He cupped her cheek while leaning in to kiss the other. The touch of his soft lips on her skin caused her entire body to ignite with need. What could his touch, his kiss, do to other parts of her body, she wondered.
“I’ll see you soon,” he said after he pulled back and released her, his gaze upon her heated.
Sasha shamelessly ogled his fine jean-clad posterior as we walked away. She could see how well defined his back, shoulders, and arms were through his soaked white t-shirt.
Damn, that man had swagger, she thought.
When he was out of sight, she snapped out of her lust-filled haze and realized her hotel was just up the block.
“Buon pomeriggio, Signorina Francesca,” the concierge called out when she entered the lobby of her hotel.
She almost didn’t answer him, figuring he was talking to someone else, but she recovered quickly. “Buon pomeriggio, Alessandro.” She gave him a wave. “I got caught in the rain,” she added in Italian, laughing off her sodden appearance.
Alessandro simply nodded in understanding. “Succede.” It happens.
She gave him another wave before heading upstairs.
As soon as she shut the door to her room, her hands began to tremble. The full realization of what could have happened had finally hit her. Her legs suddenly felt unsteady, and she sank to the ground. She could feel the onset of a panic attack, but then the image of striking eyes and a killer smile invaded her senses, leaving her heart frantic for other reasons than sheer terror.
She hadn’t had panic attacks since she was a teenager, nor was this by any means her first brush with death, making her wonder why she was having one now. Maybe it was because she’d finally carved a life out for herself away from all the violence, and perhaps the possibilities the sexy stranger enticed her with made her hopeful for the future, something she never bothered to think about. She knew all too well how easily someone’s future could be snuffed out of existence.
Sasha picked herself up from the floor, decided she would not think at all, about anything, and went to get herself ready for a date with Rome, the gorgeous stranger she owed her life to.
