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Every time she said his name he felt an arrow of satisfaction pierce him sweetly He told himself it didn’t matter

They took their seats, Allegra excitedly perusing her programme like a child on her first trip to the circus

Her enthusiasm made Rafael smile as he leaned forward to ask her, ‘Haven’t you been to concerts before?’

She wrinkled her nose ‘Oh, dear Is ?’

‘It’s charht, as a seasoned New Yorker, as well as a music-lover, this would be old hat to you’

She shook her head, curls bouncing ‘No, not really Not at all I’ve been to concerts, but they’ve been free ones in churches and things like that I’ve never heard the Philharmonic play live’

‘Never?’ He was surprised

She gave hi look ‘Not everyone’s a millionaire’

Billionaire, actually, but he wasn’t going to debate the point He sat back in his seat, legs stretched out in front of him ‘Your father had plenty of money’ Not that he remotely wanted to talk about her father

‘My father did,’ Allegra agreed quietly, soone fro from the divorce’

Rafael frowned ‘She must have had some financial settlement’

‘Nope, not a penny’ Allegra shrugged ‘I don’t knohy’

‘She didn’t sue for alimony?’ It didn’t make any sense