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may have stepped in as your double several times before, Bella, and I’ve always been happy to do so, but you can’t possibly think that…’
    ‘ Please ’, Bella begged. ‘Please, Izzy, you have to help me. Luca has already left for Las Vegas, and if I don’t follow him I’ll lose him for good. It was a terrible moment when he caught Nick and me in that box room, exactly when Nick was taking me into his arms…’
    ‘What did he do that for?’ Izzy asked. Their half-brother was not exactly known for his touchy-feely behaviour.
    ‘He’d been furious when he found me working for Vallorini and called me all sort of things, and I was upset,’ Bella admitted. ‘So he tried to comfort me.’
    It went quiet and Izzy’s heart ached because she knew her sister was crying at the other end of the line, unable to explain any further. It didn’t matter. Izzy knew exactly what had happened and what her sister was asking her to do.
    For Bella it had been love at first sight. Several months ago she had seen Luca Vallorini from afar at a party they both attended and had instantly fallen in love with him. Truly, madly and deeply.  Her sister had chosen to stay in the background, so Luca hadn’t caught sight of her and knew nothing of the instant spark he’d ignited in her heart. Bella didn’t want him – or any man she liked – to know that she was worth millions. If love ever crossed her path, she’d sworn herself years ago she would be loved for herself and not for her wealth. Too bad that Luca, together with his older brother Enzo, owned a series of international luxury hotels similar to the famous Hetherington hotel chain owned by Bella and her siblings. Bella feared that, if Luca knew, he might feel tempted to marry her in an effort to add to his already large business. A marriage or even an affair without love was unthinkable to her.
    Luca Vallorini was acquainted with her surname, of course, so he must not find out she was a Hetherington, Bella had decided. To make matters worse she had managed to secure the job as Luca’s personal assistant at the London Vallorini flagship hotel next to Green Park giving her twin’s surname, a fake CV and a splendid fake reference signed by Nick Hetherington, who hadn’t known any of this, of course. Just as Izzy hadn’t known, until now.
    ‘So let me get this straight’, Izzy repeated. ‘You got the job using my surname instead of yours, so he thinks you’re Isabella Jones. Then, the two of you embark on an affair.  You had planned to let him know your true identity the moment he said the L-word, but Nick suddenly turns up in Luca’s office and makes a scene. While he’s with you in the box room, Luca appears and everything goes up in smoke.’
    ‘It was awful’, Bella sniffed. ‘The way Luca looked at me when he saw me with Nick, so…so disappointed. Oh Izzy, he must think that I’m nothing more than a gold-digging slut who throws herself at every rich man who crosses her path.’
    Izzy curled her lips. If Luca was anything like his elder brother, this was exactly what he’d be thinking.
    ‘Why didn’t you tell him Nick is your brother and you only meant to have a quiet word with him?’ she asked. ‘The simple truth would have solved everything.’
    ‘No, it wouldn’t have,’ her sister insisted. ‘I know Luca loves me, just from the way he looks at me and holds me in his arm. I know it. It’s got to be love, but…’
    ‘He never told you so?’ Izzy queried with a frown.
    ‘No,’ Bella whispered. ‘I waited and waited, but he never did. Not once. So he mustn’t find out who I am yet. Until Luca says that he loves me - if he ever does - I want him to think that I’m just Miss Jones from next door, an ordinary girl.’
    ‘Surely you realise your plan can backfire,’ Izzy cautioned. ‘Luca already thinks you’re a gold-digging tart because he mistook Nick for your secret lover. Exactly the same happened to Enzo and me two years ago. He’s