“You are making me blush,” he said softly, opening his dark eyes and catching her gaze.

“You were awake the whole time?” she asked him resignedly.

“The minute you stirred.” He told her softly reaching up a hand to cup her cheek. “I kept wondering if I had dreamed you here and I would wake up and find you gone.”

“Not a chance,” she told him huskily bending her head to capture his bottom lip between her teeth. “I am not going anywhere.”

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They talked about her childhood and his. “I thought they were happy together,” Leonie admitted. She was lying on top of him and they had not bothered to get dressed. She had no idea what time it was and she did not even care, she was where she belonged. “I used to see them laughing and talking together and I really thought they were happy together.”

“Things are not always what they appear to be baby,” he was starting to get an ere*tion again and he had to will away the urge to take her again, they needed to get things out in the open. “Mother and father were always polite to each other and I never saw them touching each other but I thought that was the norm for married couples until I was a teenager and went to a friend’s house. His mother and father sneaking kisses when they thought we weren’t looking and my friend would tell me in disgust that they did it all the time.” He smiled reminiscently. “I remember going back home an looking to see if mother and father did the same but they did not. I told myself I needed more than that, I wanted to be totally and irrevocably in love with the woman I marry.”

“And are you?” she asked him softly.

“Completely,” he answered promptly. “I want you to understand me Lee,” he said seriously, framing her face with his hands, his eyes intense. “I have never been in love before and I will not hide it, I have been with several women in the past. What I feel for you is so encompassing that I cannot exist outside of it. I love you completely and there is no if about it, you are my all and I would die or no longer want to exist if you leave me. I hope you can deal with that.”

“Let’s see,” she pretended to consider and she caught his eyes and the teasing dissolved. He was looking at her and he was very serious. “I love you and I have never been in love before either. I stayed away from men because of what happened in the past but I cannot and do not want to stay away from you. Can I deal with the way you feel? I can because I feel the same way; I don’t want to go on without you.”

He stared at her his eyes transfixed on hers and with a little groan he took her lips with his, the movement tender and seeking. She felt her body trembled and the tears starting, running down her cheeks and inside their mouths as the full meaning of their love for each other struck her.

*****

They called her mother and even though it was almost one a.m. in Italy she answered the phone immediately. “I hope we did not wake you Mom.” She said anxiously.

“Of course not honey, Lorenzo and I were here waiting for your call.” She chided.

“Someone wants to speak to you.” She handed the phone to John and snuggled into his arms as he spoke to her mother and Lorenzo.

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