‘You don’t know that.’
He did, but a wail from the bedroom meant he did not wait to explain why. Constantine followed as Nico went to tend to their son, her heart melting as she stood in the doorway and watched him settle Leo. He popped the baby’s thumb back into his mouth and she watched as Nico looked for a moment into eyes that were his. She twisted inside for him, but tried not let him see it, could not imagine how it would be for him, to be about to meet a twin he had not known existed.
‘Are you nervous about meeting him?’ she asked when he joined her in the doorway.
‘No.’ Nico shook his head. ‘It is too vital to be nervous.’ And then he conceded, ‘A bit.’
She thought of the future, of finding out the answers to all they were facing, but one thing was certain, not just for Nico but for her, too.
‘Then I tell myself I have nothing to worry about.’ Nico gave her that smile, the one that always melted her, the one that made her forget every problem. She understood exactly what he meant as he lowered his head to kiss her. ‘After all, whatever the day brings, at night I come home to you.’
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First published in Great Britain 2011
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© Carol Marinelli 2011
ISBN: 978-1-408-92623-9
Table of Contents
Cover
Excerpt
About the Author
Title Page
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Epilogue
Copyright
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