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“I came to take you back.”

“I’m sorry you had a wasted journey, Franco,” she said firmly, “but I’m very busy for the next few days—”

“I told you I’d cleared it with your employers—”

“But you neglected to clear it with me. I do have some feelings.”

Franco gave Joanne a strange look, and she guessed he was remembering how she’d betrayed herself in his arms.

“I don’t ask for myself,” he said at last, “but for my son. You won Nico’s heart. Do I have to tell you how precious that is? Did you delight him only to amuse yourself, and to throw him aside when it suits you?”

“Of course not. That’s a wicked thing to say.”

“Then come back with me now. It will mean the world to him—and to me.”