Expecting His Baby

e rose on a coffin spla

e the tender bloom lying on

r. But love could not be controlled at will, and Carrie had loved her aunt in s

d never destroy and th

rrie E

a man standing behind her

to his air of gloom. There were only four people at her aunt's funeral other than herself-the minister an

uarely into the face of the man.

iss...I trie

man, but she could guess

icting her from her aunt's

Mabel in Carrie's living memory. Asoli

en everything in her lif

ale and she dressed conservatively, keeping her luxuriant hair scraped back

to an actress or a glamour model. She had even thought about dying her hair a pale shade of brown, but th

th sable lashes, they were quick to darken with emotion, but c

rrie saw a capable young

sh, but determined, non

told him without rancour, 'and as soon as we're finished here I will co

had nowhere to go since her aunt's heirs had turned up and laid claim to the

hardly need to

you do,' s

he reached for the documents he was carrying and, as he handed over the eviction notice, he couldn't help

t commanded

d and bare her attic room

. She missed her aunt, but she was pleased to be leaving such a sad and lonely place. Her aunt's house

d chosen Carrie's

rse. Carrie's mouth tippe

s jobless, homeless,

t about her baby. The pregnancy was a source of great joy to her that nothi

her baby's father. He would have to be told. He had a right to kn

's father was the hardest

ut as approachable as a ti

s in love with, the man sh

n him; the only man she c

nger she left it, the harder it would be to t

rmined she would not allow anything to stand in the way of her baby's futu

ecurity for her child. Her baby's father was a very wealthy man and she wondered if he

ned she was pregnant she

d as a secretary to try an

t was out of the question

tion and work until the b

so that one day she could

solid base was important.

lar to post as she had bee

t be homeless toda

only name the King of Niro

and he had just been infor

nal flight pa

jet...King Giorgio's mout

im. And now the only task remaining in his long and eventful life was

ight find that a challenge. Then his crafty gaze brightened. Maybe the

e brought his jet down in a perfect landing. What wa

of dreams for so ma

ake the odd restoration p

cousin Isabella, or even to

ilding. But his life was in

re his mother, Princess La

her, Max, was fully commi

other, Luca, owned the casi

a whirlwind romance he had recently married and moved to his bride's native A

nd right now that gene was killing him, urging him t

with impatience as he tax

carpet for him. When would

last things that would lu

the island since the trage

one and the weight of their

ious he couldn't spare an

uld to reassure his agein

want to raise false hope. He could do the maths as well as anyone. There were

hemselves from the succe

on th

d his grandfathe

n, it didn't change a thing; he

sing the throne of Niroli

anything under false pret

other king desperately cas

arriage and long-term relationships had always been out of the question. He d

yo

er of her baby the news ov

than to face the l

as the underground train

the press of commuters.

rned her collar up. It was a typical summer's day i

. One drop of rain was always enough to ensure that

mmercial centre of the city where she had been employed as a secretary. It s

point of

le, Carrie accepted, shive