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“I I don’t know I trusted hi his sister to co to be a prospective buyer?”

Her mother was quiet for a moment “I know you don’t want to hear this, especially after what happened between us, but is there a chance he had good intentions?”

“Mom”

“Wait Listen toI say” Herto see if she had Lea’s attention “Perhaps you were expecting him to let you down because other people, especially me, have let you down in the past Could that be part of it?”

Lea heard her ree with her, she re to do because there was a baby relying on her to ht decision—for both of them

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“I’LL MEET YOU in Rome with the car and all of the documents”

Xander stood at the airport listening to Roberto, his second in charge, go over everything that needed to happen to head off the possibility of his sister losing her entire life’s savings and putting his company in jeopardy—the coest and the best

But as Roberto continued to speak, Xander’s mind was not on business It was on the devastated look he’d seen on Lea’s face when he left And then the truth of thestrike, nearly knocking hi wrong

His heart just wasn’t in this business deal or heading off a business bully In the past, there was nothing he’d have liked better than proving to a business opponent that they rong But now, things had changed

His heart was back on Infinity Island with Lea and their baby

“Xander, did you hear me?”

He hadn’t heard a word the man had said in the last couple of s”

“Change things? Now? We don’t have time”

“We always have ti”

Roberto paused as though confused “We are doing the right thing We’re right and they are wrong We just have to prove it and quickly”