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CHAPTER 26

Author: Emma Swan
last update Last Updated: 2021-04-18 18:02:27

          As their car reached the front entrance of the villa, Lorenzo sent a rueful glance down at her.

“Until I met you, I really believed I was a skilled diplomat…”

“You are… most of the time,” Phoebe told him baldly. “But I’m not a person who follows orders without questioning… Or say always the right things.”

“You’re not, but I’m also a difficult person,” he said calmly. “Around you, I stop thinking straight and say things I shouldn’t.”  

“Letting your guard down from time to time it's not a tragedy, Lorenzo.”

          She smiled again and realized that what hurt her the most wasn’t being compared to Mia but to find out that she was still so present in Lorenzo's thoughts on their wedding day. But then it didn't

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