scathing glance.
“ Don’t baby me, Giovanni. Save your
bullshit for someone else who is more easily impressed then
me.”
“ Has he gone back to
sleep?”
****
Kitty nodded. She walked across and took the
baby picture Alex was holding out of his hand. Her fingers traced
the delicate features of a six week old Noah, taken when he had
first come out of hospital. He had been so small and helpless, and
she had felt so overwhelmed, yet determined to do right by her
beautiful son. She could have done with Alex then. Why the hell had
he dismissed them back then, and why could he not just leave them
alone now?
She closed her eyes, one tear falling on the
picture frame, and Alex pulled her into his hard body His tense
arms comforted her, and he murmured something in Italian into her
hair. She let herself relax into his embrace for just a second,
before she straightened her spine, cursing herself for being all
kinds of a fool. He doesn’t care about you; all he wants is
Noah. Stepping away, she heard him sigh and turned
around.
“ I think you should leave, Alex.
There is nothing else to say, is there?”
But Alex just stood there, his blue eyes
intense.
“ I’m not going anywhere, Kitty. We
have to sort this.”
Kitty snorted. “How exactly are we going to do
that? I will never give up my son, Alex, even if you’re going to
drag us through the courts for the next year!”
Oh hell, why did I say that? Her funds
weren’t going to last two months, let alone a year. Her solicitor’s
words rang in her ears. The Giovanni are extremely well-to-do
and connected. Alex chose to become a fire fighter and lives on his
income, but Stella Giovanni has a fearsome reputation and the means
to see this through to the bitter end. Unless you can find an
amicable solution with Alex Giovanni, this will be a long drawn-out
battle, and it will be costly.
She looked up at Alex, who was standing in
front of her with a small smile on his face.
“ I have found the perfect solution,
Kitty. It will keep everyone happy, get my mother of your back and
will mean I can be a dad to Noah.”
Kitty eyed him suspiciously. What was he up
to?
“ It’s simple really. Marry
me.”
C hapter
Fourteen
Kitty had to smile at the expression on Emy’s
face. It was rare to see her friend lost for words, but right now
she was doing gold fish impressions. This was a good start,
not !
Richard’s face was unreadable as he handed his
wife her chamomile tea.
“ I think what Emy is trying to say
is why on earth he would think that you would agree, though, I must
say, it does make perfect logical sense.”
“ Logical sense?” Emy found her
voice, and her delicate features screwed up in disgust, her grey
eyes locking on her husband with disdain. “Logical sense! What has
logic got to do with a marriage proposal? Honestly, Richard, I
don’t think there was anything logical about your marriage
proposal. Trust me, if there had been, I would have told you to get
stuffed!”
Richard chuckled and rolled his eyes at Kitty,
mouthing “here she goes again.” Kitty had to bite the inside of her
cheek to stop herself from laughing. There had definitely been
nothing logical about her friend’s whirlwind romance, which had
transformed a career-driven, sworn-off men, workaholic to a married
woman in the space of three months. If Kitty hadn’t been right
there in the middle of it all, she would never have believed
it.
“ And besides we loved each other;
that’s why we got married. To marry for any other reason is insane.
You had a drink with him the other night, right, Rich? Whatever did
you say to him to bring this on?”
This was news to Kitty, and she, too, glared
at Richard, who was starting to look worried.
“ Em, Kitty, now don’t you two gang
up on me. I merely pointed out a few facts.”
“ What sort of facts, Richard?”
Kitty interrupted, wondering why Emy’s husband would not look at
her directly.
“ Spill, Richard, unless you
“ Don’t baby me, Giovanni. Save your
bullshit for someone else who is more easily impressed then
me.”
“ Has he gone back to
sleep?”
****
Kitty nodded. She walked across and took the
baby picture Alex was holding out of his hand. Her fingers traced
the delicate features of a six week old Noah, taken when he had
first come out of hospital. He had been so small and helpless, and
she had felt so overwhelmed, yet determined to do right by her
beautiful son. She could have done with Alex then. Why the hell had
he dismissed them back then, and why could he not just leave them
alone now?
She closed her eyes, one tear falling on the
picture frame, and Alex pulled her into his hard body His tense
arms comforted her, and he murmured something in Italian into her
hair. She let herself relax into his embrace for just a second,
before she straightened her spine, cursing herself for being all
kinds of a fool. He doesn’t care about you; all he wants is
Noah. Stepping away, she heard him sigh and turned
around.
“ I think you should leave, Alex.
There is nothing else to say, is there?”
But Alex just stood there, his blue eyes
intense.
“ I’m not going anywhere, Kitty. We
have to sort this.”
Kitty snorted. “How exactly are we going to do
that? I will never give up my son, Alex, even if you’re going to
drag us through the courts for the next year!”
Oh hell, why did I say that? Her funds
weren’t going to last two months, let alone a year. Her solicitor’s
words rang in her ears. The Giovanni are extremely well-to-do
and connected. Alex chose to become a fire fighter and lives on his
income, but Stella Giovanni has a fearsome reputation and the means
to see this through to the bitter end. Unless you can find an
amicable solution with Alex Giovanni, this will be a long drawn-out
battle, and it will be costly.
She looked up at Alex, who was standing in
front of her with a small smile on his face.
“ I have found the perfect solution,
Kitty. It will keep everyone happy, get my mother of your back and
will mean I can be a dad to Noah.”
Kitty eyed him suspiciously. What was he up
to?
“ It’s simple really. Marry
me.”
C hapter
Fourteen
Kitty had to smile at the expression on Emy’s
face. It was rare to see her friend lost for words, but right now
she was doing gold fish impressions. This was a good start,
not !
Richard’s face was unreadable as he handed his
wife her chamomile tea.
“ I think what Emy is trying to say
is why on earth he would think that you would agree, though, I must
say, it does make perfect logical sense.”
“ Logical sense?” Emy found her
voice, and her delicate features screwed up in disgust, her grey
eyes locking on her husband with disdain. “Logical sense! What has
logic got to do with a marriage proposal? Honestly, Richard, I
don’t think there was anything logical about your marriage
proposal. Trust me, if there had been, I would have told you to get
stuffed!”
Richard chuckled and rolled his eyes at Kitty,
mouthing “here she goes again.” Kitty had to bite the inside of her
cheek to stop herself from laughing. There had definitely been
nothing logical about her friend’s whirlwind romance, which had
transformed a career-driven, sworn-off men, workaholic to a married
woman in the space of three months. If Kitty hadn’t been right
there in the middle of it all, she would never have believed
it.
“ And besides we loved each other;
that’s why we got married. To marry for any other reason is insane.
You had a drink with him the other night, right, Rich? Whatever did
you say to him to bring this on?”
This was news to Kitty, and she, too, glared
at Richard, who was starting to look worried.
“ Em, Kitty, now don’t you two gang
up on me. I merely pointed out a few facts.”
“ What sort of facts, Richard?”
Kitty interrupted, wondering why Emy’s husband would not look at
her directly.
“ Spill, Richard, unless you
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