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Natalia: Thank you.
Luca: This is going to blow up in your face, Nat.
Lilly: Ignore him. You’ve got this.
Allegra: Call me if you need anything.
Paige: Me too.
Lilly: Me three.
Mamma: I love you, sweetheart. I don’t understand what you are planning but if your father thinks it’s okay, then so do I.
Papà: I trust her.
Natalia: Thank you.
Papà: If you get into any trouble, you come straight home, you hear me.
Natalia: Yes, Papà.
Gio: Have you all lost your minds? This is a Conti we are talking about.
Allegra: And she’s a Fiorenzo. She’s got this.
Gio: I don’t agree.
Luca: Me too.
Natalia: Noted but ignored.
Natalia: Look I’ll probably be back in my bed by tonight. And tomorrow he will have signed the papers.
Gio: Wishful thinking.
Natalia: Just watch me.
15
NATALIA
It’s not far to the address Francesca gave me. As I pull up out the front of his home, a throng of paparazzi is hot on my tail. I stare up at the imposing gates in the exclusive neighborhood.
This is it, Natalia. No turning back now. I press the down button on the window of my car, then press the security button.
“Are you moving in?” one of the paps asks.
“Yes, I am.” I smile as I listen to the security dial tone. This is going to be awkward if he isn’t home or if he is entertaining another woman.
“Why don’t you have a key?” another photographer asks.
“I lost it. I’m so forgetful,” I tell them with a giggle as I flip my hair and pose for them.
“Natalia? What the hell?” Alessandro shouts through the security screen.
“Yep, that’s me, your darling wife, coming to see her husband.” I’m hoping he understands what I’m saying without me saying it.
“Are you drunk?” he questions.
