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I shift Clara in my embrace so I can take Alessandro too.

“Are you sure you can hold them both?” Adriano asks.

“Yeah.” I don’t care about the pain or anything.

I just want to feel them against me. As they’re both cradled in my arms, my eyes tear up again.

“Hello, Alessandro. Hello, Clara. I love you so, so much.”

Clara’s eyes open, and she looks straight at me. Another wave of love and happiness overcomes me.

My daughter and my son. Both so damn perfect.

“Is this even real life?” I ask softly as Alessandro moves his little fist and leans it against me.

“To be honest, I don’t know. I keep thinking it’s a dream, and that I’m going to wake up at any moment.But we can’t both be dreaming.” Adriano smiles, but I can see his eyes glistening.

“You can feel it too, right? All the love... It’s like I’m bathing in it.”

He bobs his head, and then his gaze meets mine. “The three of you are my life. I’ll protect you with everything I have.”

“I love you,” I say. “And the same goes for me. I’ll do anything to keep us all safe.”

His smile fades as he looks at the door. “Where’s that nurse? Do I really have to threaten people with murder to get help?”

“They’re probably busy, and I’m fine.”

He still opens the door and takes a peek outside. “Ah, there she is. She’s coming.”

I glance down at my babies, and I can’t wait to see all kinds of joy that I know they will bring into our lives.

CHAPTER 25

Chiara

The twins are asleep.

Both of them

At the same time.

It’s like a miracle. And Adriano and I are lucky that neither of us has to work, so we take shifts caring for the babies. But after months of complete exhaustion, maybe we can finally have a little break and some time just for us.

Maybe it would’ve been easier if I’d just hired a nanny, but I don’t want a stranger around my babies. I don’t want to risk anyone hurting them. My mom offered to help, but she slipped on the wet floor and broke her ankle, and I don’t want her to do anything until she fully heals.

Adriano watches me as I lie next to him on the bed.He shifts and winds his arm around me, his lips brushing my ear.

“I love you so much,” he whispers, and a shiver of delight runs through me as his hand slides down my nightgown.

“I love you too,” I murmur as he nips on my earlobe, his hand traveling down my stomach.

A fire ignites inside me almost instantly, and I glance at the baby monitor on the nightstand. They’re still asleep.

Adriano kisses my neck, and I can feel his erection poking at me as his hand lifts my nightgown. “Do you think you’re ready for—”

“Yes!”

He doesn’t even have to finish that sentence because I know what he’s thinking. It’s been a really long time, and I wanted him inside me so many times I’ve lost count.

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