Ache for You by J. T. Geissinger

Author:J. T. Geissinger [Geissinger, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
ISBN: 9781503904385
Google: XS-ytwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1503904385
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

Neither of us speaks on the ride back to Il Sogno. As soon as he slows to a stop, I leap from the car. I don’t look back. I head inside and go straight up to my bedroom, where I flop facedown onto the bed and ponder the situation.

There’s no denying it.

I want to jump Matteo’s bones.

I’m disappointed in myself because he is—or was—a relative, so ew. He’s another good-looking, entitled egomaniac like Brad, and I’ve sworn off those, and he’s also a heartless jerk who wants to pass off my designs as his own. Unfortunately, none of that can be helped. The only thing I can control is how I deal with this whole debacle.

The main problem is proximity. If I’m going to be living in this house with his mother until she kicks the bucket, I’ll be seeing a lot of him.

Maybe the idea of moving to Florence was a tad premature.

I suppose I could get my father’s business back into the black and look for a buyer then. That would at least guarantee I’d get a fair price for it, instead of having to sell at a bargain-basement price because of all the current debt. That way I’d have some money to pay for the flight home, the rent I owe on my ash pile of a dress shop, and first and last month’s rent on a new apartment.

That seems like a solid plan, until I remember what’s waiting for me in San Francisco.

Humiliation galore.

How long would it be before I’d be comfortable showing my face in public? Do I have the strength to endure all the whispers and giggles I’d hear while standing in line at Starbucks waiting for my morning latte?

But maybe I’m being overly dramatic. I’m no celebrity, after all. Yes, the paparazzi were after me because I was the hot story of the moment, but surely some other scandal will soon come along and everyone will forget who I am. In fact, I could already be yesterday’s news.

Excited at the thought, I jump up and snatch my handbag from the dresser. I dig out my phone and send Jenner a text.

Nobody in San Fran will still be talking about me in like a month, right?

He texts back within a minute.

I hate to tell you this, darling, but an executive from the Lifetime channel called my agent to see how they could contact you. They want to make a movie.

OMFG. Please tell me that’s a joke.

I wish it were. How are you?

Busy having a breakdown. I’ll call you later.

I flop back onto the bed and stare at the ceiling in dismay.

Where could I get a new identity? They make it look so easy in the movies, but I don’t know anyone even remotely criminal. Do I just walk into a passport photo place and drop hints about fleeing the country while flashing a wad of cash?

Maybe Lorenzo knows someone. Or Dominic. I bet he has ties to the mob—he knows everybody. Plus, he’s Sicilian. They’re super old school.

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