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‘It’s not going to happen overnight,’ she grumbled

‘That photo was quite cleverly utilised to symbolise the fact that I have now cut my ties to the Ravello Investment Bank,’ Vito framed in flat explanation ‘Note the way our hands are pictured apart…’

‘What does the Ravello Bank have to do with anything? What ties?’

‘Marzia is a Ravello,’ Vito inforreed to act as an investment adviser to the Ravello Bank When Marzia ditched ed h a crisis and hted their prospects even more’

Holly blinked She had become very pale ‘I had no idea you had any business links to Marzia and her family’

‘As of yesterday I don’t I resigned the position and they have hired the man I recommended to take er felt appropriate for Marzia’s family and mine to retain that business link,’ Vito pointed out wryly

Holly had been blindsided by an element of Vito’s former relationship with Marzia that she could not have known about A business connection, not a personal one ‘You know, I assumed that that was a recent picture of you with Marzia,’ Holly confided ‘I thought that dinner you mentioned last week must have been a dinner dance’

‘Had it been I would have taken you with et hoovern as watching paint dry,’ Vito told her drily and pushed back his chair ‘May I have my shower now?’

‘No, we can’t just abandon dinner!’ Holly breathed in disone to so much trouble to make us a memorable meal’

‘So, you’ve been down to the kitchen and have finally athered in some amusement

‘Yes, he’s a real charmer, isn’t he?’

‘I’m sure he can reheat the food,’ Vito pronounced impatiently

‘But we haven’t finished talking yet,’ Holly protested, all her expectations thrown by Vito’s eminently down-to-earth explanation of that photo and its

‘Why are you dressed as though you’re about to attend a costume ball?’ Vito shot at her

Holly went red ‘I wanted to show you that if I lam like Marzia’