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She s over 'It happens, Vito It just wasn't meant to be' And maybe it would be the sa and worrying weren't likely to change her prospects either way Perhaps toht Noas a tiether But Vito was not so easily diverted He had to know everything about that first pregnancy How she had felt, what she had done, how she had e had been like Finally she felt the benefit of that sharing The past slid back to where it should be, less painful than it had ever been

'I was so shattered when you wouldn't ht Much of it was o'

'I shouldn't havechildish,a point,' she muttered ruefully 'I couldn't believe it when you didn't come in search of me That far, I did trust you even then'

'I love you so htly around her 'I will never fail you again-'

'You're failing right now' As he tensed and looked anxiously down into her dancing green eyes, she added softly, running a teasing hand down a long lean thigh, 'I seeave old I'll-never-Iet-you-go commitment-'

'If you feel like it,' he murmured lazily 'I do… I do!'

'I'll take the a mock-stern expression to her round face, Priya shooed the two giggling little boys up the slope towards the villa Marco darted back to treat Ashley to a soggy kiss He was the quiet twin Carlo, not to be outdone, ca back, dashed a kiss on her cheek and mumbled, 'No nap, Mummy' He was the pushy one

Sent back to rejoin Priya, he dragged his plulance For a split second he was Vito to the hed 'He's a real little operator, isn't he?'

'I can't believe they're nearly two years old' Ashley rested back on her lounger and s how much closer they had become since the twins' birth

'Ti yourself I wonder what e of her once flat sto as he's healthy'

'He will be,' Ashley soothed

'I never thought I would get up the courage…if it hadn't been for the twins-'

'An utterly trouble-free pregnancy,' Ashley rerin

Susan lifted the book that Ashley had been reading, raising a brow at the title 'Educational Psychology,' she groaned 'You have to be out of your ain'

'It's soreed'