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She had set me up.

Maybe I should ask the hotel if they were looking for matchmakers, because Mamma had a natural talent for it.

‘I think my mother likes you,’ I said as we set off towards the port where the boat was docked.

‘You reckon?’ Surprise filled Sammie’s voice.

‘Sì. There were moments during lunch that I wondered whether she liked you more than me. I am worried that she wants to adopt you.’ I laughed.

When I saw how well they bonded so quickly, it brought a smile to my face.

As much as Mamma wanted to see me settle down, she was also very protective. She disliked almost every woman I ever took home. Including my last long-term girlfriend. Yet she spent one afternoon with Sammie and adored her.

Not that I could blame her. Sammie was very easy to like.

‘I’d gladly let your mum adopt me. She’d have to share me with my own parents, though! Seriously, she’s such a sweetheart. Her food is divine and my God, she’s a stunner. Now I can see where you get your good looks from.’

‘Papà would hate to hear you say that. He is happy when everyone says we look like him, but I prefer to be compared to Mamma. She is beautiful inside and out.’

‘I bet all your mates thought she was a MILF when you were growing up.’

‘MILF? I do not know this word.’

‘Mum I’d Like to Fuck.’

‘Ohhh.’ I nodded, then winced. ‘I do not like to think of her in that way, but it is true. Many of my friends had a crush on her. At the time it was embarrassing.’

‘It’s cool! Your mum would clean up if she put herself back out there. I’d kill to look as hot as her at her age. Must be nice to be so beautiful that you know you’re gonna attract loads of attention.’

‘I do not think that a woman like you has any trouble attracting attention,’ I growled as my eyes raked over her face, slowly travelling downwards before fixating on her thighs.

Sammie had changed out of her bikini into a short dress and I had noticed that it kept riding higher up her thighs, exposing her soft skin.

A few days ago, I would have found it distracting, but now I had tasted what was between those legs, it was even harder to concentrate.

‘You’d be surprised!’ she said as we stopped at the traffic lights.

‘Well, you havemyattention.’ I turned to face her and our eyes locked for a few seconds before my gaze moved to her chest.

When I saw her nipples poking through her dress, my cock thickened. She was not wearing a bra and her dress strap had fallen from one shoulder. All it would take was one little tug and her breast would be exposed. And if that happened, I would beg her to let me take it in my mouth.

I knew I was not supposed to be thinking of her in that way, but I could not stop myself.

Was Sammie thinking the same?

She did not seem too upset when I had said we could not continue seeing each other so perhaps she had already got me out of her system. I wished I could do the same, but she was too tempting.

‘Are you checking me out?’ she asked.

‘Sì,’ I said, my eyes returning to hers. ‘It is hard not to.’

‘What happened to keeping our distance?’

‘We tried, but somehow we ended up on the same beach at the same time and now thanks to my mother, we are in this car, alone.’

‘Anyone would think the universe is trying to force us together,’ she said, her eyes still firmly fixed on mine. ‘So it’s not our fault.’

‘Exactly.’ I inched closer.