Tales of Desire
She locks the door behind us and turns, eyes glittering with unshed tears.
“I need to tell you something too,” she whispers, stepping close. “Before the convent, there was a man. Luca. We were lovers for a year. He was gentle, passionate. When he left for the city and never wrote, it broke something in me. I thought vows would heal it. They didn’t. They only taught me how much I still crave touch. Your touch.”
The confession hangs between us, raw and honest. I cup her face, thumbs stroking her damp cheeks. “We’re both running from ghosts,” I murmur. “But we found each other.”