wasn’t made by your beautiful hands.” Arrigo walked over and took her left hand in his. Nibbling on the pads of her fingers, he stared at her through hooded eyes.
“I was thinking about getting an apartment.” Arrigo continued to kiss and nip at her fingers.
“Oh really?” Sana tried to hide her concern, but she knew she failed miserably.
“Yes and I was hoping you would move in with me, but if you don’t want to we don’t have to.” Arrigo shrugged his shoulders, acting nonchalant.
Sana stopped stirring the sauce and looked at him. “Do you really mean it?”
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t mean it. I th ought we could use the privacy.”
Sana tried to remain cool about the topic, but inside she wasn’t sure if she should celebrate the idea or fear it. A sudden panic blanketed her. The past few weeks with Arrigo had been new and exciting for her, but to move out of the Sentinel Headquarters and into an apartment would take her out of her comfort zone.
Forcing an obvious smile, she nodded and pulled her hand back. Stirring the sauce , she thought about the change. Would it really be that much different than being here in her room?
“We don’t have to. It was just a thought.” Arrigo’s dejected tone cut right through Sana and to make the moment worse he walked away. In an instant, she realized that being apart from him would kill her. She couldn’t even remotely imagine spending a night without him. Her heart pounded and true panic took over.
Quickly, she flipped the burner of f and set the sauce aside. Although he wasn’t more than twenty feet away from her, she darted to find him in the bathroom.
“I want to go with you.” She sounded breathless and she knew it. Her eyes stung with the hint of tears as the thought of him leaving her there alone lingered in the back of her mind.
Arrigo pulled on a shirt and as he looked up at her, her body warmed. His green eyes were bright and full of excitement. Then, a smile crossed his face.
“I just want it to be the two of us.” Arrigo took a step toward her. “No, security cameras in the halls, no one around to spy on us.” Shaking his head, he continued. “No one to see me strip you naked and kiss every square inch of your body.”
With his last statement, he slid his hands over her hips. “You know it won’t be much different than living here, but we’ll be completely alone.”
Sana couldn’t breathe as Arrigo slid his hands over her hips and when he dipped his head to her ear she shivered at his breath.
“Sana, I just want you all to myself.” With his intent clear, her mind rejoiced. He wanted her.
“I’d like that,” Sana whispered back. Arrigo kissed her cheek and promptly slapped her on the butt.
“Let’s eat. I don’t want you getting mad at me.” Arrigo knew her very well already. A new joy inside her spread and she became anxious to find an apartment together.
****
“That’s the last of it.” Sana let out a sigh as she put down the last box of her things. She only had her clothes and a few personal items besides her arsenal, but that arsenal wasn’t small. Her guns, knives and armor had taken up five boxes, let alone her gun safe and since it was Sunday, they wasn’t anyone at HQ to ask questions.
Arrigo on the other hand only had three boxes. He hadn’t been stateside long enough to have anything other than his military uniforms, what little clothes he’d purchased in the last month, and two guns. Still, it had only taken them a few short hours to move their things in.
They had picked out an apartment that was actually available right away and seizing the opportunity, they moved in two days before Christmas.
Looking around the bare apartment, he realized that this was his first real home in over thirteen years. He had lived in military barracks, makeshift dorms, tents, or even on the ground in destroyed buildings or in the sand of the desert. Not anymore, though.
Everything with the
“I was thinking about getting an apartment.” Arrigo continued to kiss and nip at her fingers.
“Oh really?” Sana tried to hide her concern, but she knew she failed miserably.
“Yes and I was hoping you would move in with me, but if you don’t want to we don’t have to.” Arrigo shrugged his shoulders, acting nonchalant.
Sana stopped stirring the sauce and looked at him. “Do you really mean it?”
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t mean it. I th ought we could use the privacy.”
Sana tried to remain cool about the topic, but inside she wasn’t sure if she should celebrate the idea or fear it. A sudden panic blanketed her. The past few weeks with Arrigo had been new and exciting for her, but to move out of the Sentinel Headquarters and into an apartment would take her out of her comfort zone.
Forcing an obvious smile, she nodded and pulled her hand back. Stirring the sauce , she thought about the change. Would it really be that much different than being here in her room?
“We don’t have to. It was just a thought.” Arrigo’s dejected tone cut right through Sana and to make the moment worse he walked away. In an instant, she realized that being apart from him would kill her. She couldn’t even remotely imagine spending a night without him. Her heart pounded and true panic took over.
Quickly, she flipped the burner of f and set the sauce aside. Although he wasn’t more than twenty feet away from her, she darted to find him in the bathroom.
“I want to go with you.” She sounded breathless and she knew it. Her eyes stung with the hint of tears as the thought of him leaving her there alone lingered in the back of her mind.
Arrigo pulled on a shirt and as he looked up at her, her body warmed. His green eyes were bright and full of excitement. Then, a smile crossed his face.
“I just want it to be the two of us.” Arrigo took a step toward her. “No, security cameras in the halls, no one around to spy on us.” Shaking his head, he continued. “No one to see me strip you naked and kiss every square inch of your body.”
With his last statement, he slid his hands over her hips. “You know it won’t be much different than living here, but we’ll be completely alone.”
Sana couldn’t breathe as Arrigo slid his hands over her hips and when he dipped his head to her ear she shivered at his breath.
“Sana, I just want you all to myself.” With his intent clear, her mind rejoiced. He wanted her.
“I’d like that,” Sana whispered back. Arrigo kissed her cheek and promptly slapped her on the butt.
“Let’s eat. I don’t want you getting mad at me.” Arrigo knew her very well already. A new joy inside her spread and she became anxious to find an apartment together.
****
“That’s the last of it.” Sana let out a sigh as she put down the last box of her things. She only had her clothes and a few personal items besides her arsenal, but that arsenal wasn’t small. Her guns, knives and armor had taken up five boxes, let alone her gun safe and since it was Sunday, they wasn’t anyone at HQ to ask questions.
Arrigo on the other hand only had three boxes. He hadn’t been stateside long enough to have anything other than his military uniforms, what little clothes he’d purchased in the last month, and two guns. Still, it had only taken them a few short hours to move their things in.
They had picked out an apartment that was actually available right away and seizing the opportunity, they moved in two days before Christmas.
Looking around the bare apartment, he realized that this was his first real home in over thirteen years. He had lived in military barracks, makeshift dorms, tents, or even on the ground in destroyed buildings or in the sand of the desert. Not anymore, though.
Everything with the
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