He stroked his fingers through her hair. ‘It’s because I love you, Molly. You’re so easy to love.’
‘And so are you. At least, you are now,’ she added darkly.
He laughed. ‘Was I such a terrible man before?’
‘Terrible,’ she agreed, mock-seriously. ‘But terribly sexy too.’
‘Are you angling for more sex, Signora De Gennaro?’
‘There isn’t time, darling. I’ve got to oversee last-minute preparations for tonight’s dinner because there’s a lot of pressure when you’re cooking for your in-laws for the first time.’ She frowned. ‘And I’m worried I’m going to ruin the capitone.’
His fingertips tiptoed over her belly. ‘You’re not going anywhere until you tell me you love me.’
‘I love you. I love you more than I ever thought possible. I love that you’re a brilliant father and husband and brother-in-law and son. I love the fact that you’ve opened a football academy here in Naples and are giving a chance to poor boys with a dream in their hearts. How’s that? Is that enough?’
‘Curiously, it leaves me wanting more,’ he growled. ‘But then you always do.’
‘More of wh-what?’ she questioned unsteadily, as his hand moved towards her quivering thigh.
‘More of this.’ He smiled as he found her wet heat and stroked, enjoying her soft moan of pleasure.
‘But, Salvio, there isn’t time,’ she said, her eyes growing smoky as he continued his feather-light teasing. ‘What about the capitone?’
And then Salvio said something which, as a good Neapolitan, he had never imagined himself saying—but in the circumstances, perhaps was understandable. He pulled her on top of him and touched her parted lips with his own. ‘Stuff the capitone,’ he growled.
* * * * *
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