Whisked Away by the Italian Tycoon by Nina Milne

Author:Nina Milne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-11T21:11:37+00:00

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Luca awoke the following morning, aware of a strange sense of anticipation. As he swung his legs out of bed he assured himself his mood had nothing to do with Emily Khatri and everything to do with having done something constructive about Jodi.

The previous night he had researched the royal family and the recent film festival. Nowhere had he found any mention of his sister, but he now understood two royal family trees. The Jalpuran one and that of the Mediterranean island of Talonos. The Royal Film Festival was held on each island biannually and covered both Bollywood and European films. The royals from Talonos fronted the European side.

So in terms of friendships, assuming Jodi had been befriended by the younger royals, this narrowed it down on the Jalpuran side to Prince Rohan, Princess Alisha and Princess Riya and on the Talonosian side to Prince Carlos and Prince Juan.

Obviously contacting royalty wasn’t straightforward but he had emailed the royal representative to ask for a meeting about an endorsement. At the meeting, what could be more natural than to mention Jodi? And the beauty of it was there would be no need to involve Emily at all, no need to use her name.

So now he could go and enjoy his time with Emily with a clear conscience. The words replayed in his head. Enjoy his time? No. What he meant was he could focus on the ad campaign. This was business, not a date. He and Emily wanted diametrically different things from a relationship and he would not forget that. Would never risk hurting someone else, especially Emily, who had clearly been hurt badly before. The memory of the sadness in her stance and face brought a frown to his face. If it had been Howard who had caused such hurt, he would take great pleasure in kicking the man round Jalpura, globally renowned photographer or not.

Once dressed in chinos and a T-shirt he left the cottage and headed to the outdoor restaurant area, which had been transformed from its night-time ambience. Now the sun shone on the grass-thatched canopy that trailed flowers down the stilted sides that propped it up. The air was replete with the smell of coffee and an aroma of spice emanated from the heaving buffet table set up to one side.

He waved as he saw Emily emerge from her cottage and soon they were seated. He glanced at her, sensed a certain lightness in her mood and he smiled. Her return smile was so sweet he blinked, felt warmth touch his chest. ‘This looks sumptuous,’ she said. ‘I can’t believe I can even eat after last night, but I can.’

They headed for the buffet and returned with heaped plates. ‘It’s strange to eat spicy food at breakfast but somehow here it works.’ Emily spooned tomato chutney onto a piece of her dosa.

‘Last time I came here I vowed I’d learn how to cook some of these recipes.’

‘Have you?’

‘Unfortunately not.’ He’d got home and soon after that his world had imploded with the death of his father.

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