Chapter 148

‘Three and one brother.’

‘Your brother, I know about. He was CEO before you?’

‘Yes.’ He’d told her that much at least, although he hadn’t even hinted at the strained and sinful relationship. Two of my sisters live on the estate. They will want to meet you.’

‘They weren’t there before I came?’

"No, they were visiting Maya, my third sister. She lives with her family near Patras. "

‘Timon’s mother?’

‘Yes.’

Lucette exhaled a shaky breath. "And what about your parents?"

They’re both dead.’

‘I’m sorry.’ She glanced at him, her eyes dark. "When?"

'It was ten years ago for my father, and six months ago for my mother.'

Her eyes widened. "When were we together?"

‘Yes.’

He hadn’t told her. There was so much he hadn’t told her. And for the first time, Ariston acknowledged that Lucette had had a point, claiming their relationship hadn’t been going anywhere. He’d kept him inside its careful parameters as much as she had. It was only when he’d become CEO that he’d decided he should marry and have