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Says the woman who compared me to Mr Bean.

Me

Oi! Don’t diss Mr Bean or I’ll take back your new mug! He’s a national treasure.

Romeo

I know. I am not worthy of such a comparison.

Me

You are just as sexy as Mr Bean.

Romeo

Grazie. Now my head will not fit through the door after that compliment.

Me

I’m sure you’ll manage!

Romeo

I must go. I have a meeting with Victoria, but we will video call later, sì?

Me

Definitely! Ciao.

As I closed WhatsApp, my heart fluttered. Being away from Romeo had been hard, but I was so grateful for his messages and video calls. They were the highlight of my day.

Once I’d finished another painfully long stint at work, I went home, showered, cooked dinner then got ready to speak to Romeo.

We video called every night once he’d finished dinner service and was back in his office or in bed.

When it was his day off or he was sleeping at home, sometimes we’d have phone sex. I’d never been into that before, but not only did I miss him, I missed his talented cock and touching myself whilst watching Romeo on screen made me feel closer to him.

I was so glad there wasn’t long until we’d be back together again.

For the moment we planned to do the long-distance thing. Romeo would be over in less than three weeks, then in a couple of months, I’d use some of the few days’ holiday I had left to go and see him in Italy for a long weekend.

After that I didn’t know what would happen, but we’d work something out.

We had to.

My phone lit up and as Romeo’s name flashed on the screen, I let out an excited squeal, before jumping on the bed and accepting the call.

‘Hey!’ I said excitedly. ‘How are you?’

But as I saw Romeo’s solemn face, my smile slid from my lips.

‘What’s wrong?’ My face creased with concern.

‘I had a meeting earlier with Victoria.’ Romeo blew out a frustrated breath.

‘Yeah, I know, you said. How’d it go? Did she give you bad news?’

‘No. It was good news, but…’