Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen

Lying with her in his arms he was dozing off when he remembered what he had been about to say to her,

‘Bella, vuoi venire via con me? Solo noi, una pausa da tutta questa follia? Penso che possiamo lasciarli andare avanti senza di noi per qualche settimana, credo che il resto farebbe molto bene a noi due.’ [Bella, will you come away with me? Just us, a break from all this madness? I think we can let them get along without us for a few weeks, I believe the rest would do the pair of us a lot of good.]

Alcina propped herself up on her elbow,

‘Dove andremmo.’ [Where would we go?]

She was intrigued she had only ever been on one holiday and that was with her school friends all those years ago.

‘Ti fidi di me?’ [Do you trust me?]

Ricci asked grinning mischievously and looking about ten years old, her eyes sparkled and she nodded,

‘Sì, mi fido di te' [Yes I trust you.]

He pulled her close and kissed her,

‘Vuoi venire con me?’ [You will come with me?]

‘Si,’ [Yes]

She replied the excitement buil