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“Tommaso feels like home.” There was a slight hesitation after she said his name that Tyler picked up on.

“Raffaelo too, yes?”

“Yes.”

“They’re good boys.”

“They are, truly, Pops. I know you had your doubts …”

“Not anymore. They’ve kept you safe, and that’s all I ask.”

When Inca had said goodbye, Tyler stared out at the setting sun. It was cold here, but somehow it didn’t matter. Inca was safe; the Winter twins had kept her that way, and for that he was grateful. Tyler wasn’t stupid; he had guessed at some kind of … unusual arrangement between his daughter and the Winter twins, but he couldn’t judge any of them harshly. They made each other happy, and that’s all he could ask.

“Two weeks,” Tyler said to himself. “Two weeks and I’ll go home, settle things.” He scratched Boomer’s silky ears and sighed.

Time to move on. Time to live.

Raffaelo waslike a little kid on Christmas morning as he showed her around the empty coffeehouse. He’d spotted it by chance as he’d passed to go to a friend’s … it had beautiful views over the Bay, over to Vesuvius. A balcony on the second floor overlooked the streets.

“God, this is perfect,” Inca said, as Raffaelo pulled her into his arms.

“You’re perfect,mio caro,” he said softly. His eyes were shining, and she could tell he was excited about the place. “We can complete on this this week, if you really like it.”

“I do, I really do …” But his lips were against hers then and, grinning, he danced her back into the empty building. Inca giggled at the mischievous look on his face. “I know what you’re thinking, Mr. Winter, and you’re a very, very rude boy …”

But she didn’t protest as he lifted her onto the counter and pushed her legs apart. “Always so much underwear on,” he mock-protested as he removed her panties. She collapsed into laughter as he bunched up the delicate cotton and threw them out of the window.

“They were my favorite pair!” she protested, but then he was between her legs and his tongue had found her clit and she couldn’t do anything but moan happily. He drove her to a state of almost frenzy, then unzipped himself and plunged into her, his cock huge and engorged, thrusting deep within her. His eyes never left hers.

“Ti amo tanto,”he said. “I love you so much.”

She clung to him as they moved together, her lips hungry against his. “Ti amo, Raffaelo.Ii amo.”

“Inca, sposami … sposami ed essere mia per sempre…Marry me and be mine forever …”

And at that moment, only the two of them existed in the world. She nodded, hot tears dropping down her cheeks. “Yes, Raffaelo. Yes, I will marry you …”

Of course, when they had returned to reality, they knew it wouldn’t be as easy.Tommaso.

“I can’t break his heart,” Inca whispered. “I won’t do it. I love you, Raffaelo, I do, more than … I love both of you. I can’t hurt him.”

He kissed her softly. “I know … I’m sorry I put you in this position. I should never have asked you … it was just, in the moment, it felt …”

“Right,” she said, and leaned against him. “It did. It does. But not at the expense of Tommaso.”

Raffaelo nodded. “I know. I know. Please, do not make yourself unhappy,mio caro.We three are happy. Let us stay like this.”

But however happy the three of them were, there were two things standing in the way.

One, their father. While he was there, they had to keep their distance from each other. Inca was growing increasingly tired of letting this man dictate to them. “No more,” she told the twins, and that night she led Tommaso to Raffaelo’s room and they made love long into the night. When they were asleep, Inca woke to see Edgar standing at the end of the bed, watching them. She met his gaze steadily until he smirked and walked out. She slid from the bed and locked the door after him.

There. Now he knows. No more secrets.

She didn’t give a fuck what Edgar Winter thought of her—if he thought she was a whore, so be it.

The other thing that stood in their way was her unfinished business. “I think I have to go back for a while, just to say goodbye.”

Neither brother thought it was a great idea, but they understood why she needed to do it. “We’ll come with you,” Raffaelo said. “We won’t interfere, but I don’t think either of us feels comfortable you being there without us.”