Georgia clutched Eden’s waist harder and pulled her closer to herself, deepening the kiss. Though Eden was enjoying every moment and feeling good about it all, she knew in the back of her mind that this was neither serious for her, nor for Georgia. When she saw the relationship between Georgia and Leo, she knew that Georgia was not the type of person to hold intense feelings, get emotionally attached, or be jealous. She was carefree, just living to enjoy every moment of her life, and that’s what Eden loved about her. She saw herself being free like her someday, even if it meant lying and pretending to the world for half a decade, she knew she wanted to be like her. Maybe a bit less liberal with her choice of lovers, but at least free from the clutches of society. Georgia pulled away from Eden and smirked at her, and whispered in her ear, “Knew you’d break for me.”Eden smirked back at her, “What makes you think I didn’t want to?” This was Eden’s first experience with another girl
Eden thought she would have been surprised any normal day about Georgia’s approval over the whole situation, given her’s and Leo’s history. But she knew that it was nothing serious between them, they just had fun with each other, and apparently other people together too. Eden danced with both Leo and Georgia, having fun and laughing together. She was truly happy after a very long time, and she didn’t want to let go of the feeling. After they got tired, they went back to the bar counter where Dante and Jimmy were smoking cigarettes and drinking scotch but Charlotte was nowhere to be seen. In a far corner of the sitting lounge, Marina and Alex were wildly making out with each other. Eden did not take Alex for the guy who would be so open and okay with doing this in public. I guess alcohol makes you do crazy things, Eden thought, as she went to the bar to get something to drink. Leo and Georgia sat on each side of her and ordered their own drinks. Eden was too tired to get up to go and
“No! No I want to stay. It’s alright I am okay,” Eden pleaded. She thought that she had just thrown up. She only needed to get fresh, get back to the party, and live the night as much as possible. Enough to forget about Bennett for some time. “My beautiful Lily, please try to understand, you are not okay,” Leo insisted. Eden got up and moved back to the sink to wash up. She rinsed her mouth and washed her face, wiping it off with a paper towel. The sound of muffled music could be heard in the bathroom, it rose and fell every time someone came in or left. She felt dizzy but she was not ready to go away from the party. She wanted to go back to the bar, have a round of shots, and get back on the dance floor. Leo was quiet all of a sudden. Eden turned to look at him and saw that he was staring at her cheek. Oh shit, the bruise, Eden thought, as she tried to cover it up with her hair. “Did your husband do this?” asked Leo, clearly upset.Eden thought there was no point in hiding it fro
Eden woke up the next day, feeling a sharp twinge of pain in her head. The sound of her phone’s alarm blared through the room, making her headache even worse. She reached for her phone and saw with blurry eyes what it said. It was 5 AM. Oh shit, she thought. She had to go to the airport and pick up Grace from the airport in 3 hours. It would alone take 1 and a half hours to travel back to Florence. She was in no position to even get up and make it to the bathroom. She opened Grace’s and hers chat, and dropped a voice message, saying with a groggy voice, “Hey Gracey, I am like super wasted. Can you go ahead and get a hotel or do something, I’ll get to you later today. Sorry.”After hitting send on the voice message, she sat up to see she was in an unfamiliar room. Before she could think of anything, she felt like the bed was calling to her like a magnet. She fell back on the pillow and went to sleep again. ---------------------------------------------------Eden woke up, once again, t
Leo saw Eden coming down and walked over to her, “Did you sleep alright, Lily?“I did. And thank you for everything Leo, it was very considerate of you,” said Eden, smiling warmly at Leo. “Anything for you,” Leo said and held her hand, guiding her to the living room where everyone was seated. All of them had apparently spent the night at Charlotte’s home.“Bongiorno,” said Charlotte, as she got up and poured a glass of orange juice for Eden. She took it from Charlotte’s hand and downed it in one go realizing how thirsty she was. Alex and Marina also said good morning to her. Marina seemed to be in a cheerful mood. Eden smiled thinking that she knew why this sudden mood lift happened to her. She had seen her and Alex getting intimate last night, and as Georgia had told her about their on and off relationship, they must be in the on phase. Eden saw Dante pull out his phone and say something on the mic in Italian. The phone translated his Italian into English. An electronic female voi
“What? Your fault? Absolutely not. After what he did, you had the right to end things with him. And trust me, if he was ever guilty or sorry, he would have waited for you to come back and tried to apologize to you before sleeping with another woman. Honestly, stop thinking about that dick and do your thing,” said Grace before taking another sip of her champagne. She smirked at Eden and said smugly, “Now about this Leo guy.”Eden blushed and sipped on her coffee, “What about him?”“I feel like you’re not telling me everything that happened with him,” Grace nudged Eden to tell her more. “So he flirted with you non-stop in Florence so you ran away to Pisa because you wanted to be away from him, and then you ran into him there too? Sounds like a stalker to me.”“No, I don’t think so. He was there with his girlfriend and other friends,” Eden answered, as she took another bite of her cheese, salami, and spinach sandwich. She noticed hangovers made her extremely hungry and thirsty, and she w
Eden checked into the hotel where Grace was staying. Luckily she got a room on the same floor as Grace. She settled into her new room and changed into new clothes after taking a short shower. She neatly folded Leo’s clothes and kept them in her suitcase making a mental reminder to return them to him before leaving. She knew Grace was not interested in any historical or artistic culture of Italy, so she decided to stay in her room, order room service, talk, sleep, or watch movies until it was time for the party. She had missed sleepovers with her since she left her father’s house. After a couple of hours, both of them were bored out of their mind. But suddenly, Grace had an idea.“You know what’s stupid? You and I getting bored in a hotel room when we are both grossly rich and can go out and do shopping,” said Grace, sitting up and looking pleadingly at Eden.“You know what’s stupider? We’re both still talking,” Eden said and quickly got up on her feet. “Alright, let’s go.”While Eden
“Oh my,” said the old man as he walked towards Grace, with an astonished face. “That dress.” He pointed at the dress Grace was wearing. “M-Mr. Lombardi, it’s an honor to meet you,” Grace managed to say to him. “I’m a huge fan.”Lombardi? Eden thought. Suddenly it hit her. OH! Guiseppe Lombardi! He was the most renowned designer in all of Italy. He owned many lines of clothing, in Italy and in the USA, and worked for LuisaViaRoma too, since he was a former partner.He took a circle around, judging the dress she was wearing. “I can’t believe they are still using this design of mine. I designed this 20 years ago, and I hated it so I sold it to them. I see why they wanted it so bad. You look glamorous, honey.”“Mr. Lombardi, I have always admired your work,” Grace was still having trouble finding her words. “It really is an honor.”“Yes, yes.” He ignored what she was saying and continued talking. “Have you ever thought about becoming a professional model? I never thought this dress would