Pain Lived, Love Found

Author:Lake, Thalia [Lake, Thalia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Watkins Presents
Published: 2015-05-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen - Sloane’s Confessions

For the next two months, Luca and I saw each other every chance we got. He had to come to Pricewaterhouse a few times for status meetings, and I was only included in one of them. We kept things professional and only spoke to each other when necessary at the office. We both agreed early on that it would best if we kept our relationship as under the radar as possible, which is why we rarely went out to dinner and would eat dinner at each other’s places instead. Luca was a wonderful cook, and he got to find out that I wasn’t so bad in the kitchen either.

As much as I wanted and desired Luca, and as tempted as I have been to rip his clothes off and demand that he take me, we refrained from crossing that line. Our make out sessions could get pretty intense, and I know one day soon we’re not going to have the willpower to pull back and stop. I had shared with Luca that I wanted him to know everything about me before we were intimate. That way if he decided he couldn’t handle having someone like me with so much baggage and a messed up family, he could leave without us having shared something so sacred.

I’m an old fashioned girl when it comes to sex. I don’t do casual sex or one-night stands. My girlfriends tell me how much fun it is, but to me that should be reserved for two people who truly love each other. Giving your body to the man or woman you love is one of the greatest expressions of love one can give and receive. The intimacy and emotions involved are not something I believe one can just get over, especially if you love that person. That’s why I don’t want to be in the position of giving myself to a man who doesn’t love and value me the same way that I love and value him. I know it’s a crap shoot, and you can fall in love with someone only to find out later that they don’t love you the same way. I’ve been told that I live in a fantasy world, but I will forever believe in true love. Yes I’m picky; yes, I’m selective, but I feel deep down in my heart that it will pay off in the end. I refuse to give my heart or my body to just anyone, but Luca Santorini isn’t just anyone to me.

Little by little I shared with Luca things about my family, and I didn’t sugar coat anything. First and foremost I needed him to understand why I despised my father so much. I told him about his constant cheating on my mother, his verbal abuse to everyone in our family and the physical abuse of my two older brothers. I saw the rage boil inside of Luca’s eyes as I shared these painful truths with him about my family.

“Damn

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