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I laugh as he crawls over me. “Something like that.”
He furrows his brows. “What’s it mean, then?”
“It’s a thing for getting someone knocked up.”
He shakes his head vigorously and says, “Oh, that’s not… Well, actually, I do kind of like the idea of you?—”
“Don’teven think about it. I’m on birth control, so that’s not something that’s happening right now.”
Enzo laughs, and the rumble goes straight into me. “Hey, they’re only like ninety-nine percent effective, but I know, I know. No babies… yet.”
“Are babies something you really want?”
He’s quiet for a minute. “If you asked me before I met you, I would’ve said that’s a hard pass, but now that you’re in my life, I’m starting to look at it differently.”
I run my hands through his soft hair. “Differently,” I repeat softly.
“I was perfectly content with not having a wife or kids, and now I look at you and can’t think of any other life I’d want.”
“Wow, you went from justfallingfor me to not being able to see me as anything but your wife and the mother of your children?”
“I said I was falling for you because I didn’t want to scare you off with the intense feelings I’ve developed for you in such a short amount of time.”
“Intense feelings …”
Enzo gazes into my eyes as if he’s studying me, deciding whether to say the next words that seem to be on the tip of his tongue.
“I love you, Amalia. I know it’s crazy, seeing how this has all been between us, and that it’s only been about a month since we’ve known each other. But if I’ve learned anything from watching my brother and his wife, you can fall for someone hard and incredibly fucking fast. The time and place don’t matter.Nothingmatters except the feelings and the connection between the two people.”
My mouth falls open at his confession. Of course when we said we were falling for each other I expected it to turn into something like this, but I didn’t think it would happen the next day. This is all moving so quickly, but for some crazy reason, it still feels right.
“You don’t have to say it back. I don’t expect it and wouldn’t want you to say it just because I said it.”
I already know I love him, but how can I say the words when my entire life is in a fireball of a mess?
“I just wanted you to know how serious I am about the two of us because I don’t see a future without you. Whether you like it or not, you’re stuck with me, Amalia Velasco.” He laughs to himself, and it puts the biggest damn smile on my face that has me questioning why I didn’t think I’d be able to say the words.
“I love you too, Vincenzo DiMaggio.”
His eyes light up, then his lips are on top of mine.
“You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that.”
He drags me so I’m lying on his chest, listening to the comforting thump of his heart.
As we lie here, soaking in each other, my heart feels so full. But there’s still one thing I have to take care of before Enzo and I can ever dream of living our happily ever after, and that’s taking care of Pedro and my uncle.
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VINCENZO
Aknock on the door sounds, waking me out of my sleep. I peer around the room, remembering I’m in a hotel with Amalia. She’s sound asleep on my chest with one leg draped over my hip. Her rhythmic breathing is almost in sync with my own.
Another knock sounds.
Who the fuck would be knocking on our door?
Amalia’s heavy breaths tell me she’s in a deep sleep, so I carefully maneuver myself out of the entangled sheets.
