In Sickness and in Wealth by Robinson Gina

Author:Robinson, Gina [Robinson, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Gina Robinson
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Kayla laughed as I pulled her by the hand through the dark, narrow alleyways of Sorrento. The pizzeria I was taking her to sat at the end of a narrow street that ended at the bay. It had a back terrace that looked across the water toward the sparkling lights of Naples. And hand-tossed, oven-fired pizza that melted in the mouth.

"I hope you know where you're going!" she said. "This area looks sketchy."

"No, it's fine. Just old. If we follow the light to the end of the alley we can't go wrong."

Inside the pizzeria, the atmosphere was pure old country. A nearly wall-sized painting of a jester during carnivale, dressed in full ruffles and mask as he put a pizza in the oven, hung on the wall opposite us. The air was filled with the scent of baking bread. I asked to be seated on the open-air brick terrace.

My timing was perfect. The sun was in the process of setting and the moon was rising silver over Vesuvius. We were given a view table. Strings of white lights crisscrossed and sparkled over our heads and the patio. We sat side by side on the same side of the table so we could both enjoy the view. On a bench seat with our backs to a brick wall that was slowly giving up its heat. A large, open window of the pizzeria released delicious aromas to the terrace. A bottle filled with a red rose sat in the middle of the table, along with an unlit candle. A local band played Italian folk music and love songs on the far side of the terrace from us.

I was high on the success of my team that afternoon. We were advancing to the semifinals. I was also high on the adrenaline of the hunt. Damn that ID thief for threatening me. I was tense with both excitement and fear. If I kept ignoring her, would she make good on her threat? Did she have something I wanted? Or was she bluffing?

I wanted her picture so I could flush her out. I needed more data points on her facial structure to hunt her down and shut her off. She was going to make a mistake soon. I could feel it the way I could feel it when my business competition, or a needy supplier, was about to make a desperate move.

I was also high on Kay. As she sat next to me, her new Italian perfume teased my nose. I could feel her body heat next to me. Her breast skimmed my arm, driving me mad with lust.

She was gorgeous, perfect as she studied the menu before her and laughed. "It's useless! Pointless. Like I can read Italian! I have no idea what this menu says. Except for the word pizza. Order me a cheese pizza, will you?" Her eyes danced.

"Cheese, huh?" I teased. "Adventurous as a five-year-old?"

She shoulder-bumped me. "I hear it's a specialty here. Nothing like a kid's pizza at home.

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