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But Leo was sently, even

Wait What was he ?

Apart froet back what he’d alanted—control of Cattaneo Jewels Hoas it possible that he’d missed the implications of that, even for ahis brother when he’d only just found him

Huh That was a surprise

‘I’ away fro the responsibility for the business back where it belongs’

‘Withme?’

Leo nodded ‘You’re the one who has worked so hard to build the business up, to keep it flourishing even when you were grieving for our parents You’re the one who deserves it’

‘But our parents This was their dying wish’ And as , now he knew it didn’t reat as it would be to take back control of his life in some small way, he knew he couldn’t deny his parents’ desires like that

‘I don’t think it was,’ Leo said, shaking his head He sat forward, angling his body towards Seb as he spoke, and for a ether, plotting an adventure behind their parents’ backs

‘It was in the will,’ Seb said stubbornly

‘A will that ritten years ago,’ Leo pointed out ‘Before they ever knew if they would findabout this a lot—hell, I’ve been thinking about a lot of things lately’

‘Ever since you uessed

Leo laughed ‘Yeah, perhaps Anyway, the point is, that willit was a way to bring our faether if our parents weren’t there to do it theht? We’re all here, at Mont Coeur, in time for Christmas’

‘Iguess so’

‘So it’s done its job I don’t need those shares to remind me I’m your brother, or that Noemi is my sister And I hope I don’t need them to earn my place in this family’

‘Of course not!’ However badly he ht have reacted to the discovery of a secret brother, now that Leo was there, Seb would fight anyone who said he wasn’t a Cattaneo or didn’t belong with them

Leo grinned ‘Then why keep theot my own businesses to run and, to be honest, you know more about the jewellery industry than I ever will Or even want to Jewellery isn’t ’

‘That’s true’ Seb could feel his spirits rising for the first ti on the doorstep and Frankie hiding his face against her coat

‘I’ll speak to the lawyer to to his feet, Leo clapped a hand on Sebastian’s shoulder ‘Make it all legal as soon as the terms of the will allow me to’

‘Thanks’ Seb stared up at Leo, hoping his brother could see the sincerity in his eyes in the fading light ‘I mean it, Leo Thank you’

‘You’re welcome’ Leo started to move away towards the door of the chalet but then stopped and looked back ‘And you know, Seb, Ibrother for the last thirty-odd years But if you need one, I’ll take up the job any time you ask’

He turned and walked away into the chalet before Seb had to come up with a response to that Which was probably for the best, as he definitely didn’t have one

He hadn’t knohat to expect,Leo All he’d been told to start as that he had a brother he’d never known existed Then the particulars had trickled in—hotshot, self-made New York businessman It wasn’t until he’d met Leo that he’d understood some of the other aspects of his life without his family And not until his parents’ will had been read that he’d understood what Leo had meant to them

When his parents had died, Seb had felt like he’d lost everything After Maria leaving, and then later with the willeverything had seeed and beyond his control

Buton what he had left Counting his blessings, so to speak A sister, as truly blissfully happy for the first ti, and a new brother-in-law and twin nieces or nephews to go with it A big brother, who knehen to talk and when to walk aanted to be part of the fah he had no ties to thehts, he kne he had the chance