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CHAPTER ONE

‘HE’S YOURS, ROCCO Find himfind him!’

The words pounded a relentless refrain in Rocco Vitelli’s head as his Gulfstream sped him in the opposite direction towards a destination that had been nowhere on his itinerary when he’d woken up that

The photograph in his hand shook and he tightened his grip

Impossible

His grandmother’s words were simplyimpossible

Didn’t they say everyone had a twin somewhere in the world? Dio, even that extrapolation was too far-fetched This picture was of a child He was a grownto do with hi

‘We’ll be landing shortly, signor Is there anything you require?’ his attendant enquired

Infore course iranduish fresh in his mind

Jaw clenching, he closed his fist over the picture, hiding it fro words weren’t so easy to dismiss

‘He’s yours Find him!’

Ridiculous If he had a son, a flesh and blood extension of him somewhere in this world, he would knoouldn’t he?

A sudden wave of long-suppressed yearning swept through hi his breath

He would know He was strict about taking precautions with his sexual partners None of his liaisons in the recent past had lasted longer than a feeeks And, by strict choice, none of thelish

He hadn’t set foot in England in years and he hadn’t taken an English lover since—