Riccardo woke up from a dream with Isabella in it. He jerked up from bed when he recalled what had happened the previous night. He had left Isabella alone. Isabella was sitting on a chair next to the bed he was lying on, her eyes glistened with tears and she had a beautiful smile on her face.
"You are awake," she said almost in a whisper. "You are truly awake," she repeated louder, now grabbing him and kissing him before he could say anything.
His heart stopped for a moment and started beating again, faster, faster, faster. His head spun and he felt dizzy from the mere touch of her lips on his. He was too stunned to kiss back, he just sat there with his hands suspended in the air while she kissed him. The kiss did not last long. It was something she had done out of impulse and she pulle
