Rose’s POV Luca’s gaze sends chills of excitement through my body as he closes the door behind him. This is it. Finally…the moment that has haunted my dreams, both sleeping and awake. I want him to touch me. To explore every inch of my body that I had hoped with all my heart belonged to him…was fated to him. And judging by his fiery expression, he wants to do the same thing. Swallowing back the thick lump forming in the back of my throat, I watch him move gracefully across the room, stopping at the side of his massive bed. A bit nervously, my hands trembling, I pull the blanket down beside me to indicate again that he should get in with me. The corner of his mouth twitches upward and, his eyes never leaving mine, he slowly, seductively, tugs his shirt up and over his head, casual

