Chapter 54

“I have a meeting with my lawyer while you’re gone; we’ll eat when you’re back, dolcezza.” His fingertips touch my lower lip tenderly, his eyes focused on mine.

“She isn’t going to be too pleased when I tell her you’ve asked me to move into your apartment full-time,” I add. We briefly talked about this last night, him adamant, and even though I want nothing more than to curl up in his bed every night, a part of me knows the thought still terrifies me. Sarah will be upset, too, at the speed this is all progressing. It’s all happened so suddenly; we are moving so fast. He shrugs that infuriating mannerism of his when he couldn’t care less about someone opposing what he wants.

“She has her live-in boyfriend, and you two rarely see each other because of your work schedules.” He moves back around his desk, sits in his chair, and picks up the file he’d thrown down. “It’s going to happen, Emma, whether now or in a month or two. You think I will be happy living apart for very lo