Page 43 of Amadeo
“Why? Because he lied about everything else! I should have known.” Tears filled her eyes.
Shaking my head, I told her softly, “I really don’t want you to cry anymore. I can’t stand it. It makes my chest hurt. I never had that reaction to someone's tears before.”
“You can’t be for real!” she exclaimed then she wrapped her arms around me and held me tightly. “Please accept my apology?” she whispered into my ear. “I don’t deserve your good graces, Deo. I’m a bitch. I know I am.”
“I don’t believe that. Well, ok, when you slapped me I might have had that name in my head for a minute.” I chuckled. “Notreally…I am kidding. But damn, I do like this hug.” I found that I like it too much, so I stepped back. “If you need me, just call.” I paused and rolled my eyes. “No, you can’t do that. My phone died earlier today and I still haven’t charged it. We have a landline though.”
“I know.” She nodded. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw it by my bed.”
“Well, since some of us don’t charge our phones, it will come in handy now. If you need anything, just pick up that phone and tap…” I paused. “Damn, I don’t know. I mean it has a list next to it on the nightstand, but I don’t think my room is on that? I mean no one has ever called me on that phone before.”
She laughed. “It’s ok, but where is your room? I might need you if they find Deacon. He will need care and I still don’t believe your father will be kind to him. ”
“You’re right. I don’t believe that either.” I turned and motioned to the stairs. “I’m in the east wing, I guess it's called. You would have to go down the stairs and to the next hall. Then you need to—”
She grabbed my sleeve and tugged me forward into her room. “Never mind, you can stay with me.”
Before I knew it, I was in her room as the door slammed shut behind me. I paused. I didn’t expect this at all. I mean…I loved the idea of course, but—
Yanking me forward, she rose up on her tiptoes and pressed her lips to mine. “Baciami e basta…Just kiss me, Deo.”
I froze at her words and hearing them in Italian was even sexier. I groaned, then I didn’t even hesitate. I crushed her lips with mine and deepened the kiss while my body heated up at the contact between us. Then I did what I’d wanted to do for the last ten days—I touched her. My hands were roaming over her body at will. Breaking the long breathless kiss, I whispered, “I’d betternot stay.” I knew if I didn’t leave right the fuck now, I wouldn’t be able to leave her at all. I tried to pull back.
Again, she aggressively grabbed my lapels and tugged me close. “No, you need to stay.”
I looked into her dark eyes and replied, “If we do this, you’re mine and I’m keeping you.”
Gia gazed up at me. “I cannot figure out why you would keep me around. You have never even seen my good side.”
I shook my head as I smiled. “And I look forward to seeing that side,” I teased her.
She laughed. “You are a fool, you know that, right?”
“And I will stay one if it means I get to be with you.”
She kept shaking her head.
“I knew it the minute I saw you, Gia. Damn, it rocked my world.”
Nodding her head, she admitted, “I remember feeling the same way.”
I tucked my head back a bit as this surprised me. At that time, her cold scowl and the glittering in her eyes told me she would destroy my world if I even approached her.
“I’d already seen you the day before we left the hospital,” she admitted. “And I couldn’t stop staring. Then that night you were all I could think about before I fell asleep.”
I slowly shook my head in disbelief. I never guessed this of course.
“Then the next day before we got my patient into the helicopter, your father introduced us.” Gia shook her head. “When he said your name, I lost my breath and felt like I’d been hit by a train. The first man that made my heart hammer and he was the same man that…” Shaking her head, Gia let out a sigh. “It was a shock.”
“And now?” I asked.
“It’s still a shock, but in a good way. I can’t believe that I get to be with you. That I…” She paused to gaze up at me. “I get to love you.”
Damn, I never thought a few simple words could ever take my breath away. This woman loving me? It was so far from what I thought would be just an hour ago when I had no hope of being right here where we stood.
“We still have Deacon and your dad to deal with though.” She sighed.
“For now, let’s forget it all,” I suggested. “Forget everything for a little while. I advise a trip to the moon and I will be your pilot. The trip might only last for a night but you will see every star along the way.” I smirked.
