Chapter Thirty One

~Adriana’s POV~

“You sent for me,” I quickly blurted out as soon as I arrived at the foot of the stairs and found Massimo already sitting on one of the couches, and waiting with a TV remote clutched firmly in his hands.

As soon as he heard my voice, he turned in my direction, smiled and then patted the spot close to him on the chair, in a gesture that meant that he wanted me to come sit with him. I reluctantly did as told and protectively wrapped my arms around my body as I went to sit beside him,

The fact that I had to share this close proximity with him shortly after drowning in thoughts concerning him made me suddenly jittery and I gulped as one of his hands slowly snaked up my thigh to rest just around my hip bone.

“I wanted to talk to you, Adriana,” he muttered softly, drawing my attention.

Slowly, I turned to look up at him and as soon as my gaze fell on his dark piercing eyes, I gulped again. At this close range, it looked so beautiful that it could literally be passed for molt