Page 37 of Ti Amo

“Right?” Giovanni continued to chuckle. “So now you’re myconsigliere?”

She smiled. “I’m just making conversation that’s all.” She kissed his chest then rose.

He watched her, curious. “Where are you going?”

“To shower. Do we have clothes here?”

He lifted on his elbows and felt himself stiffen again as he stared lustfully at her nude ass moving away. “Yes, but don’t put on any,” he called after her.

She laughed and went to the back room trying to locate the shower. Lying back he put his arm behind his head. Dominic had been the voice of reason during many stormy days. His Bella was right. The phone near the bed rang. Giovanni sat upright. No one had the number besides Dominic and Catalina, a call couldn’t be good. He leapt from the bed and plucked the cordless from the base. Extending the antenna to make sure he picked up a good signal he answered it.

Immediately he heard the loud screaming and crying of hisbambina.

“Ciao?”

“Giovanni?” Catalina paced the floor holding a wailing Eve who kicked and howled in her arms almost causing her to drop her.

“What’s wrong?”

“I can’t find her pacifier, and she won’t stop crying. Where’s Mira?” Catalina asked.

“Try singing to her, Catalina.”

“I did that! I sung to her and I fed her, but she keeps saying ‘ninny’…‘ninny’…that has to be the blasted thing but I can’t find it.”

He headed to the bathroom. “Put her on the phone.” He had to pull the phone from his ear from her cries. He tried to sing the lullaby to her. Eve screamed louder. He opened the bathroom door. Mira was nude in front of the mirror trying to find something to pin her hair up with. She looked up and smiled. “Something wrong?”

“Somebody lost their ninny.”

Mira accepted the phone. “Hello?”

“Mira, thank God. Do you have an extra one of her pacifiers?”

“Check the inside pocket of her baby bag. It should be with the rest of the bags that the men brought into Giovanni’s room.” She glanced at him and winked. “I mean in our room.”

“I did it’s not there.” Catalina said.

“I have a black duffle and there is a night case inside with my toiletries I think there’s one in a plastic baggie.

“Okay hold on.”

Giovanni slapped her on her rear and went to the shower. Mira shook her head at him. She made her mind up that on Miss Eve’s second birthday she was going to make her retire the pacifier. The tantrums she threw when she couldn’t locate it were extreme. Several minutes passed and Catalina came back on the phone. Eve was quiet.

“Found it!”

Mira laughed. “Are you okay? Do you need me to come back?”

“We were fine until we couldn’t find the thing. My goodness, it took me ten minutes to figure out what a ninny was.”

Mira nodded, “Well, she should be sleepy anyway. Give her some milk in her cup and she should go straight to sleep.”

“I’ll take care of her don’t worry. You two have fun,ciao!”

Mira pushed down the antenna and put the cordless phone on the bathroom sink. She headed straight for the shower. When she drew open the frosted glass door. The steam swirled in a hazy mist over him as he lathered his hair. Mira couldn’t wait to touch him. She ran her hands over his broad back mesmerized by the tattoo that reached from one shoulder to the other. She kissed and traced her tongue over the intricate design. Giovanni went forward, his strong arms outstretched and his palms flat to the tile wall. The muscles under his golden tan skin flexed and she traced kisses down his spine. Water cascaded in rivulets down his spine and back. He turned around and kissed her, drawing her directly under the warm spray. She cursed at getting her hair wet. It was too late to turn back now. She laughed wiping at her face, and he kissed the side of her neck. “Is everything okay?” he asked.

“Yes. Eve’s fine, though I miss her. We should have brought her with us.” Mira said as he ran his hands over her thighs.

“If we did, I wouldn’t be able to do this.” He lifted and placed her up against the wall. She giggled from his strength. He pushed her up higher so he could suck lovingly on her extended nipples.

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