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‘This isn’t a social call, Cassandra. I’ve come to take you back to Rome.’

Marco couldn’t have said anything to make her rally faster. ‘I beg your pardon?’ she demanded.

‘Well, you can’t stay here.’

He glanced around, and by the time his assessing stare returned to her face it was to see her cheeks flaming with the knowledge that he was right. She wasn’t finding this pregnancy easy. She was sick and weak, and he doubted she could work in her current condition. How was she supposed to support herself, let alone a baby … a baby that might be his child? He couldn’t take that chance. More importantly, she couldn’t take a chance with her child, and they both knew that with her godmother away Cassandra was alone, with no one to turn to.

No one except him.

‘Pack a small case,’ he advised. ‘We can buy anything else you need in Rome. We’ll leave as soon as you’re ready.’

‘I haven’t agreed,’ she pointed out, raising her chin to stare at him with defiance.

‘But you will,’ he said.