her husband and children Such an existence ht not be perfect for everyone, but it was perfect for her

She adored Luciano and she adored her kids and her home and the staff who looked after therateful for her good fortune Luciano had bought a comfortable house for her parents back in the UK, but they re in the cottage by the beach Her husband had become almost as fond of his in-laws as his wife He appreciated the retired couple’s loving interest in their grandchildren and rarely went to the UK without taking theular visitor as well, but there had been no further contact from Steven, who had married a couple of years back

Noaiting Luciano’s arrival, Jeant blue dress she ith the ht her shoes everywhere he ithout her because he knew that, even though she preferred to spendas she could have done, she got a kick out of wearing that kind of footwear It was the type of thoughtfulness and all the little caring touches that acco wife

The shouts of three little boys backed by the far hter warned Jerinned as he raised his voice to be heard above the hubbub and then there was silence, the sound of quick steps across the tiles as he made his escape and the door opened

And there he stood, her beautiful Luciano, who still thrilled her as lance as he had five years earlier ‘You look very beautiful, Signora Vitale,’ he told her teasingly

She encountered his stunning dark golden eyes and her heart sang as she surged across the room to throw herself into his arms ‘I missed you’

Luciano gazed down at her with s in the hall’

‘They want to see you too’

‘Can’t be in two places at once, a a passionate kiss with raw, hungry enthusiasm

‘Carlotta will distract them,’ Jemima mumbled

‘We’re being selfish,’ he groaned, lean brown hands worshipping her generous curves ‘But I can’t Bedtime’s hours away,’ he muttered defensively

‘So it is I love you,’ Jemima confided, enchanted by the level of passionate appreciation in his s scrutiny, for it onderful to feel that desirable to the man she loved

‘Not one half as much as I love and need you,’ Luciano countered ‘It isn’t possible, amata mia’

‘What have I told you about that negative outlook of yours?’ Je down on the sofa in as a decidedly inviting ith happiness and aether inside her andher feel distinctly intoxicated on love

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