"I actually feel ready to continue working. I've sorted my thoughts during the bath, and there's not much left to be done." She spoke suddenly, dropping everything in a rush of words that she wished she didn't have to utter.
The comfort of being with him could not be bared if she would not get the chance to show how much she loved and cared for him. It was too much torment having him in the same room, and what about having him make baths for her in her state?
Matteo's gaze softened as he beheld her. He took several steps closer until he was just a few inches away from her.
His heart raced with uncertainty as he beheld the reason for his unsettled heart. He did not want to give in, but one way or the other, she knew how to trigger many things out of him – and she did it all unwillingly.
He rose his palm and cupped her face, an unconscious gesture that conveyed the way he felt inside.
