Lessons Learned

countries. We’ll have our lives in two countries.”
    Things were so simple. She’d forgotten his unending generosity. Now she remembered everything they’d already shared, thought of everything they’d yet to share. She blinked at tears. “I should’ve trusted you.”
    “And yourself, Juliet.” He framed her face until his fingers slid into her hair. “Dio, how I’ve missed you. I want my ring on your finger, and yours on mine.”
    “How long does it take to get a license in Rome?”
    Grinning, he whirled her in his arms. “I have connections. By the end of the week you’ll be—what is it?—stuck with me.”
    “And you with me. Take me to bed, Carlo.” She pressed against him, knowing she had to get still closer. “I want you to show me again what the rest of our lives will be like.”
    “I’ve thought of you, here, with me.” He pressed his lips against her temple as he remembered the words she’d hurled at him on that last night. “Juliet.” Troubled, he drew away, touching only her hands. “You know what I am, how I’ve lived. I can’t take it back, nor would I if I could. There’ve been other women in my bed.”
    “Carlo.” Her fingers tightened on his. “Perhaps I said foolish things once, but I’m not a fool. I don’t want to be the first woman in your bed. I want to be the last. The only.”
    “Juliet, mi amore, from this moment there is only you.”
    She pressed his hand to her cheek. “Can you hear it?”
    “What?”
    “The carousel.” Smiling, she held out her arms. “It’s never stopped.”

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