tomorrow about the paternity test.”
“Oh?” Kira was confused for a
moment. Was he going to admit that he was the father?
“I am not the father.”
“You’re not? But I thought…”
“Yes, so did the rest of the
world. And I began to doubt myself for a moment, too.”
“So the test was a fake?”
“No. The trouble was that someone
else had a similar genetic marker as I do which is very rare. Most people have
their own unique genetic marker as unique as their fingerprint. Except where
twins are concerned.”
“Twins?” Kira placed her glass of
juice down. She was more baffled now.
“Yes. I did some serious digging
during the past couple of weeks. That’s why I haven’t been able to reach you. I
had to make sure for myself. You see, my biological mother had not just given
me up for adoption. But she had given up my twin brother, too.”
“Oh, my God!”
“My sentiments exactly. And when
I had my men do further digging, we compared photographs of Bianca with the man
that was supposedly me.”
“But it was your twin?” Kira had
heard of the whole evil twin story before but this one took the cake.
“You see, my biological brother
recently found out about me. He’s doing pretty good for himself where business
is concerned. But he’d been…should I say naughty. He was fooling around on his
wife. He had a one-night stand with Bianca while vacationing in the Caribbean.”
“And, of course, he couldn’t tell
her his real name.”
“No. So, he gave her my name.
Figuring they’d never see each other again.”
“But Bianca saw the real you in
press reports and figured it was you and that’s when she filed the suit when
she got pregnant and given birth.”
“Exactly.”
“Oh, Alessandro. That’s terrible.
I’m so…I don’t know what to say. What are you going to do about it?”
“Alessandro took a swig of his
drink then placed the glass down on the coffee table.”
“I decided to contact Marcus, my
brother. He knows I could have him arrested for impersonation but I decided I
didn’t want any more scandals. We’ve sorted it out. Bianca knows the truth now
and has decided to keep it under wraps. She’ll receive a generous payout from
Marcus. He’s doing pretty good in the software industry.”
“I see. Alessandro, I’m sorry I
didn’t believe you at first. You have every right to be mad at me…”
He held up his hand to silence
her. Then he gently pulled her close to him. “I told you, I don’t want to focus
on the past but the future. I just didn’t want you to walk out of my life again
when the press starts hounding you after tomorrow.”
She grinned sheepishly. “Now
what?”
“About our arrangement? I want to
annul our marriage.”
“What?” Kira pulled back from his
embrace and looked aghast.
“My dear, I want to undo what we
did in Vegas and do it the right way. You deserve much more than a quickie
wedding through a drive-through chapel. I’ve never felt this way about any
woman before, Kira Watson. I’ve fallen in love with you and I can’t undo that.
I don’t want to undo that. Since you don’t remember the first time I proposed.
I’m asking you again. Will you marry me?”
Kira held back her head and
laughed. Of course, he would want to do this right. She didn’t remember the
first proposal. What would they tell their grandchildren? That she didn’t
remember marrying their grandpa?
“Yes. I will marry you, again, Mr.
Romano.”
“How about calling me
Alessandro.”
“How about I call you, the love
of my life.”
A smile touched the corner of his
lips as he leaned down to kiss her with the same erotic passion he had in
Vegas. “And you will always be the love of my life.”
THE END
Read on for an excerpt of the
next book in the Whirlwind Romance Series, Accidentally Falling for the
Tycoon (Coming soon)
ACCIDENTALLY
FALLING FOR THE TYCOON
You
just never know when or where true love can strike.
Heartbroken
Jen