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‘No.’ I took her hand in mine. ‘It is not charm, it is the truth.Sei bellissima. You are beautiful.’

I closed the gap between us and pressed my mouth on hers. Sammie melted against me, then snaked her arms around my waist.

There was something different about this kiss. It was not the wild, frenzied, animalistic kisses we had before which were fuelled with the desire to get each other naked as quickly as possible so we could fuck.

This time it was slow, sensual and deep.

As our tongues gently flicked against each other, warmth flooded my body. Earlier I had said that I could eat Sammie’s pussy all day, but now I was adding kissing her to that list too.

And talking to her.

And being inside her.

Justbeingwith Sammie made me feel alive.

It was like I had been unconscious for years and she brought me back to life.

Sammie was a whirlwind. A firecracker. She lit me up like no other woman ever had.

Her stomach rumbled loudly and we laughed before slowly pulling away.

‘Sorry!’

‘This was why I needed to take you back to shore earlier to feed you. But I got distracted. You are addictive.’ I stroked her cheek.

‘I could say the same about you.’

‘Grazie.’ I kissed her gently on the lips, before pulling away and shaking my head. ‘It happened again!’

‘It’s not my fault!’ she giggled. ‘Go!’ Sammie shooed me away. ‘Do your boat driving thing before I end up snogging your face off.’

‘I am going!’ I laughed.

And as I headed towards the steps to restart the boat, I smiled, hoping that it would not be long before I got to kiss her all over again.

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SAMMIE

Even if a hundred people armed with Brillo pads scrubbed my face they wouldn’t be able to wipe away my massive smile.

I was so bloody happy.

As I sat out in the sunshine on the patio of my luxury villa, eating my favouritepasticciottopastry and sipping a freshly prepared cappuccino, whilst gazing up into the clear blue sky, butterflies flooded my stomach.

A week ago, I was feeling like shit and wondering if I’d have to go back to London because my match had disappeared. Now it was a completely different story. Forget being on cloud nine. I was floating on cloud nine billion.

And it was all thanks to Romeo.

Honestly, that man.

When it came to describing how thoroughly amazing he was, I didn’t even know where to start.

First there was his kindness.

As soon as we docked the boat last night, he asked me what I wanted to eat. When I said I felt like pizza, he drove miles just to take me to a place that he loved that didpanzarottiwhich was a pizza that has been folded over and fried, so all the cheese, tomato and other toppings were inside.

Once our order was ready, Romeo took me to sit on a bench opposite the sea, where we’d watched the stars whilst we devoured thepanzarotti, which was bloody delicious.