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Aaaaaaaah.
Everything starts all over again, and it leaves me terrified and intoxicated at how our pleasure seems to show no signs of ending.
Oh, my love.
It takes a while before our breathing gradually eases up and for our heartbeat to slow down. It takes a while before I even have the energy to lift my dazed eyes to his.
And I see right away that he already knows.
Oh, he definitely knows I'm his.
But it's just as clear that he doesn't believe my feelings are real.
No matter, though.
I prayed to God that my nonna would choose the same man He'd choose for me.
And she did.
Lorenzo is the man for me.
I know it.
I'm sure of it.
And even though I obviously have my work cut out for me in convincing Lorenzo of my feelings—-
No biggie.
It's not like my brothers were any better when they first met their wives.
I just have to do what the other girls did, easy.
It can be anything from making a bet that I'm guaranteed to lose (Cat), getting involved in a boyfriend-stealing scandal (Ysabel) to possibly accidentally killing a bad guy or two (Penelope).
Not a tall order, right?
Journal Entry
I'm not used to someone realizing how alone I feel.
And care enough to do something about it.
LORENZO'S MORNING ROUTINE had been set in stone even before being released from prison.
Wake up in the break of dawn.
Shower.
Then do whatever was needed that would occupy both his mind and hands.
Anything would do, for as long as he didn't have to remember the past.
And not once did he think marriage would change this.
But it did.
Because the first night alone he spent with his wife had destroyed everything he believed about himself.
