KATHERINE MONTERO:
I was up before Romano, for the first time ever. Every other time we had spent together, he was the first to get up but not today. He was sleeping like a baby, totally deep in sleep that he hadn't noticed when I stepped out of bed. I quietly got dressed in a shirt gown and tied my hair up In a bun before going downstairs to the kitchen.
After brewing coffee,I scanned the kitchen to find ingredients to ship up a morning meal. I finally decided on waffles and scrambled eggs with bacon.
I turned on my headset to listen to music as I cooked, moving my body to every song on my playlist. It was the first time I was making breakfast since the death of my father, and I felt so alive.
I was finally done and I tried to reach the upper cupboard for plates, I was way too short to reach.
“Arghhh” I groaned, tiptoeing to see if it would make any difference, until I felt his warmness, steady behind me. He took off my headset and turned to face him, he was shirtless and his ruffl