Give a Little by Kate Perry

Author:Kate Perry [Perry, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781502397829
Amazon: B00IWFM8YQ
Barnesnoble: B00IWFM8YQ
Goodreads: 23173387
Publisher: Kate Perry
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Bea woke up suddenly, confused, not sure where she was.

Luca’s house in Bologna.

Sitting up, she pushed her hair out of her face. She hadn’t slept well.

Correction: She hadn’t slept well after she’d snuck back to her room sometime early in the morning. Before then, she’d slept perfectly well. The only thing that had disturbed her sleep while snuggled in Luca’s arms was his love making.

Morning routine, she told herself. She jumped out of bed to take a cool shower. She immediately felt more herself once she washed away the night and the scent of Luca on her skin. Getting dressed, she went downstairs in search of coffee and to answer emails, even though she’d technically agreed to no work. A woman had to do what she needed to do sometimes.

Her phone rang as she finished making herself a cappuccino with the fancy espresso machine on the kitchen counter. She looked at the screen and answered it since it was Inga. “Hello,” she said softly, taking her cup outside.

“Why are you whispering?” Inga asked.

“I’m not whispering,” she lied as she walked away from the house. The last thing she needed was to wake Luca. She wasn’t ready to see him yet—not until she’d regained her equilibrium.

“You are too whispering,” Inga insisted. “Are you in a church?”

“Why would I be in a church?” She had no intention of telling her assistant that she’d agreed to no work for a week. Likely Inga would have her admitted for psychiatric care. “Is everything all right at the office?”

“Yes. Marcus Sutter left a message for you, and I wanted to make sure you arrived and didn’t need anything.”

She needed her flat and her office and her driver. Maybe a massage, too. “I’m fine.”

“Beatrice!” Luca’s voice called out.

Damn it. She glanced back at the house. “I must go, Inga.”

Her assistant’s voice went sly. “I see.”

“What does that mean?”

“Nothing, but I’m glad someone else is taking care of your needs in my absence.” Chuckling, Inga hung up.

“Cheeky sort,” Bea said, ending the call. She turned around to find Luca in the kitchen threshold, looking like he hadn’t slept any better than she had.

His gaze fell on her mobile, and his expression darkened with disapproval.

It bothered her that he assumed she was working—she could have been on the line with one of her sisters. It also bothered her that he was right, and that he looked like she’d gone back on her word.

His disappointed expression wasn’t the worst thing—the fact that she cared so much that she’d disappointed him was though.

She held on to her mobile, because it was the only thing keeping her from running for high ground. She couldn’t run, she reminded herself. She’d made a deal. She wanted Stallon-E.

Lifting her chin, she marched toward him.

“Where have you been?” he asked as she approached, his voice gravelly.

“Right here.”

“You’re not supposed to use your mobile this week.”

She shook her head. “You don’t know that I was working.”

“Were you working?”

“I was talking to my assistant,” she said defiantly.

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