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‘I want you,’ he said, gasping for breath.
‘I want you too…’ I replied, pushing my hand down the front of his jeans.
He lifted me up swiftly and carried me the few steps towards the bed before laying me down gently and climbing on top of me.
‘Condom,’ I said, panting. ‘We need a condom.’
‘I have,’ he replied.
He reached into his back pocket, whipped out his wallet and fished out the square packet from a side compartment. Just as he was about to unbutton his jeans, we heard footsteps on the staircase.
‘Lorenzo! Dove sei?’
It was Erica.For fuck’s sake! Why does everyone have to keep interrupting us?
He jumped up, grabbing the condom, stuffing it in his pocket, hastily smoothing out his jumper, straightening his jeans and widening his eyes to signal for me to do the same.
‘Quick, quick,’ he whispered, hurrying me to make myself look presentable as he leapt over to grasp the handle of my suitcase.
Thankfully, by the time he flung open my bedroom door, I was on my feet, had pulled my t-shirt down, fixed my hair the best I could and was trying to look innocent whilst Erica’s eyes burned through me as she padded up the final few steps and approached the doorway.
‘Ma che cosa fai, Lorenzo?’
I’m guessing she was asking him what he was doing…
‘Sophia called me to help with her suitcase,’ he attempted to explain. ‘She bought a lot of things in Firenze which made it heavy.’ Hmm, not sure that he was a very convincing liar. Particularly as Erica was walking with Fran and me for much of the afternoon in Florence and would have seen that I’d only bought a couple of small leather bags, plus some truffle oil. Nevertheless, I just had to go with the story…
‘Yes.Grazie, Lorenzo,’ I said, playing along. ‘You’re such a gentleman. I think that’s everything. If you’re able to take it downstairs for me, that would be amazing.’
Erica shot us both anI don’t believe you, but I can’t be bothered to arguelook.
‘Well, the driver is coming soon, so better you wait downstairs,’ she demanded.
‘Great, thank you, Erica. And thanks, Lorenzo, for taking it down for me,’ I said, continuing the act. ‘I just need to check my room again and pop to the loo, so I’ll be down in a second.’
They both left the room, Erica shooting Lorenzo a dirty look, but once she was out of sight, he turned back to face me and gave me a cheeky smile.
I closed the door once again and sat down on the bed. Oh…it could have all ended so differently. First Grace last night, and now, when we were just about to get down to business, we were disturbed again. Dammit. Erica’s timing sucked. I guess we just weren’t meant to sleep together. But Ireallywanted to. The connection I felt between us was undeniably electric.
Seconds later I heard footsteps running up the stairs and my door flung open. It was Lorenzo!
He pulled me towards him and gave me one long, hard kiss, then gently stepped back.
‘The driver is downstairs, so Erica ask me to come and get you,’ he said.
‘Will I ever see you again?’ I asked a little too eagerly. ‘Will you come to London?’
He paused.
‘I do not know,’ he said, bowing his head. ‘It is the truth. My life, it is very complicated. I have problems with my girlfriend—well, she is now my ex-girlfriend. It is stressful. I wish she was a wonderful woman like you. It is busy season. I will work for the next six weeks without any breaks and then over the summer too. It is difficult. I do not want to tell you lies.’
Although I’d achieved what I’d set out to, and seeing each other again hadn’t been part of the plan, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Typical me. I always wanted more…
Lorenzo reached into his pocket to take out his wallet again and this time pulled out a business card.
‘Here,’ he said, placing the card in my hand. ‘WhatsApp or email me. We stay in touch, no?’
‘Okay, sure,’ I replied.
