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Lucy’s eyes get wider with each thing I tell her.
“Are you serious? Do you want to move there?”
“I do. But I want to know what you want. Do you want to move there? Did you have a good feeling when we were there tonight?”
Lucy stops and thinks for a minute.
“I did have a good feeling there. It felt like they are cared about us, but they don’t even know us. I never thought there were really people like that.”
“And they like to hug. A lot.” I chuckle.
“They do!” She giggles. “And I know you like Romano. From what I can see, he really likes you too. I can’t believe you got your first kiss. I hope one day I find my person.”
“You will. It may take some time, but I know you’ll find someone that will treat you the way Romano treats me.”
“How do you know after only a day?”
“I don’t know how to explain it. It feels like he’s a part of me, that no matter what, he’s who I need. Let’s pack up and get checked out. We can talk more when we get to our new home.”
“Home.”
Lucy jumps up and squeezes me tight.
“Thank you for not leaving me behind,” she whispers.
“I’d never leave you, Lucy. We’re a team, no matter what.”
I head back to the room to pack my stuff. Lucy’s in the bathroom grabbing everything in there. I feel the air shift as Romano walks in, I don’t need to turn around to know he’s there.
“I see you’re packing, does this mean Lucy said yes?”
“She did. Are you sure it’s okay for us to be there? I don’t want to impose.”
Romano’s big hands turn me around to face him. I love looking at him, I could stare at him all day.
“Caitríona doesn’t offer things like this to everyone. She will help anyone, but to invite them into our lives? That’s a completely different situation. So yes, I’m sure that it’s okay for you to be there.”
“Is it possible to live close to you?” I say softly as I look at my feet.
He tilts my chin to look up at him.
“I wouldn’t want you to live anywhere but close to me,” he says as he leans down and takes my lips again. This time I part my lips to give him access and I can’t help the moan that escapes. I run my hands down his back, I can feel his muscles through his shirt. I wonder what he looks like without his shirt on…
“Baby,” he pants as he takes his lips away from mine. “I want you so damn bad. But the first time I make love to you? It won’t be in a motel room.”
My whole body is responding to him in ways I’ve never felt. I learned about sex from my books and from school. But I’ve never thought I’d meet someone like Romano. Someone that makes me want to rip his clothes off and do all those things I read in my books. Great. Now all I can think about is what he would look like naked. And I can feel the heat rising in my face.
“I want you, Romano. But I don’t know if I would be what you want…” I trail off.
“Simone, look at me.”
I raise my eyes back up to his.
“You are perfect the way you are. We will take things at your pace, and we’ll learn together.”
“But you know what you want. You’ve been with other women.”
“I’ve been with one woman. I’ve never been with anyone but Amara.”
