VITTORIO'S RUNAWAY BRIDE (The Vittorio Series) by Kimberley Reeves

Author:Kimberley Reeves [Kimberley Reeves]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The color leeched from Shelby’s face. “I’m sure you have a tremendous amount of influence,” she said thinly.

Ravenna’s eyes sparkled with amusement. “Quite the opposite, my dear girl. Logan is respectful enough to listen when I voice my opinion, but his mind is very much his own.”

“I don’t think I understand.”

“That is because I have explained it so poorly. What I am trying to tell you is that Logan has never been interested in any woman enough to even mention her name to me, let alone bring her home to meet me. It says a great deal that you are here. My son must care deeply for you, Shelby, and I am elated that he has finally found someone who loves him for the wonderful man he is and not for the power and wealth he possesses.”

Shelby’s eyes widened in genuine astonishment. “How could they be impressed by those things when Logan is so kind and loving and just about everything a woman could ever dream of?”

Ravenna beamed at her. “I believe you have just given the best explanation possible as to why Logan finds you so different from any of those other woman. You love him simply for who he is inside, and despite your own misguided notion that you are not pretty or sophisticated enough, I think you will grace his arm as no woman ever could.”

“Thank you,” Shelby murmured because she didn’t know what else to say.

“You still wonder why Logan chose you when he could have had his pick of women,” Ravenna said, more as a statement than a question. “Perhaps it would help you to know that I suffered through those same doubts and insecurities when I fell in love with his father.”

“It’s not the same,” Shelby replied. “You’re everything I’m not; beautiful, elegant in a way I could never hope to be. I can’t imagine you ever getting tongue tied in a social setting or turning ten shades of red because of it.”

“Maybe it is difficult to imagine now, but when I first met Cesare, I was as naïve and uncultured as a young woman could be. What Cesare saw when he first looked at me couldn’t have been much. I was working for a catering company that was hired for a party he attended and was I wearing the most unflattering uniform ever stitched together.”

Ravenna sighed wistfully. “I was tall and thin with hair as wild as a gypsy’s, and I was painfully aware of just how plain I was compared to the women who had been throwing themselves at him all night. So when Cesare began paying attention to me, I was so flustered I could not have strung together an intelligent sentence to save my life.”

“That’s how it was with Logan too. It must be that Vittorio charm,” Shelby laughed, “because I couldn’t think of anything but how incredibly handsome he was, and I was so shocked that he even noticed me, I could barely speak.”

“They are a lot alike, my boys and my husband.

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