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“Merci, madame”

Louisa looked up, blinking fast and trying to smile at a waiter who left the bill She put down her euros, then drank the rest of her tasse of hot black coffee She glanced down at her sleeping baby in the stroller, feeling war her heart

“I’ll find a way to break through to hi child She’d find a way to ive his mother…but how?

“Mi vida”

Louisa nearly jumped in her chair when she heard Rafael’s voice behind her With a gasp, she turned and saw hi out of the li here?”

He slammed the door closed then walked toward her

“Are you and Noah having a nice

She rose to her feet so quickly all the blood rushed fro”

She’d chosen this café in the Quartier Latin because of its distance frohth arrondissement across the river She’d known he had a full schedule today,a new stockholder ned a château to the south of the city She’d never iht by the café Of all the quirks of fate…

She was suddenly sweating in the cool spring air If Rafael’s car had driven past this café just tenbeside her!

Theirtrust, could have been destroyed forever She glanced down at her sleeping baby Noah was so precious to her Was she being a fool to risk a decent life, in hopes of having a happy family?

Rafael smiled at her He looked so handsome in his dark suit and blue tie His jawline was sharp and shaved, his eyes bright in the sunshine

“Before I met with my stockholder, I went up to La Défense,” he said “Our new building is perfect”

“Is it done? Ahead of schedule?”

“Next e’ll startour people in Then I’ll take you to see it”