Harlequin Presents August 2018--Box Set 1 of 2 by Sharon Kendrick

Author:Sharon Kendrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

EPILOGUE

THEY TOOK ANDREAS to Spetses when he was four weeks old. Despite his traumatic birth he was a strong and healthy baby with a good set of lungs, his father noted ruefully at two o’clock one morning. Ava recovered remarkably quickly and was delighted to be able to fit into her jeans two months after her son’s birth. Her confidence in Giannis’s love grew stronger with every day, and the first time they made love again was deeply emotional as they showed with their bodies their adoration for each other.

Life could not be better, Ava thought one afternoon as she pushed Andreas in his pram around the garden of Villa Delphine. Giannis had reluctantly gone to his office in Athens, but he’d called her a while ago to say that he was on his way home. ‘Your patera will be here soon,’ she said to Andreas and when he gave her a gummy smile she told him that both the Gekas males in her life had stolen her heart.

Her spirits dipped when she saw Giannis’s mother walking across the lawn. Filia’s waspish expression softened as she looked in the pram. ‘My grandson grows bigger every time I see him,’ she commented, and Ava felt guilty that she did not invite her mother-in-law to Villa Delphine as often as she should. The visits were always strained and she knew that Giannis found his mother difficult.

‘Where is my son?’ Filia demanded. ‘Giannis promised weeks ago that he would arrange for his private jet to fly me to Italy so I can visit my daughter, but I still have not heard when the trip will be. I suppose he has forgotten about me.’

‘Giannis has been busy at work lately, and he spends as much time as he can with Andreas, but I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten about your trip,’ Ava explained.

‘No doubt he expects me to take a commercial flight. He is so wealthy, but he gives me nothing.’

Ava nearly choked. She knew that Giannis had bought his mother the beautiful house she lived in on Spetses, and he paid for her living expenses and her numerous holidays. ‘I don’t think you are being fair to him,’ she murmured.

Filia snorted. ‘It isn’t fair that I have spent the last fifteen years a widow, thanks to Giannis.’ She gave Ava a sharp look. ‘I suppose he has told you that he was responsible for his father’s death?’

* * *

Giannis froze with his hand on the gate which led into the garden. He knew that the tall hedge screened him from Ava and his mother, who were standing some way across the lawn. But he could see them and he could hear their voices.

‘Giannis told me what happened sixteen years ago.’ Ava’s voice was as cool and clear as a mountain stream. ‘I know that he loved his father very much, and his grief has been made worse by his feelings of guilt. It breaks my heart to know that he can’t forgive himself,’ she said softly.

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