Chapter 77

Splayed out like a star on the bed with Jake’s palms pressed to mine, our fingers interlaced and pinned down on the mattress. He’s panting on top of me and finally finds the strength to move, rolling off gently and lying beside me after an energetic couple of hours in an empty house. I’m lying in the afterglow of the best morning of my life.

Yesterday we endured a day of meetings, one with an interior designer, then the local press for the announcement of our engagement in the paper. Finally, we had Sylvana clucking around for the remainder of the day, treating me like fragile glass, just like Jake does. Leila and Daniel never returned for the tour, so Sylvana finally got hers, minus the sexual moaning from upstairs. We hadn’t had another moment all day to be alone until we came to bed when his parents left for a dinner date. The day had been busy and unstoppable, and by the time we got to bed, Jake was tearing my clothes off in a frenzy to get our bodies back together now his