He Ransomed His Secret Son and Left Our Daughter novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: What He Asked
I took his hand and walked him across the lawn.
The grass was cool under my bare feet.
The carriage house window glowed ahead of us.
Dario didn't say a word.
He held my hand.
Inside, he shut the door and stood with his back against it.
"You said ask out loud," he said.
"I did." I stepped close and took his face in both hands.
"Ask me again."
"Let me stay," he said. "All the way. For good."
"Yes."
"Marlena..."
"There is no deal. You don't owe me, and I don't owe you. Nobody paid for anything."
I kissed him, slow and long.
His arms came around me, and his mouth softened under mine, and something loosened in his whole body.
"Say it again," he murmured.
"Yes."
"Again."
"Yes, Dario."
He laughed against my mouth, a broken little sound, and lifted me against him and carried me to the bed.
This time there was no hurry in it.
He laid me down with the lamp on and took his time looking.
He undressed me.
The sweater, the jeans, a button at a time.
He kissed each place as it came bare, my collarbone, my ribs, the hollow of my hip.
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