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She couldn't help but notice how he no longer sounded curt or furious. His voice was once again honey-smooth, but it was no longer as elusive. This time, a touch of broodingness had noticeably underscored his words, and the sound had her heartbeat galloping back into life.
Oh dear.
How hopeless was she that she found Ezio's voice all the more alluring when he started talking and looking at her like Heathcliff with an Italian accent?
"I have always been prepared to do my duty as a Marchetti. I knew my day to marry whoever it was that ournonnachose would one day come. But it was a day that I had not, quite frankly, enjoyed thinking about."
Until...her?
"Until you."
Cat so, so wished she was the type to swoon.
Oh, if only!
Because this was a swoon-worthy moment if there ever was one.
"I have always had misgivings that I knew the entirefamigliawould only brush off, and so I had never bothered to speak about it."
Misgivings?
"And when she made her announcement, I had even more misgivings. Because such an arrangement did not make sense to me. These matches are supposed to be mutually beneficial. But what good would it do ourfamigliaif I were to marry her assistant?"
Cat's euphoria was starting to fade just a little. Where was he going with this? Why were they still not exchanging 'I love yous'? Because that was where this was going. Wasn't it?
"But what you said earlier..."
Oh, thank goodness.
"I'm glad thatNonnaknows better than to force her beliefs on me. Or us for that matter." A devastating smile slowly curved over Ezio's lips, and Cat felt like swooning again.
Oh, why couldn't she?
"And I guess I have you to thank for that, don't I? You made her see reason."
Ezio took a step towards her, and Cat's toes curled inside her shoes.
"Just one thing, though."
He took another step, and Cat fought against the urge to step back.
"When a Marchetti marries, it is for life. You should be aware of that by now."
Cat could only nod, no longer trusting herself to speak.
"Then before we become husband and wife, we must make sure of one thing."
Ezio finally closed the distance between them as he spoke, and the Marchettis' game room, which was easily the same size as a commercial recreation hall, suddenly felt too small and hot.
"W-What—-mmph."
His lips covered hers.
Oh.
So this was the one thing—-
"Stop thinking," Ezio growled as his lips pried hers apart, and the moment his tongue slid inside of her mouth, her whole world melted away, and she had no choice after that.
