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My comment about having children made a pink flush run up Cate’s cheeks.
I showed Cate a painting to the right of the altar. “This depicts the blessing of the icon.”
“I love learning all these things. Thank you for bringing me here.”
When we left the church, we stopped for coffee, sitting outside and watching the many people milling about.
Once we finished our coffee, I took Cate’s hand again, liking that she wasn’t fighting my touch or my company. “I know a good spot to watch the procession. The townspeople recreate the arrival of the Virgin Mary icon in the town.”
“That sounds wonderful.”
We spent the next few hours in Positano, enjoying the festivities and enjoying each other’s company.
“It’s so pretty,” sighed Cate. “I’ve heard so much about how pretty the Amalfi Coast is, but nothing could have prepared me for the sheer beauty of this place.”
That night when we went to bed, I watched Cate get into bed while I finished undressing.
I climbed under the covers. She was turned away from me, but I laid behind her and pulled her into my body.
She didn’t resist my hold, so I gently stroked her hair and rubbed my face against it, smelling its subtle fragrance. I could never get enough of her smell or enough of her.
After a while, I kissed the back of her neck, savoring her warm and sweet skin.
When she didn’t push me away, I turned her around in my arms and kissed her very softly. Just a whisper of a kiss, with my lips only just touching hers, teasing her with the pleasure I could give her if she would let me.
I felt her muscles soften against my hold. As my tongue explored her mouth, she tentatively met me with her own tongue.
I rose up on one elbow and gently pushed her back against her pillow.
Taking my weight on my arm, I kissed her a second time and felt her tremble as the back of my hand trailed down her breast. As I ran my fingers back up, I could feel that her nipple had tightened into an erect bud.
The warmth of her body spread to me through her thin nightgown. I pulled back from her lips and could see a look in her eyes that was a combination of thrill and fear.
“I’ll only do this if you want me to,” I said in a low voice.
CHAPTER 29
ALESSIO
“I’ll only do this if you want me to.”
She hesitated, but then she swallowed and nodded.
I rested my arms on either side of her head, caging her in, and this time I kissed her savagely, just as I had wanted to do for a long time.
I pressed the full length of my body against hers. As my tongue played with her mouth, she was responding to me and enhancing the need within me.
I had held back for so long. And now I just wanted to totally consume her.
I brushed my fingers down the sides of her neck and slipped the straps of her nightgown down her shoulders, following the path of my hands with small, delicate kisses along her collarbone and above her breasts. As I kissed her sensitive skin, I slid my hand inside her nightgown, groaning as my hands found her naked breasts.
I kissed the small scar that had been left on her shoulder by my knife—I regretted that I had ever had to cut her, that I had ever had to hurt her in that way.
However, I couldn’t hold back now, and I tugged down her top, exposing her full breasts to me.
I molded both my hands around their plumpness, savoring the feel of her tits, before pinching both nipples and relishing the sensation of them growing into even stiffer peaks as she cried out at the sensation caused by my fingers.
She had closed her eyes tightly and I could tell by the flush in her cheeks that she was embarrassed. But I wouldn’t let her do that—I wouldn’t let her shut me out again.
