“Michael?”

“Rose,” he purrs, and a shiver skirts down my backbone. “How are you feeling?”

“Higher. I’m hungry, although.”

“I’ll deliver you again some breakfast. Sadly, there isn’t a lot within the kitchen, however I’ll have it stocked instantly.”

“Breakfast is ok. I’m not choosy, so no matter you want is ok. When will you be again?”

“I’m on my method.”

“Okay.”

“Hear, Rose. Enzo is just a little unusual—”

“Hey!” the Viking protests.

“However he means effectively. I wouldn’t have left him with you if I didn’t belief him utterly.”

“Aw, thanks, Boss. I didn’t know you cared a lot.” Enzo wipes pretend tears from his eyes earlier than tossing me a wink when he catches the small smile on my lips at his antics.

“Shut up, Enzo, earlier than I take it again,” Michael snaps, however there’s no warmth in his voice. “I’ll be dwelling quickly, Rose.”

After saying our goodbyes, I hand Enzo again his cellphone, embarrassment washing over me. “I’m sorry for the way I overreacted.”

Enzo pockets his cellphone and steps again. “You don’t have anything to be sorry for. It was only a misunderstanding is all.”

I step into the hallway and observe Enzo as he leads the way in which again to the lounge. Now that I received’t be scared shitless by one other stranger, I absorb the principle house of Michael’s dwelling with an admiring eye. Home windows to my proper stretch two tales excessive. Doorways set within the heart lead out to a big terrace, and from this angle, I catch the very fringe of a pool nestled among the many vegetation, prefer it’s a secret house tucked away in an oasis. On to my left is a wooden staircase that rises to the second flooring, every step open to the air, so it provides the phantasm that the steps float in midair.

The residing house stretches out in entrance, each little element grabbing my consideration. Summary work adorn the partitions that add to the tranquil and peaceable atmosphere the room strives for. Your complete house carries a gray-and-white coloration scheme with metal blue accents. Sunken into the ground is a gigantic couch, which may be rearranged into totally different layouts, lined in varied comfortable blankets and pillows. Instantly throughout from the inviting couch and above an electrical hearth hangs a TV almost so long as the sofa. The residing house bleeds into an open kitchen with brand-new home equipment and easy marble counter tops. Elegant pendant lights hold excessive above the big island, surrounded by stools. I’m curious to discover the opposite hallway on the opposite facet of the lounge, however it feels just a little fallacious to do this with out Michael.

As an alternative, I declare a spot on the sofa and wrap a throw blanket round me. Enzo, very properly, sits on the opposite finish of the sofa.

“So that you’re Rose, huh?” he asks with a sly smile, breaking the silence earlier than it turns into too awkward.

One thing in the way in which he says it has me asking, “You’ve heard about me?”

“Oh, yeah. Michael’s been borderline obsessed, looking for you ever since that evening on the membership in January.”

“What? Actually?” I didn’t understand and even think about he would possibly search for me.

“Yeah. When the path went chilly, he become a depressing bastard and has been one ever since. However now that he’s discovered you, we are able to thank God for small miracles.”

My mouth drops open, and I flounder like a fish out of water for a second earlier than I lastly regain my composure. Barely. As a result of Enzo’s phrases depart so much to unpack. I bear in mind our second within the bed room after we almost acquired carried away. Clearly, our ardour hasn’t fizzled, and we share a son, regardless of his insistence in any other case, however within the craze of the final day, it by no means as soon as crossed my thoughts that Michael could have been as haunted with longing as I’ve been since January.

“Why would he do this?”

Enzo’s blue gaze is highly effective and holds mine captive. “Why does the moon maintain energy over the tide? Why do flowers want the solar and water to develop? It’s easy. He wants you. He nonetheless does.”

“He barely is aware of me.” It’s a lame excuse however the fact.

“Time makes no distinction when your soul finds its counterpart in one other. This stuff simply occur, Rose. There’s no rhyme or purpose to it, and each minute you spend interested by it’s simply one other minute wasted. And don’t you assume you’ve wasted sufficient time?” Enzo waits for me to digest his phrases, however I’ve nothing to say as a result of he’s proper.

Michael and I spent the totality of an hour collectively, then suffered the subsequent ten months aside, however it made no distinction in the long run. As a result of right here we’re collectively once more, and it’s like these months by no means occurred. Positive, we have now so much to speak about and a son to retrieve, however one thing about Michael attracts me to him. No matter that feeling is was there in January. And it’s nonetheless there now.

A chime echoes by means of the house, and I twist my head within the path it got here.

“Michael’s dwelling,” Enzo pronounces, rising to his ft to fulfill Michael in a hallway beside the kitchen. It should result in an elevator.

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