Pride & Consequence Omnibus (29 page)

EPILOGUE

‘A
ND
YOU
STILL
intend to teach at your school?’

Over her mother-in-law’s head Jodi smiled into Leo’s eyes as Luisa Jefferson cooed ecstatically over the bundle that was her baby grandson.

It was Leo and Jodi’s wedding anniversary and they had flown out to Italy to stay with Leo’s parents.

‘For the time being, but only on a part-time basis,’ Jodi replied.

All the letters of support she had received from her pupils’ parents had thrilled Jodi, and, as she and Leo had agreed, she owed it to everyone who had supported her to stay on at the school until the right kind of replacement for her had been found.

‘After all,’ she had smiled to Leo, ‘our own children will be going there.’

Leo had bought Ashton House, and Jodi had spent all her free time in the months before baby Nicholas Lorenzo’s birth organising its renovation and redecoration.

Leo’s parents had flown over to Frampton from Italy for the baby’s birth, and a special extra guest had been invited to the large family christening, much to Leo’s wry amusement and his mother’s open delight.

‘Her name is Maria, and she says that she will make a special potion for you to drink that will guarantee the happiness of you and Leonardo and your children,’ Luisa Jefferson had whispered to Jodi when she had introduced her village’s wise woman to her.

‘My happiness is already guaranteed,’ Jodi had responded with a shining smile of trust and love in her husband’s direction. ‘Just so long as I have Leo!’

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ISBN: 9781460303900

PRIDE & CONSEQUENCE

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VIRGIN FOR THE BILLIONAIRE'S TAKING
Copyright © 2008 by Penny Jordan

THE TYCOON'S VIRGIN
Copyright © 2002 by Penny Jordan

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