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“Or maybe it is, and you’re just trying your best to fool yourself,” Gino said.
I shook my head. Damn it, I hated it when my brother was right. He could be such a dipshit sometimes, but he was an attentive dipshit.
“Well, you can rest assured that it’s not as serious as it seems. She’ll probably say no, anyway. Camping isn’t her thing—Celine is a diva, a princess, and camping is too basic for her. Noah and I have a bet running to prove that point.”
Gino laughed. “You invited her and then you bet against her?”
I shrugged. “Still think this is serious?”
“More than ever,” Gino said gravely.
I chuckled and shook my head. “I guess we’ll see where this goes.”
“Just remember one thing,” Gino said when we turned and walked to the door together.
“What?”
“Whatever you choose is your business. Just be sure that whatever you sacrifice, it better be worth it. If you choose her, make sure she’s worth possibly losing the vineyard, and if you choose to give her up for the sake of keeping what’s rightfully yours, make sure that’s worth it, too.”
“Since when are you so fucking wise?” I asked.
Gino shrugged. “I just hide it really well, but I’m a genius.” He tapped his temple.
I chuckled. “You hide itreallywell, you’re right.”
“Fuck you,” Gino said with a laugh. “Come on, I actually came down here to call you. Zio Alfredo wants to talk to us about the vineyard. We have to discuss the next season and decide what direction we’re going in with this.”
I nodded, and we walked up the stairs and to the house together.
Gino’s words echoed in my mind.
Whatever you sacrifice, it better be worth it.
Would we go that far, Celine and I? When I was with her, I wanted nothing more than to be with her forever. When I was away from her, I ached for her, I wanted to be with her. My heart drew to her like a moth to a flame, but it wasn’t that simple, was it? She was a real piece of work, and I was under no illusion that a relationship with her would be easy. She fought everything every step of the way just for the sake of it.
Would I give up inheriting the vineyard and my family’s money for that? Would I be willing to start from scratch with her?
My first reaction wasabsolutely. Celine was worth it all, no matter how much anyone in my family would tell me differently if I admitted that to them.
I just wanted to be sure that whatever Celine and I were doing, it would be worth the gamble. Not because I didn’t believe it would be worth it but because I didn’t know if Celine was ready to commit to the long haul. I knew she felt something for me—when we were together, everything was perfect. We couldn’t stay away from each other. I was convinced we were made for each other.
Was she convinced of that too? Or would she turn around and run, eventually?
When we’d been kids, we’d agreed that it was just a fling between us while I was there at the Forger household. It had worked between us because no matter how hard we’d loved, we’d both known exactly where we stood and that it would eventually come to an end.
We’d been stupid kids, thinking that if we called it quits, our hearts would follow and stop loving, too.
I was grown up now, and I knew better.
What I’d felt for Celine all those years ago hadn’t changed, it had only become stronger.
She felt the same, I knew it, but would she take it and run with it… or run away? Would I lose it all for her and then lose her, too?
That was my biggest fear. I was terrified that if I gave it all up for her, she would sabotage it, and I would lose everything, and I would lose her, too.
Maybe I had to have a conversation with her. At some point, we were going to have to define what was going on between us.
Would I risk it all for her? No question.
