Rock Solid
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Max swept his fingers over Emily’s beautiful face. He missed this face and wondered if a man could die feeling too much love in his heart. He lowered his mouth to hers.
Behind him he heard a horrified gasp. “Emily Louise Baskins! This is you!”
“Damn! I forgot to tell her…” Emily slipped from his embrace in a panicked rush. “Ma, I was going to tell you…”
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The morning’s sunlight filtered through Venetian blinds to stripe the bed and their entwined bodies. Max slipped Emily’s pale hair behind her ear. His fingertip played with the curve of its lobe.
“You’re so beautiful.” He moved to kiss her and she stopped him by laying two fingers across his lips.
“No, that’s not how you say it. Just for me, when we’re alone, in bed like this, and you’re kissing my neck and running your strong hands over my body, can you call me bella? And say my name the way I love?”
He held her gaze as the sun’s kiss played across her cheek. “And you won’t forget who you’re making love to?”
“It’s only ever been you, Max. I love you. Every part of you.”
He copied her and laid a fingertip against the soft pillow of her lip. “No, that’s not how you say it. Ti amo, remember?” He moved his finger away and watched her mouth.
“Si. Ti amo.”
Maximo moved over her and ran his fingertips down over the slim column of her throat. The beating of her heart met his touch. Reaching lower, he cupped her breast and teased its tip with a sweep of his thumb until it tightened and peaked. Emily pressed into his hand and whimpered.
Max laid a line of kisses down the side of her neck. “La mia bella, Emily, ti amo, ti amo.”
She shivered in his arms and sighed. Pulling back to gaze into her eyes, there was only one more thing to say. “Mi vuoi sposarmi?”
Emily gave a slight shake to her head. “I don’t know what that means. You’ve never said that before.”
“No, I’ve never said it before. Not like that. Not to anyone.” He took her hand off his chest and kissed the backs of her fingers and opened it to lay a kiss in its palm. “It means, will you marry me?”
A word about the author…
Lisa is an artist/writer who lives in her dream house nestled among the lakes in New England. She is married to her best friend and is thankful to him for putting up with all her craziness and for giving her the chance to be who she’s called to be.
She loves getting lost in a good book, finding the perfect pair of fabulous shoes, and hearing the laughter of her sons.
Her faith in love and grace has carried her through many things. Her deep spirituality shines through in her work, and she believes in ghosts, silver linings, and happily ever afters.
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