For the Love of Lila (31 page)

“She frightened me, too, in the end,” Lila admitted. She thought of Felicity flying off to a foreign country—even further from her homeland than she’d already been—to be with another woman’s husband. “Well, perhaps we’ll just say hello in passing the next time we’re in Venice. I’m certain you and I can do plenty of ‘free-thinking’ here, without my cousin’s help. If we ever feel the need to consult our relations, your father clearly has more practical ideas than she.”

“Yes—and who would have thought so? Who would have ever imagined my father would be the one to sort out our problems?”

She shrugged. “I suppose the saying is right that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. You’ve been resolving problems for me since the moment we met—just as you do for other people every day in your profession. It may surprise me to have found the degree of liberation I’m feeling now, but having found it, I’m not the least surprised that you’re the one to bring it about.”

He pulled her closer, resting his chin on the top of her head. “I’m happy to be of service. Feel free to come to me anytime—even without a solicitor.”

Copyright © 2002 by Jennifer Zorger

Originally published by Leisure Books (084394997X)

Electronically published in 2006 by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

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