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‘Not immediately,’ Vito hastened to assure her ‘I want to share your next pregnancy, be there whenI missed out on with our son If you enant I don’t see why you shouldn’t still be able to concentrate on your interior design plan’
Holly smiled at that prospect Her very successful bedroom project had quickly spread to include otherreception roo on to attack the scarlet Victorian dining rooe enough to offer her the chance to utilise her talents and gain proper experience before she consideredon to tackle outside projects
‘I’ll think about another baby,’ she told hielo not to be an only child’
Vito stared down at her as she gazed up at him with starry eyes He loves h She ran an appreciative hand up over a long, h and sensible conversation ceased around that point Vito told her he loved her Holly told hied those senti desire to dispel the tension with the passion they shared
Long after, Vito lay studying Holly as she slept,at how happy he felt He wondered if he could persuade her into another sexy Santa outfit at Christmas and wondered if it would be a little pushy to buy one for her Pushiness came so naturally to him that he soon convinced hih
He curved an arht body
‘Love you…’ Holly mumbled automatically
Vito smiled ‘Love you You’re my happy-ever-after, amata mia’
EPILOGUE
VITO STRODE THROUGH the door and was i hielo started chattering in a hail of words, only a handful of which were in distinguishable Italian and occasional ones were in English Marandelo was to be believed, he, hisa dinosaur A very seneral direction and comprehension set in as he crouched down to dutifully admire the toy
A giant Christmas tree adorned the hall It was festooned with ornaifts heaped below the branches because Angelo loved to rip off wrapping paper Silvestro had been heard to tell a tenant that the Zaffaris were having ‘an English Christ them turkey for weeks as he fine-tuned his recipes to provide thelish banquet on Christelo would receive la calza—a stocking full of sweets The red-suited Babbo Natale would obviously visit on Christmas Eve, but the kind-hearted Italian witch La Befana, who searched for the Christ child in all the houses, would visit at Epiphany with ifts
Vito breathed in deep as he saw a sure clad in white-fur-trimmed scarlet appear at the top of the stairs ‘You’re not wearing your hat,’ he complained
Holly stopped midway and jammed it on over her mane of hair and made a face at him ‘Satisfied now?’
Vito angled a lazy, sexy smile at her ‘Don’t I have to wait until bedtime for that?’
‘Maybe I’ll suggest an early night’ Holly remained anchored two steps up so that she was almost level with him