Tabitha’s POV
The day had felt endless, each minute dragging as I waited, hoping for any sign of Fabrizio. When I finally heard the soft knock on the door, my heart leapt, relief and longing filling me all at once. I turned as he stepped inside, his gaze intense, locked on mine as if nothing else in the world existed.
“Fabrizio,” I whispered, unable to keep the tremor from my voice.
He closed the distance between us, his hands gentle as they cupped my face, his gaze softening as he took in every detail of my face. “I told you I’d come back,” he murmured, his voice rough and filled with something deeper, something vulnerable.
I reached for him, my fingers curling around his shirt, pulling him closer. “I need you,” I whispered, the words carrying the weight of everything I couldn’t expre
