Expecting His Baby
e rose on a coffin spla
e the tender bloom lying on
r. But love could not be controlled at will, and Carrie had loved her aunt in s
d never destroy and th
rrie E
a man standing behind her
to his air of gloom. There were only four people at her aunt's funeral other than herself-the minister an
uarely into the face of the man.
iss...I trie
man, but she could guess
icting her from her aunt's
Mabel in Carrie's living memory. Asoli
en everything in her lif
ale and she dressed conservatively, keeping her luxuriant hair scraped back
to an actress or a glamour model. She had even thought about dying her hair a pale shade of brown, but th
th sable lashes, they were quick to darken with emotion, but c
rrie saw a capable young
sh, but determined, non
told him without rancour, 'and as soon as we're finished here I will co
had nowhere to go since her aunt's heirs had turned up and laid claim to the
hardly need to
you do,' s
he reached for the documents he was carrying and, as he handed over the eviction notice, he couldn't help
t commanded
d and bare her attic room
. She missed her aunt, but she was pleased to be leaving such a sad and lonely place. Her aunt's house
d chosen Carrie's
rse. Carrie's mouth tippe
s jobless, homeless,
t about her baby. The pregnancy was a source of great joy to her that nothi
her baby's father. He would have to be told. He had a right to kn
's father was the hardest
ut as approachable as a ti
s in love with, the man sh
n him; the only man she c
nger she left it, the harder it would be to t
rmined she would not allow anything to stand in the way of her baby's futu
ecurity for her child. Her baby's father was a very wealthy man and she wondered if he
ned she was pregnant she
d as a secretary to try an
t was out of the question
tion and work until the b
so that one day she could
solid base was important.
lar to post as she had bee
t be homeless toda
only name the King of Niro
and he had just been infor
nal flight pa
jet...King Giorgio's mout
im. And now the only task remaining in his long and eventful life was
ight find that a challenge. Then his crafty gaze brightened. Maybe the
e brought his jet down in a perfect landing. What wa
of dreams for so ma
ake the odd restoration p
cousin Isabella, or even to
ilding. But his life was in
re his mother, Princess La
her, Max, was fully commi
other, Luca, owned the casi
a whirlwind romance he had recently married and moved to his bride's native A
nd right now that gene was killing him, urging him t
with impatience as he tax
carpet for him. When would
last things that would lu
the island since the trage
one and the weight of their
ious he couldn't spare an
uld to reassure his agein
want to raise false hope. He could do the maths as well as anyone. There were
hemselves from the succe
on th
d his grandfathe
n, it didn't change a thing; he
sing the throne of Niroli
anything under false pret
other king desperately cas
arriage and long-term relationships had always been out of the question. He d
yo
er of her baby the news ov
than to face the l
as the underground train
the press of commuters.
rned her collar up. It was a typical summer's day i
. One drop of rain was always enough to ensure that
mmercial centre of the city where she had been employed as a secretary. It s
point of
le, Carrie accepted, shive