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He considers me for a moment, loosening his hold and settling both hands on my shoulders. Luca’s eyes dart over to his wife and return to mine. “If she’s worth it, you’ll wait forever.”
I look over at Lily, who’s already sliding into the back of the cab. When she notices me watching, she flashes one of her smiles at me, and I know, as intuitively as breathing, I’d give a lifetime for her.
* * *
“Good mor—”
“You slept with someone else.” Lily’s voice is curt as she flies out of bed.
“Come on, Lil, get back into bed.”
“I had a dream that you slept with someone else.” Her arms fold over each other. She frowns at me as if I’m meant to provide further explanation.
“A sexy dream?” I prop myself on my elbow and reach over to drag her back into bed, but I’m swatted away like a garden-variety gnat.
“No, it was that night in Brazil,” she says as though it’s obvious. “You left me on the beach and went off with Suzy.”
“Susana?”
She scoffs as the look of pure evil encapsulates her face. Fuck, that was definitely the wrong thing to say.
“See?” Lily rolls her eyes and yanks open the curtains of our one-bedroom suite in the waterfront hotel in Cyprus, flooding the room with light.
This is not how I imagined our first morning sharing a bedroom would go. We were supposed to get up for coffee, tea, room service, and sex overlooking the ocean,notdiscuss my imaginary cheating in her dream.
The quicker we can wrap up the absurdity her mind has conjured, the faster we can return to the easy days in London before the plagiarism.
“Alright, I apologize for the actions ofdream Nico.” I hold my hands up in defense, collapsing back onto the pillows. “While I was wreaking havoc, what did you do?”
“I poisoned your drink, then hopped onto a leaf and sailed into the ocean.”
“A leaf?”
“Yes,” Lily says plainly. One of her hips pops to the side. Black strands of her hair wave around in the humid breeze.
Even when she’s mad at me, she is so fucking perfect.
“Come here,princesa.” I lift the covers and shift aside to make room for her. “I’d never do that to you. Never been a cheater, never will be.”
A grand jury seems to debate in her head. If she lies in bed with me, it’ll confirm she believes me.
“It felt real, Nico, and in a few weeks, you’ll go back to being with other people.”
“I won’t. I don’t want anyone else, Lily,” I promise. “What can I do to assure you of that?” A twinge of frustration tickles the pit of my stomach. I’ve never acted in a way that would make her lose trust in my commitment to her.
Yes, I used to sleep around, but she did as well. Those times feel as distant as the list of rules we made.
There has to be more to this lack of trust.Maybe the ex-boyfriend cheated on her?
The spell of frustration bursts into anger.
Fuck.
If reassurance is what Lily needs, I will give it to her. Patience may not be my strong suit, but what’s the point of rushing something I want to spend the rest of my life savoring?
“Trust isn’t exactly a muscle I exercise frequently.” She sighs, sitting at the foot of the bed instead of the spot I carved out for her.
“Why? Can you tell me what happened?”
