Page 84 of Lorenzo & Lily

After several minutes, she wiped her face clear of the last of her tears. “Don’t you have a meeting to get to?”

“I’ll go after you get to sleep.”

“That could be ages yet. You’ll be late.”

“It’s okay.”

“But I want to know how it goes. I can stay up.”

“It’s been a long day. Try to get some sleep. I’ll wake you when I get back.”

She tried to turn, but he held her tight and kept her from shifting. “You won’t wake me, though.”

“Lily, it’ll be okay. I’m going to make everything okay.”

“You can’t fix everything.”

“I can try. I want you in my life.”

Her pulse fluttered.

“I told you I never stopped loving you. I meant it. I hope one day you can say the words back to me.”

Oh God.

“I can wait. I’m patient.”

She snorted a laugh. “You? Patient?”

He smiled against the nape of her neck. “I know it’s hard to believe.”

“Impossible to believe.”

“I’d wait forever for you, Lily.”

She sucked in a breath.

“My world ended when you left. I rebuilt it, and it has a strong foundation underneath it now. If you left again, my world wouldn’t end, but it would get awfully dim.”

“Lorenzo.”

“I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be here tomorrow and the day after. Every day with our daughter, and hopefully one day other children.”

Oh my God. She had a vision of a dark-haired boy with a wicked smile.

“Sleep, Lily.” He kissed her nape. “Sleep.”

With Lorenzo’s strong arms around her, she managed to fall asleep.

Unfortunately, however, she woke just hours later, with news that Lorenzo had been taken to the hospital.

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