Chapter 59

• I’LL be back in twenty minutes, Alessandro had said. Be ready.
• And the be ready had been a command, one that his tone had told her that he expected to have obeyed without question.
• A swift glance at the clock told Sofia that well over half of that time was already up and she was no nearer to obeying that autocratic command to be ready than she had been in the moment that Alessandro had strode from the room, obviously not wanting to spend a moment longer in her company than he had to.