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“I love you like a thirsty man yearning for water, like a ray of sun piercing through the darkness, like a diseased man searching for a merciful nurse.”
“Like a man,” I conclude.
“Like a man in love! I don’t want to spend even a second away from you. I don’t want to waste a single moment outside your body. In short, I’m booking us a flight for tomorrow. I have to clear my head!”
“Where to?”
“Rome. We’re flying to Rome. We’ll come back Monday morning and then you’ll be back in time for Roy. I’ll take care of everything. All you need to do is bring your perfect ass along,” he teases me and seductively winks at me.
“Rome? Are you sure this is the right time? You’re upset and in mourning.” I caress his face with concern.
“I’ll be upset and in mourning anyways.” He holds my hand and kisses it. “In the meantime, I need you to remind me of the purpose of living.”
“If you’re sure that’s what you want, then Rome it is. I’m in.”
It’s evening time, marking once again the end of another day. A different type of awakening. The darkness intensifies the glumness of the soul aching to cling onto something that would revive its spirit, move it, give it meaning.
“Sam?” he interrupts my darkest of thoughts. “Shall we go to the room?”
“Yes, sure,” I rise up, and he places his hand on my buttocks, gently caresses it, guilt-ridden.
“Avi, I just remembered I don’t have any clothes suitable for Europe.”
“I promised you I’d take care of everything, remember?”
“Everything?” I smile an overjoyed and pleased smile.
He kisses my temple.
“Let’s rest for a short while. I’ve booked a flight for 5:00 am.”
Chapter 14
I awake in his arms as I did the other day, but this time, it feels so different. I embrace the renewed sense of hope that has awoken in me, a hope for boundless joy and unconditional love. He immediately stretches over me.
“Good morning, my love. What time is it?”
“It’s almost 2:00 am.”
“We need to get up quickly,” he immediately stands up and tries to fumble for the first task that needs to be done before our flight. “We need to get out of here before sunrise,” he pulls me out of the indulgent bed, kisses my head and walks me towards the bathroom. “Get ready, I’m right behind you.”
After I finish washing my face and return to the bedroom, he hands me a large black square box wrapped in a shiny delicate ribbon.
“This is for you.”
“But what is it? Are you completely insane?” I’m somewhat discomforted.
“You’re insane if you think you can board a flight wearing that!” He waves at his black shirt; the same one I had fallen asleep in last night.
“No, come on,” I giggle. “I’ve told you that I need to stop somewhere and get a couple of things.”
“And I’ve promised you that I’ll take care of everything. That’s why this is for you.”
“Right, it slipped my mind,” I say embarrassedly and slightly confused. I hurry and curiously open the lovely box to find a variety of expensive and exquisite clothes. There are a couple of sweaters, tank tops, two pullovers, both stunning and made of rich and featherlight fabric, two pairs of skinny jeans, a selection of tastefully laced underwear in different colors, and two black laced bras to complete it all. He’d even bought me tall, fuzzy and gorgeous fur boots. And, as if those weren’t enough, he also added a warm cream-colored fur coat.
“Wow!” I’m so excited and start jumping up and down, totally impressed with every item, telling him that he had chosen the most amazing items I could have ever dreamed of. I dash to the bathroom, enthusiastic as a little child, and quickly get dressed, apply a little makeup, brush my hair, and return to him. To my man. My safe haven. That’s precisely what I feel towards this man, who was a completely unknown stranger only a week ago. And now he was embedded deep into my soul. Every breath without him would make me ache.
“I want to love you all of my life,” I wipe away a tear of joy and kiss his lips.
