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“Tired?” I ask.
“Kids are exhausting.”
I look at Gia with her hair in a bun and sparkles covering her dark strands. Her makeup is a little overdone, but she looks adorable. “I’ll reimburse you for all this.”
“My treat. Ma wasn’t home.”
I laugh and shake my head.
“Did you bet that I’d take her there?” he asks.
“No. I figured you might though.”
He picks up a bag off the chair beside him, and I sneak a peek inside to see a box from the bakery by the Milanos’ house.
“Cookie?” he asks.
“I heard something about her having to school you on Italian manners.”
“Yeah. From now on, expect a dozen of everything.”
Gia shifts in his lap.
“How long has she been out?”
“Since the taxi. I carried her up here.”
I rub her back. “I bet a few ovaries exploded watching that scene.”
“I do think I might be a natural at this parenting thing.”
I kiss him on the lips. “I think so too.” Although he has no idea what it’s like to do it twenty-four hours a day on little-to-no sleep, but I’ll keep that thought to myself. “Maybe you should have one and find out.”
“It’s impossible to have one by myself.”
“You can afford a surrogate.”
His hand runs along my thigh as he stares me dead in the eye. “If I have a kid, I’m doing it with my wife.”
I swallow the lump in my throat. I’m not clear on whether he’s implying me, since I’m technically his wife, or if he means it in more general terms. “I thought you were against marriage and kids?”
He shakes his head, his fingers pressing under my chin. Using a slight pull, he brings me into him. “Do you not pay attention to me? There’s only one woman I want that with.”
“Who?” I whisper.
“If you have to even ask, then I’m not doing a very good job here.”
Is that a secret promise?
I press my mouth to his.
As our lips touch, Mr. Milano interrupts. “He’s here!”
His voice stirs Gia, and her forehead hits mine because the three of us are so close.
“Ow,” I say, holding my forehead.
“He’s here?” Gia wiggles out of Dom’s lap, running to her nonno.
