Wedding bells ring for the Montanari familyâ¦
Sister and brother Valentina and Rinieri Montanari have never had time for loveâin the Montanari family, work comes before everything else.
Yet when romance blossoms unexpectedly, will they both find themselves saying âI doâ?
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CHAPTER ONE
AT FIVE TO three in the afternoon, Valentina Montanari finished her timed online engineering test and sent it into the testing site at the University of Naples Federico II. She could now forget her graduate studies for a semester and concentrate on the baby.
The strange backache that had come on during the test hadnât stopped. She got up from the table on the terrace, where sheâd been working with her laptop and walked inside the villa to the kitchen for a drink. Maybe because of the way sheâd been sitting, sheâd developed a cramp.
âWhatâs wrong, Valentina?â
She darted a glance at her brotherâs ever-watchful housekeeper, Bianca. âOh, just a backache.â
âWhen did it start?â
âWhile I was taking my test. Donât worry about it.â She poured herself a glass of freshly made lemonade. Bianca was a fifty-year-old treasure who cooked and cleaned for Valentinaâs older brother, Rinieri, who was still a bachelor. She watched her like a hawk.
âA backache this close to the due date could mean your baby is ready to come.â
âIâm due July 6. Thatâs four days from now. At my checkup last week, Dr. Pedrotti said the baby hadnât dropped yet and I might even go past my due date.â
âAll my babies started with a backache that never went away.â The widowed mother of three no doubt knew what she was talking about. Right now Valentina wished her own mother were alive and here to talk to.
âThe doctor said some backache was to be expected.â She drank half a glass. âIâll walk around for a few minutes to work it off.â But sheâd only made it to the doorway of the kitchen when the pain reached around, gripping her like a pair of giant tongs.
âCaspita!â Valentina exclaimed. She braced herself against the door frame, surprised by the degree of pain.
Bianca nodded. âI knew it! Iâm calling your doctor.â
âI hate bothering him yet, Bianca.â
The housekeeper ignored her and made the call. After a quick conversation, she hung up. âHe says this could be the beginning of labor. First babies generally take a long time to be born, and your water hasnât broken yet. But he suggests you leave for the hospital. Heâll check you out there. If itâs a false alarm, no harm is done and you can come home. Rinieri said heâd be in Milan today, so Iâll phone Carlo to drive you.â
Before she could stop her, Bianca had made the call to Valentinaâs married brother, Carlo, who was two years younger than thirty-two-year-old Rini. After she got off the phone, she said, âLuckily he flew home early from Naples. He said heâd come for you right away.â
âYou shouldnât have called him. The pain is easing.â
âYes. But it will come back again and again. You get your things together.â
âMy bag is already packed,â she called over her shoulder on her way to her bedroom to freshen up. Rini had already seen to that.
His nature to be in charge and have everything under control was the reason heâd been catapulted to CEO of the renowned Montanari Corporation at such a young age. Seven months ago her oldest brother had been the one to take care of her when sheâd discovered she was pregnant. Heâd talked her into moving out of the family villa in Naples and brought her to his villa a few kilometers from the vertical town of Positano.
Valentina adored both her brothers, but it was Rini whoâd provided her with the emotional support sheâd needed when sheâd found out the father of her baby didnât want children or responsibility. Being abandoned by Matteo had damaged her confidence, and Rini had recognized that fact by being protective.