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yesterday, I missed you at the office today'

'I ht of how much her outlook

on life had changed over the past eighteen months She had never dreamt

that shea basic business course just to see what it

was like and that she ht enjoy it and want to learn more, but that

hat had happened

Right now, of course, with the children all so young, it

wasn't possible for her to do much more than study part-time That week,

however, she had spent awith Rio at Lombardi Industries,

actually seeing how the business world operated, and she had been

fascinated by that }, insight into an average day in his life

'If you were there the whole time I probably couldn't concentrate,' Rio

confided, s appreciatively down into Amalia's cot 'She's just

beautiful when she's sleeping, isn't she?'

Holly tried not to laugh, but there was no denying that their eldest

daughter had caused a lot of disruption in her first weeks of life by

flatly refusing to sleep at alht Holly had

been darned grateful to have both a husband and a nanny Mercifully,

Amalia had recently settled into a more reasonable routine

'And Battista' Rio studied his younger daughter with touching pride

She had the sahters were

identical twins, but there the resemblance ended, since Battista slept

like a log and seemed to have a more philosophical attitude to life

Leaving the nursery, they went into their bedroom because Rio said he

needed a shower before dinner