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Vito lowered the newspaper and frowned at her ‘Overheard?’ he questioned

Below the onslaught of his dark glittering gaze, Holly went pink ‘Well, eavesdropped… I suppose’

‘Are you in the habit of listening in on other people’s phone calls?’

‘That’s not really relevant here,’ Holly fudged in desperation, feeling like a child being called to account forabout us…about ourthat you hadn’t had a DNA test with Angelo and that there had been no pre-nup—’

‘You’re trying to shock me with facts?’

Holly scrambled out of her seat and squared her s about his belief that you trust me’

‘Obviously I won’t be trusting you in the vicinity of confidential phone calls,’ Vito pronounced, deadpan

So in any expected direction and Holly was stung into anger ‘Apollo thinks our e is a sham!’

Vito elevated an ebony brow ‘I think the only two people who can comment on that probability are the two of us’

‘Apollo seeet o to court and try to claim full custody of our son’

‘I’m not sure whether to be more offended by my friend’s low take on mythat she could have placed credence in such an unrealistic plot, which smacked very much of Apollo’s sensational outlook on life ‘Do you think I would do that to you and Angelo?’

‘That’s not the point,’ Holly protested

‘It is exactly the point,’ Vito incised with ruthless bite ‘Why else are you challenging me with this nonsense?’

As Silvestro reappeared with a tray Holly sank back down into her seat She was angry andfact that Vito had called her concerns ‘nonsense’ While food was being laid on the table, Holly studied her pale pink nails and suspected that one day she ht possibly throw a coffee pot at Vito for his sarcastic cool

‘To clarify matters,’ Vito mused as Silvestro retreated, ‘Apollo wasto a mutual friend called Jeremy, who h