AllFreeNovel
Share Us
When Emilio and the other guards bring in the luggage, I climb to my feet and walk back into the room.
“Vito, my keycard.”
He hands it to me, and I say, “Stay with my mother until she’s comfortable.”
“Yes, boss.”
Taking Gabriella’s hand, I pull her out of the room and up the stairs to our suite.
I scan the keycard and shove the door open.
Once we’re inside, I bring my hands up and frame her face, my eyes drifting over every beautiful inch of her.
“There are no words to describe how much I love you,” I murmur.
Her smile softens. “I love you too.”
“It’s you and me forever, amore mia.”
She pushes herself up on her tiptoes, and against my lips, she breathes, “Forever.”
As I kiss her with a hunger only she can create in me, I once again thank all that’s holy I took her for myself.
Gabriella
It takes a whole week for Damiano to finally relax, and I’m proud to say I even have him wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
But he still walks around with a murderous expression on his face that scares the hotel staff half to death.
“Stop scowling at everyone,” I whisper as we walk down a path that leads to the market.
There are sailboats in a small bay area and the summer sun shines brightly down on us.
“I’m not scowling,” he mutters, just as a mom and a toddler walk by us.
The poor kid takes one look at Damiano, then his bottom lip trembles, and he cries at his mom to pick him up.
“You’re making children cry,” I say as I slap his arm, then I spot a floating deck where seals are sunbathing. “Oh my gosh! Look. Seapuppies.”
I hurry to Mamma’s side and quickly explain, “There are seals bathing in the sun. They’re so fat but cute.”
“They stink,” Damiano mutters under his breath.
A baby seal clambers onto the deck and makes a barking sound as he climbs all over the others to get to his mom.
“Oh, they’re loud,” Mamma mentions. “And Damiano’s right. They smell quite bad.”
I glance at the seals again before pulling Mamma in the direction of the aquarium so we can get out of the sun.
I spend time at every display explaining what the different fish look like before Vito comes to take Mamma from me.
The next room is dark, and there are cylinder tubes with tiny jellyfish moving through the water.
Damiano catches my eye from the other side of the display, and I watch as he slowly walks closer to me, a look of awe on his face.
“What?” I chuckle when he stops to just stare at me.
“Have I told you how fucking breathtakingly beautiful you are?”
