They’d agreed to be husband and wife for three days.

But Julian was always busy. When he was at the villa, he spent most of his time in the study handling work.

At night, he was almost never there.

Every night, he went out, then came back before five in the morning. After a shower, he’d wrap an arm around Serena and sleep, and he’d softly sing nursery rhymes to his little daughter.

In those short three days, Julian squeezed out ...