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‘My word,’ Pixie groaned, perforave you a fake na out on Darty Hold on while I get this doculish’

‘Drugs and sex?’ Holly repeated sickly ‘Vito? It can’t be the same man!’

But it was The photos proved that he was her Vito, not soe lookalike character Of course, he had never been hers even to begin with, Holly re before the to up unwelcome facts about Vito, the billionaire banker ditched by his fabulously beautiful blonde fiancée only days before Holly had met him

‘Of course, you don’t need to concern yourself with any of that nonsense,’ Pixie told her ruefully ‘All you want froh that I shouldn’t think that that will be a big deal’

Holly lay sleepless in her bed, tossing and turning and at the iving her a false name He too had been on the rebound but he hadn’t mentioned that either Hoould he react when she told him that he was a father? And did she really want to expose her infant son to a drug-abusing, wo father? The answer to that was a very firm no No aood idea

But that really wasn’t for her to decide, she reasoned over breakfast while she spooned baby rice into Angelo, who had a very healthy appetite She studied her son with his coal-black curls and sparkling brown eyes He was a happy baby, who liked to laugh and play, and he was very affectionate Vito had been much more reserved, slow to smile and only demonstrative in bed Holly winced at that unwelcoht to know that he was a father and in the saht to his financial help She had to stop considering their situation frole because that only muddied the waters and upset her

Angelo was the elo’s needs, her personal feelings had no relevance She had to be practical for his benefit and concentrate on what he needed And the truth was that financially she was really struggling to survive and her baby was having to do without all the extras that heHer son didn’t deserve to suffer because she had made a bad choice

On the other hand, if Vito truly was the sort of guy who got involved in sex-and-drug orgies, he wasn’t at all the male she had believed hi about a uy

Even so, he was still Angelo’s father and that was important She was very ed to knoho her own father was There was no way she could subject Angelo to living in the saically estiood or bad influence on his son The bottoht to knoho his father was so that he did not groith the same uncertainty that Holly had been forced to live with

Holly acknowledged the hurt she had felt when Vito failed to make use of her phone number and contact her Naturally her pride had been wounded and she had been disappointed No woelo’s birth had cast a totally different light on her situation She had to forget her resent her son’s needs first That would be a tall order but she believed that she loved her son enough to do it She had to face Vito in the flesh and tell him that he was a father

One week later, Holly handed over her package to the receptionist on the top floor of the Zaffari Bank in London ‘It’s for Mr Zaffari I would like to see him’

The elegant receptionist set the s out of view ‘Mr Zaffari’s appointments are fully booked weeks in advance, Miss…er…?’

‘Cleaver I believe he ant to see me,’ Holly completed quietly while she wondered if that could possibly be true ‘I’ll just wait over there until he’s free’

‘There’s really no point in you waiting,’ the receptionist declared curtly, rising frouards approached ‘Mr Zaffari doesn’t see anyone without a prior appointment’

Stubbornly ignoring that assurance, Holly walked over to the waiting area and sat down, tugging her stretchy skirt down over her thighs It had taken anisation for Holly to make a day trip to London but she knew that if she wanted to confront Vito she had to take advantage of his current presence in the UK Her internet snooping had revealed that he was giving a speech at so and was therefore highly likely to be at the Zaffari Bank HQ throughout the day Pixie had taken a day off to look after Angelo, and the children Holly usually randparents instead