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With a chuckle, Raphael pushed her off hiazed widely and he brushed a kiss over her tele anymore in my lap like that, cara mia, I will sharand production of Rigoletto And then you’ll not forgive ”

A hush fell over the theater and the red curtains were pulling aside when Pia , Raphael As long as you keep kissing me like that”

Raphael gently tapped on Pia’s shoulder while the audience clapped thunderously at the end of an outstanding perforreat favorite of his but even he’d been moved by the top-notch performances and the intricately detailed sets

Or maybe it was the woman he had shared the experience with The woed to hiain, it was a bit of a shock to realize he veryto him too

A savage sense of satisfaction pounded through his veins, nificent drama they had just seen Not even the pride he had felt when he had ht back the house his father had lost to creditors, could parallel his sense of possessiveness as he stared at the diaer

She hadn’t come to Teatro Alla Scala on his arh culture or to be seen in designer outfits, but to ie She had tears in her eyes because she could see the h her Nonni’s eyes and relive it for her

Pia had watched transfixed, every ee reflected on her own face

And watching her, understanding the depth hich she felt things, Raphael couldn’t help but be e turmoil that he couldn’t calm

They ey of the pedestrian square So feral throbbed in his veins and since he didn’t want to scare Pia, he offered, “We’re elato to cool off? Or a coffee, which by the way I should remind you is an espresso in Italy and not the watered-down junk you call coffee?”

She turned to him and the candid eht, thank you Nothing could top that performance”

As if it were an uncoer She had fiddled with it self-consciously during the performance too