“I will see you two lovebirds later. I’m meeting Daniel and Claire for a late lunch. Don’t get into too much trouble now.” Tamara winks, kisses her fingertips, and walks off, *singsong* “Aurevoir. (Goodbye)”
Lili and I watch Tamara stride off, a happy skip to her step.
“How did ye know we be here?” Her Scottish lilt is stronger now, more like herself than I’ve ever heard her be. Her eyes narrow and a hand comes up, “wait, ye don’t have to answer that. Tamara is always twelve steps ahead of me.” She waves her hand in dismissal then sighs.
I cup her face with my hand and press my forehead to hers.
*Whisper* “God how I’ve missed you.”
She melts into my touch, closes her eyes, and whispers back.
“Me too.”
I kiss her then and it’s as if we are communicating the agony of these past few days. People pass by but it’s this woman in my arms who has my undivided attention.
Then I remember we have somewhere to be, and I reluctantly break our kiss.
“Are you ready to go?”
Her eyes dazedly open and she gives me a quizzical look, “where are ye taking me? I hope it involves food; I’m famished.” She giggles and that sound is pure heaven to my ears.
I bring our clasped hands to my lips and place a kiss to her knuckles.
“Well then, we best be on our way. *Glimmer of hope* How does Italian sound?” I send her a knowing glance.
Her eyes light with merriment and quite possibly a hint of another type of hunger, “only if there is tiramisu afterwards.”
She winks, and a low growl grows from within my chest, my body humming to life. I lean in close and whisper.
“So much tiramisu.”
I’d give this woman all the tiramisu in the world if I could glance that smile at least once every day.
Only her and I know what that one delicacy truly means.
I’m going to do this right.
Pray Tamara doesn’t forget thetiramisu.
_CHAPTER 9 - LILI_
“Keep love in your heart. Life without it is like a sunless garden with dead flowers.” – Oscar Wilde
The second I woke, I knew Tamara to be devising a plan; that woman makes my head spin with how tactful she can be. The songGirl On Fireby Alicia Keys is the epitome of this beautiful soul.
She is my cherished instigator.
I had not a clue what to expect, however the last thing I did expect was to see Alexander in the park.
And that kiss.
Oh God, that kiss of his.
I wanted it last forever, confess my devotion to this man, praise him for sticking it out through my trials and tribulations, and ask him if he’s experienced as much torment as I have these past days.
I don’t have to ask him, I can see written in his eyes, the hazel lightning is damn near non-existent. I have to bring back their spark.
Tamara may have her plan, but I have one of my own, one my monster will rage over. *Determined* Let it rage, for I am free, freer than I have been in well over a decade, even Tamara is loving this new me. Speaking of love, the reason why I am this way is due to the man before me now.