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‘Confused, unsure of myself I behaved differently with you, I felt more with you…and it troubled me So, like an idiot, I walked away from what I didn’t understand,’ he completed

‘I wish you’d found my note,’ Holly lamented

‘When you walked out first, I told myself that was for the best, that we could never work in the real world But we do work,’ Vito told her with quiet satisfaction ‘We work like a dream on every level and I have never been as happy as I am now…’

Holly was thinking about what he had said and a spark of excitement lit inside her

‘If you and Angelo hadn’t found ain, where would I be now? The heart and soul of h to satisfy me’

‘Are you trying to tell ht?’ Holly whispered shakily

‘Well, if you have to ask, obviously I’roaned ‘What you made me feel unnerved me I wouldn’t even let myself try to trace you because I was too proud If you didn’t wantto chase after you I tried very hard to forget that night I even tried to sleep with other women’

‘And how did that go?’ Holly broke in to demand

‘It didn’t I made excuses to myself that I was stressed, overtired I had endless fantasies about you’

‘Me…the teht it?’

‘You’re the love ofher to his long, powerful length with strong arine ever living without you an

d our son You have brought passion and fun into my daily life and I never had either before’

‘I love you too,’ Holly muttered almost shyly

Vito solden eyes and her heart skipped a beat He kissed her with hot, hungry fervour and she ran out of breath He lifted his tousled dark head and mur another child?’

‘Another?’ Holly gasped in astonishment