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“Ah, that is another question I’m not going to answer right now.” He pulled me in closer to his body as I could feel a slight bulge against my thigh. “Don’t worry, it’ll be for one week. Then when we come back, we’ll rule the world together.”
“Oh well, aren’t you the romantic one?” Sarcasm laced my tone.
“Who, me?” He motioned to his chest. “Nah, I think I might kick the romance up a notch for you though. I do find you inspiring.”
We both laughed just a little.
“Actually, I’d like to show you some romance right now.” He kissed me before flipping us around and laying me on the desk.
* * *
When I woke up, Luciano was already gone. I was just a little put out that he got up without waking me because I was an extremely light sleeper. I needed to work on my skills or I was not going to wake up when there was danger and it was urgent. I couldn’t afford to be comfortable, and I couldn’t fathom how I was already getting that way after a few days.
Yet his being gone did give me time to shower and change on my own. It would be nice to have a moment of quiet without being enticed by a hard on or worrying that someone was looking over my shoulder.
A quick reminder from his lesson yesterday that he always had someone watching. I’m not sure if that’s what he meant for me to pick up from his visit to all of his different businesses, but that was my biggest takeaway.
He always had someone around that would tell him what was going on with me. There was no escape from him, but for the first time, I was okay with that idea. He hadn’t turned out to be as bad as I’d thought he would be. He also had a more protective nature toward me, more than I would’ve thought I would have.
I wondered if he was serious about us being a team though? That would be way more than I could’ve hoped for, and it would be ideal.
Things had been moving so fast that I hadn’t had a moment to process all of the feelings and thoughts that went along with getting married.
I was about to become one with another person. I didn’t want to lose myself in him, but that was part of merging together in some ways. Two were supposed to become one, but I didn’t want to lose myself. Not completely anyway. I wanted to know him and depend on him, but still have a choice in who I was.
Marriage shouldn’t take away from a person as an individual, but make them better as a unit. Two heads were better than one and I was ready to become a unit that did some good together.
“Augh!” I groaned. Marriage thoughts made me think of the wedding. I was going to need to find a wedding dress. Maybe I could take my sister and invite Luciano’s mother along as well. Hopefully, he’d let me do that. I really couldn’t see why he wouldn’t. He might like the idea that I wanted his mother there.
My mother would probably want to come along. Even though I really didn’t like her or understand her, she was my mother and this was one of those family things that shouldn’t be missed because of past life choices.
Since Luciano knew where I was at all times, maybe I should just do it on my own without telling him. If I took them all, then I’d need to plan ahead just a little bit. It would make for more cat and mouse fun.
I stepped into the shower and let the warm water wash away all the worries I was trying to build up into huge walls in my head.
Most of them were simply borrowing trouble and couldn’t be fixed or taken care of until a later time. Planning to text my mother and sister when I got out of the shower, I wrapped a towel around me and went out to get dressed only to find Luciano sitting in a chair waiting for me.
“Sorry, my love. I had some errands to run this morning and you looked so peaceful asleep. I didn’t want to wake you.” His eyes slowly took in my towel-covered body. “I’d like to visit your father today if you think that would be acceptable.”
The thrill at his use of the word love, made me want to swoon like some high schooler on their first date.
What was I thinking? Could I even be someone that important in his life? We lusted after each other, and were compatible, but our marriage would never be one of love.
“I think that can be arranged,” I answered, trying not to betray my thoughts. “I need to ask my mother and sister if they want to go dress shopping. Do you think it would be all right if your mother went along?”
“That is a very good question, and I think we managed to arrange that.” His eyes roved over my body as I covered up the different portions with first my panties and then my bra. I made sure to take my time. It was like a strip show in reverse, covering all of my bits instead of exposing them.
Even with the reverse-strip tease, I managed to get dressed relatively quickly. Even though a small part of me wished he would push me up against the wall and take me from behind.
I instantly got wet whenever he was in the room with me. I wondered how long that would last?
We arrived in the garage a short time later. Stefano and another guard were there waiting to protect us.
“Would you mind if I had my own bodyguard hired?” I wasn’t sure if he would let me, but I needed to ask.
“I can get one for you.” He offered quickly.
“Thank you, but I’d rather do it on my own if you trust me enough to handle it. I’ve got just the person in mind.”
