Total pages in book: 114
Estimated words: 110771 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 554(@200wpm)___ 443(@250wpm)___ 369(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 110771 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 554(@200wpm)___ 443(@250wpm)___ 369(@300wpm)
“Hey, Princess, Marco says gently, coming up behind me. I close my eyes as I feel his lips glide against my neck. When he moves back, I tilt my head to look up at him. “You look as if you’re in deep thought, baby.”
“Not really. I was just reading the newspaper. There’s an interesting article in there about how local billionaire Toban Cirillo has been embezzling money from his investors and no one can find him. They said he was spotted boarding his private plane a week ago and now they can’t find him anywhere,” I murmur, my voice mild.
“Really? That’s horrible,” Marco responds, his voice not even bothering to hide his humor. I roll my eyes.
“They think he and his son have gone to Russia where they were known to have business dealings. Incidentally, Russia doesn’t seem to have extradition treaties.”
“That’s kind of smart if you think about it,” Marco says absurdly. “They won’t have to worry about being extradited back to stand trial.”
I shake my head, laughing. “You’re horrible.”
He walks around and gets in the swing with me and I angle my body to curl into him, resting my head on his chest as his arm goes around me.
“How is your father handling the news?”
I sigh. If I have one black spot, this would be it. My fucking father. I think I hoped to find something human in him. I video conferenced him to show him my face and told him exactly what Zervas had did and was planning to do to me—including whoring me out to Ivan Levkin. My father just hung up on me. He hung up on me.
“He’s ignoring it, much like he’s ignoring me, but I think he got the message. He knows you’ve given him a gift by letting him live and do that on the outside and not in a jail.”
“Bullshit, I didn’t give him a gift. I gave it to my wife as a wedding present.”
“You gave me a gallery for my wedding present. You give me too much every day, actually,” I murmur.
“I don’t think I give my wife enough, sweetheart.”
“Well, there is one thing you haven’t given me that I’d really like,” I respond.
“Name it and it’s yours, baby.”
He says it so casually, but I know he means it. Marco spoils me and does it in a way that I let him because I know it makes him happy. Eventually, I’m hoping he’ll understand that he’s already given me the world.
“I want a little boy with dark eyes and blue flecks that make my insides melt,” I whisper softly.
I feel his body jerk in response. I look up at him to judge his reaction and he’s just staring down at me, his face giving nothing away.
“Are you sure?”
“Marco—”
“Honey, we’ve only been married a couple of weeks and you just started working in the gallery…”
“I’m my own boss. I have hired great help in the gallery. I want a baby so it will be close to the age of Melina and Antonio’s. That way they can grow up together. Don’t you want children, Marco?” I ask, suddenly worried.
Suddenly his lips stretch into a smile and those blue flecks in his eyes practically glow. “I want a girl with soft blonde hair and a laugh that makes the whole world feel like warm sunshine, Ena.”
My heart flipflops in my chest. I swallow down my emotion and look at the man that owns me heart and soul. “I guess we’ll just keep trying until we both get what we want.”
“That sounds like a plan, baby,” he groans, his lips coming down on mine.
Our kiss is gentle and full of love, it’s communicating emotions that neither of us can put into words. How can you describe something that is indescribable?
When we pull apart, I find myself telling him what I need him to know above anything else. “Thank you, Marco. Thank you for making every dream I’ve ever had come true.”
His hand comes down to gently cup against the side of my face. “Keep dreaming, Princess. Keep dreaming because I’m not about to stop now.”
He kisses me again and then we break apart to look out over the ocean. I do it with a certainty that with Marco by my side, I’ll always be living my dreams, because he’s my whole world and finally, I understand that is exactly what I am to him, too.
And that’s everything.