Separating, Leah was separating from Johan! Was that what she had meant when she had told him she had issues to work out? But if so, why hadn't she asked him for help, why had she walked out of his life so abruptly?What do you mean, a difficult divorce? _ she asked as a thousand assumptions whirled around in her head._ Well, it just so happens that Mr... _ Marco opened the folder again and wrinkled his brow as if trying to get a better look _ Carson, yes. Mr. Carson has a small advertising company in which Lia made certain investments, and he refuses to give her a divorce, apparently, because he doesn't want to break up the company.Ian dropped into the armchair with his face clouded by thoughts that he was getting closer and closer to comprehending. Lia getting a divorce! But wait a minute, Marco had said...._ Apparently? _ he murmured._ Exactly. The truth is much simpler, Carson has nothing to pay his share to his wife, so his lawyers are trying to gather evidence that Lia was y

Ian stepped forward and left a fleeting kiss on her lips so naturally that she couldn't react, dumbfounded. He just closed the door behind him and watched him smilingly inspect the tiny apartment he had just rented, while he let her continue their awkward phone conversation.Johan's story sounded more and more implausible, and sometimes Lia's eyes widened like saucers, sometimes she pursed her lips and sometimes she smiled in disbelief. But she kept watching the man walking around the living room petting the puppy. It was the first time I saw him as a pure Di Sávallo.And what has your lawyer told you about it? _ she asked at a moment when her husband seemed to calm down a little, and the way he then shook his head, his eyes shining, cheered Ian up as if he were a child _ No, Johan, I had no idea that Mr. Di Sávallo had a whole retinue of sharks... I mean, lawyers, at his service.Again it seemed that the businessman's voice could be heard even without the telephone despite the distan

Ian gave an exasperated gasp, incredulous at such words, and in the next second his indignation boiled over like an active volcano._ Lia how dare you say something like that _ do you think that's all you are to me, my mistress-in-waiting? _ he almost shouted _ Do you think I would have come all the way from Monaco to demand that your husband set you free, just so I could get you into my bed from time to time?She had hurt him. Those words had hurt him, because they meant that in all the time they had been together she had been incapable of realizing his feelings._I think what happened to Kathy has happened to you,_ the girl murmured undaunted, a single minute of flinching and her spirit would give out on him, she knew it _I think you felt a little responsible for me, and that's why you came to help me out of this...._ Of course I feel responsible for you! _ Ian paced back and forth like a caged beast _ And not a little, a lot! How could I not want to protect you, how could I not go

I ask for the next dance with the bride!Apparently being the youngest of the Di Sávallo family also made Alessandro the least serious of the brothers, but the truth was that no one at that party was serious. The second season of the World Rally Championship had finally ended after three months and Angelo's numbers put him in a privileged position to challenge for the title.But the real celebration had been that unexpected and above all very intimate wedding that Ian and Lia had arranged just for the family.I'm sorry, Alessandro, but you can't have my wife! You've already made her dance with everyone but me. With brothers like you I'm not going to make it to the honeymoon!Which by the way is in...? Carlo asked carelessly.Oh, don't even think for a second that I'm going to tell you! They'd all go after me just to annoy me!The chorus of laughter spread as camera lights rained down and the family happily piled in for pictures.But the one the newlyweds liked best was the most intim