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‘But I’m not under your roof any more,’ Aurora said as the taxi finally pulled up outside. ‘You’ve asked me to leave, remember?’
‘Because you don’t even know the father’s name.’ Mamma’s lips pulled in disgust, as they had when Aurora had first revealed the news that she was expecting a baby.
Tell them. Tell them who the father is. Tell them that you love Nico, your baby’s father, with all your heart.
No!
And again Aurora knew why.
There would be shocked gasps, then shouts of anger, but eventually it would be all smiles and delight.
Because Nico would do the right thing by their daughter.
And Nico would.
You could take the man out of Silibri, but you could not take Silibri out of the man.
Oh, Nico might snub some of the village codes, but the basic ones were ingrained.
He would marry her for the sake of their child.
Aurora knew that down to her bones.
Beyond her bones, she felt it in her womb, and she felt it in the place low between her ribs—a little knot that tightened when she imagined their wedding.
Only not the way she had once envisaged it.
Now she saw the villagers’ smiles, and heard their cheers, and she could even see the large bouquet she carried to cover her surprise pregnancy—but only for the photos.
Everyone would know about the baby and how delighted the villagers would be. Nico Caruso was putting down roots—back where he had always belonged. And she and Nico would wave and smile and kiss for the cameras, and that night they would lie in bed and have sex because—well, it would be their wedding night.
She could almost feel his resentment as he thrust into her. For Aurora Eloise Caruso had got exactly what Aurora Eloise Messina had always wanted.
Even if Nico never had.
So, no!
She would tell no one the truth.
CHAPTER TWELVE
AS THE TRAIN pulled into Stazione Roma Termini, the main train station in Rome, Aurora felt none of the excitement as she had the last time she’d arrived here.
Then she had been with colleagues, looking forward to training at a luxury Rome hotel. Then she had felt as if her career was on course.
Then she had been looking forward to seeing Nico.
Now…
Aurora did not know.
Yet she had chosen to come to Rome.
Was it in the hope of seeing him?
No, for she dreaded that.
Or had she come with the intention of telling Nico that he was to be a father?
