Confessions of an Italian Marriage by Dani Collins

Author:Dani Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-06-09T14:16:16+00:00

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Giovanni was more careful over the next few days. By the time they settled into his penthouse in Paris, things between him and Freja had returned to what passed as their normal, but Everett was right. Much as Giovanni hated to admit it, this wasn’t sustainable. The mere thought of sending her back to New York had him tensing his arm around her, though, accidentally waking her.

She drew a deep breath and stretched, warm curves shifting against his side while her hand made a lazy pass across his chest.

“Did I fall asleep? I didn’t mean to,” she said in a murmur and snuggled back into him, thigh coming up to his waist and lips turning into his shoulder. Her hair tickled under his jaw and her breath warmed his skin as she said, “We have to go out tonight, don’t we?”

“We have time.” He played his fingers in her hair, bordering on addicted to this simple pleasure of having her naked in bed beside him, all sated and warm as they dozed off their sex.

Ah, the sex. That wicked, exalted act that had gotten him into this predicament.

“Freja?” He discovered his voice wasn’t nearly as steady as it should be. He cleared his throat. “When do you expect to know if you’re pregnant?”

Just like that, the equilibrium they’d found after that difficult day in Frankfurt was sucked away, leaving a silence so profound, he could hear his own heartbeat in his ears.

“I’m a day late,” she said in a small voice.

His heart lurched so hard, the sound in his ears kicked to life like a furnace bursting into action on a shot of fuel. His whole being was accosted by euphoria.

“A day,” he repeated with wonder.

“Only one. It doesn’t mean—”

“I know.” He touched her lips to silence her. “Let me have this.” He had told himself it wouldn’t matter, that it was such a long shot he shouldn’t project any anticipation into it, but he closed his eyes to savor this moment of possibility.

“You can’t want me to be pregnant,” she said against his finger.

“Why can’t I?” He opened his eyes and tucked his chin to look at her, combing her hair off her face with his hand. “Who wouldn’t want a little girl with your disarming blue eyes? Or a boy with my stubborn personality annoying the hell out of me? Or the other way around?” He closed his fist in the tails of her hair and drew it beneath her chin, tilting her mouth up close enough to set a kiss on her lips. “If nothing changes overnight, I’ll book you a doctor’s appointment in the morning. I want to know.”

“I bought a test while I was out today.”

Another thrust of shock went through him, this one edged with irritation that she was continuing to wander cities without mentioning where she was going or who she was with. Everett was the suspicious one, but Giovanni didn’t need these slivers of doubt.

“Did you take it?” he asked.

“No. It’s still early.

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