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I nod through my tears, my voice too shaky to speak.
Wow! He’s really giving me up… Gualtiero De Marco is prepared to surrender his claim on me. All because he loves me.
This is unconditional love at its purest, isn’t it?
To have this coming from Tiero blows my mind.
“Promise me, angel, that next lifetime we will be together and live happily ever after. He gets you this time, but next time I’m the One. Love like ours has to live on. It will have to be reborn, and it will be even stronger. Wewillfind each other again.”
His determination, his conviction… it’s a vow and my soul embraces it.
I don’t have time to think, let alone reply. Tiero crushes his lips to mine in a kiss that’s as desperate as it is passionate.
His tongue sweeps along the seam of my mouth, and parting my lips, I welcome him in. Instinct takes over, and I climb onto his lap, his hard erection pressing deliciously against my center. Desire, hot and rampant, ignites in my body as his fiery kiss continues to steal my mind. I surrender to it… to him. All the tension bleeds from my body and I melt into his arms.
I want more… so much more. And I never want this moment to end.
But it does.
When we break apart, we’re both panting for breath. He intertwines our hands and presses his forehead against mine, gazing deeply into my eyes.
“My heart belongs to you alone… forever.”
I’m too stunned to speak… too stunned to process anything.
Time slows once more, as if to highlight each second.
In slow motion, Tiero lifts his head from mine and stands up, still holding me in his arms. He carefully stands me on my feet, taking my hands in his. He gifts me with one last featherlight kiss on my lips, before he lets go of one hand and turns. Looking towards the door, he takes his first step away from me.
I struggle to breathe.
No, don’t go!
Then he takes another… and another. Our arms are outstretched now, only our fingertips touching. One by one they slide from me and with it any composure I might have had left. I’m hanging on by a thread.
When his last finger lifts, the dam breaks. The tears don’t stop; I’m crying a river.
Tiero slowly opens the door and steps through. Without looking back, he pulls it shut behind him.
It closes with a soft click, and my legs give out. Sinking to the floor, I bury my face in my hands and sob.
My chest is so tight. I fear my heart will explode. How can it cope with so much sorrow? Dark spots dance before my eyes even with them closed.
God, I’m going to pass out again.
And I pray I do, wanting… no, needing a reprieve from this agony.
I’m never going to see him again.
The pain through my heart is stabbing. I splay my hand over my chest, trying to stop it from breaking.
I know it has to be this way. I know it’s ultimately for the best… but it doesn’t make this any easier.
I didn’t think it was possible to top the anguish I felt the day I ran from Tiero. But I was wrong.
Chapter Forty-Two
Gualtiero
