Resisting the Italian by Pippa Roscoe & Melanie Milburne

Author:Pippa Roscoe & Melanie Milburne [Roscoe, Pippa & Milburne, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2024-05-14T22:01:11+00:00

EPILOGUE

Ten years later…

Antonio had been right when he’d said that marriage took a million small things each day, Ivy thought as she stepped out into the garden of their villa in Tuscany. The sun was high in the sky, the dappled light being filtered through the leaves rustling on the breeze. Ivy was extremely happy as she placed the cool jug of lemonade on the long wooden table that was big enough to seat their entire sprawling family. Though they were considering adding another smaller table to the garden for all the children.

As well as the four children she and Antonio had, there were Maria and Micha’s three, and Enzo, Gio’s other grandson, would be bringing his three children and his wife Erin, who was pregnant again with their fourth. It seemed that the Gallos’ proliferation was still rife in the family.

And Ivy loved it. With every new child there was even more love to give. And while it wasn’t always easy, there were many hands to make light work of it all. Maria and Micha had bought some land nearby and were halfway through their villa’s build. Enzo had visited in time for Ivy and Antonio’s marriage blessing and he’d fallen in love with the area. And for a man who had never really settled in one place for more than three months, it was perhaps telling that he had bought a villa on the other side of Antonio’s land and was currently spending summers here in Tuscany.

Ivy was happy to have Erin so close. While Ivy’s Italian was now as good as it could be, it was refreshing to be able to come back to speaking English every now and then. It was also helpful with the children, who they were raising as bilingual. With Enzo as much American as he was Italian, there was an even split and she didn’t feel as outnumbered as she’d originally feared she might.

Every year they came together for the long, hot summer months of the children’s holiday. Especially as it coincided with Antonio and Ivy’s anniversary.

Nine years ago, they’d gathered the people who meant the most to them, family or friend, blood or bond, and celebrated their love for each other. They had carved out their own way of honouring their relationship—one that wasn’t bound up in paperwork, or hollow vows, or rings…though Antonio had been somewhat surprisingly insistent that she wore a huge white puffy wedding dress—that secretly Ivy hadn’t been so mad about.

With words and promises that they’d written themselves, they’d shared their love, their honour, their worship of each other with their nearest and dearest, and then revealed the fine line, intricate tattoos on their fourth fingers, their commitment to each other indelibly marked on their bodies.

It had been a beautiful day, and one they marked each year with a huge celebration with the family members they wanted to have with them. And then towards the start of autumn they would return to London, where Ivy continued to volunteer at the library.

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