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She moves her hands up to my chest, putting them flat. One of them rests over my heart and something feels perfect about that, although I couldn’t tell you why.
“We’ve just recently had our first kiss,” she points out.
“And if you think, after having your kiss, I’m going to let another man swoop in and steal you away from me, you’re crazy.I want my ring on your finger. Hell, I want my name tattooed on your body.”
She swallows nervously, her body trembling a little in my arms. I know I’m scaring her. I need to dial it back. The problem is I can’t. I need her to know how serious I am.
“You’re kind of freaking me out, Victor.”
“I know. It’s still better you know how deep I’m in this with you, sweetheart. I want forever with you. I want everything you have to give me. I want babies with your fucking gorgeous red hair, your sweet dusting of freckles, and your beautiful green eyes.”
Her body goes rigid. I know I’ve gone too far, but I can’t make myself feel guilty about it. In fact, I’m not sorry at all. Everything I said is the absolute truth.
“Now, I know you’re crazy,” she huffs. She tries to pull away, but I refuse to let her. I hold her tighter.
“Don’t run from this, Gia. Don’t run from us.”
“Victor, I don’t even know if I can be a whole person again. You’re the first man I’ve ever really looked at like that.”
“Like what?” I respond like a jerk, needing the words from her.
“Victor—”
“Tell me.”
“Like a…boyfriend.”
I frown. “Do I look like a boy?”
“Um… well you aren’t a girl,” she says, and I growl under my breath. I look around the restaurant and there’s not that many on the dance floor, but the dining area is full. For this discussion, I need her alone. This is just another reason I should have planned dinner at home tonight. The two of us have too much to wade through right now. This is Antonio’s fault. If I didn’t have to leave in three days, I could move this along slower.
“C’mon,” I order, taking her hand and leading her away. I pull her into a small corridor that seems to lead to a door marked“Employees Only”.
“Victor? Is something wrong?” she asks.
I can tell Gia’s confused. Hell, she’s looking at me like I’ve lost my mind and maybe I have. I’ve always been calm around her. Then again, I’ve never pushed things, never told her how I feel and most importantly, never had to stay away from her for long periods at a time. I’m so frustrated that I could punch a damn wall. I need to make her understand.
“I’m your man.Yours.I’m not a damn boy that you’re trying on to see if I fit and we work. What’s between us is going to last because I won’t allow it to be any other way.”
“Victor,” she breathes my name. It sounds so sweet that I want to close my eyes and drink it in. Instead, I can’t take my eyes off her. Just looking at her makes my heart squeeze in my chest. There are times I want to pick her up, throw her over my shoulder, and whisk her away to a world where only the two of us exist. There’d be no distractions, no jobs outside of the damn country, nothing but the two of us. “You have to know that even though my brain is completely messed up at times, you’re the only man I’ve ever wanted.”
“See? That should show you that we belong together.”
“It’s not that. This just seems so sudden. I think my brain is trying to catch up.”
“How can you say this is happening too quickly? We’ve known each other for a year. We’ve spent almost all that time together. You’re telling me I’m the only man you’ve ever wanted. That’s not sudden, Kitten.”
“I’m not going anywhere, Victor.”
“I wouldn’t let you,” I grouch. Instead of getting mad, laughter bubbles out of her and I think even she’s surprised. “Don’t mistake me as someone you can walk over. I may havebeen a victim once. It broke something inside of me and caused me to become my mother’s puppet, but if I wanted to leave I would.”
“You might try, but there’s something you don’t know about me, Gia.”
“What’s that?”
“I am going to do whatever it takes to make sure you want to be by my side. When I say that, Idomean whatever it takes, because being without you is not an option for me.”
“See? That right there is what gets me. You know what I’m scared of. What if I can’t give…”
