Epilogue

Epilogue

L eo leaned against the doorjamb and watched Maryanne. She was looking out their hotel window at the Riverwalk. The soft glow of the shops below the only light against her skin.

"Hey, there, Mrs. Santini, might want to be careful who sees you in that towel."

Maryanne looked back over her shoulder at him with a smile.

"I doubt they can see me from the Riverwalk all the way up here."

"I don't know about that," He said as he made his way across the room to her. He pulled her into his arms. "I know if I saw you from down there I would find a way to meet you."

She slipped her hands up his bare chest. "Yeah?"

"It's bad enough I had to wait four months to marry you."

"You know I couldn't marry you with Jack deployed."

He nodded thinking of his brother-in-law. Jack had some ghosts to contend with. It was pretty clear he had seen some nasty action, but Leo was happy to have him back, mainly because it made Maryanne happy.

"And, we had to let Dave and Freddy think they planned the whole thing."

He shook his head and sighed. "None of it matters, love. You're mine now and that's the important thing."

"Oh, Leo, I was yours the minute you brought me lunch at the hospital."

"You mean the way to your heart was through your stomach?"

She laughed. "No. It was that you sort of made it romantic. I told you. Guys never tried to romance me before. I didn't accept it, but that's when I knew I was falling for you. The fact that you made our wedding even more romantic was wonderful."

He had known that no matter how far she had come in accepting her soft side, Maryanne still wasn't ready to admit she had wanted a big romantic wedding. It hadn't been huge, but he had made sure it had been something she should never forget. They'd married outside, just as the sun was starting to set over the Riverwalk.

"Oh. Okay."

She laid a hand on his chest. "Now wait. We're married now. Tell me when you fell for me."

"Seriously?"

She nodded.

"When you punched me."

She snorted. "Oh, come on."

"No, really. I knew a woman with that much punch had a passion I wanted to taste."

"So you wanted me."

"No, I wanted you the moment I saw you. Marching into the room all sassy, giving orders. It's the way to my heart."

She smiled. "Yeah?"

"But, when you hit me, well…I guess it was sort of like being hit by cupid's arrow."

She laughed and rose to her tiptoes. "It's a good thing it was you and not Vince."

He laughed, lifting her off the floor and carrying her back into the king-sized canopy bed.

"I would have had to kill my brother."

"Leo," she said, shaking her head. "You would never kill your brother."

"Okay, maim him. But, there isn't much I wouldn't do for you, Mrs. Santini."

She smiled. "And that's why I love you."

"Yeah?" He laid her on the bed. "Well, just let me show you how much I love you."

Then he joined her on the bed and showed her.

Thank you so much for reading Leonardo.

The next Santini brother to fall is MARCO.

Marco doesn't want an affair, he wants forever. He just has to convince Alana .

You can't help but fall for these characters, they drag you in and keep you there. -5 star Amazon Review