Chapter 16
After very little sleep, they’d hiked up Gianicolo Hill for a gorgeous sunrise, then relaxed in the open air at La Portineria. Drago should have been tired, but instead he found himself energized as they walked back toward the hotel. On an appreciative sigh, he spread his arms wide.
“You’ve got to love having choices.”
She slid her gaze toward him. “Choices?”
“Choices give you options, excitement, adventure. When you’ve created a life with endless choice, you can go anywhere, do anything.”
Tilting her head, she studied him. “It sounds romantic, but I think it would get lonely. I want to put down roots, make a home that I don’t want to run from.”
“Having choices isn’t running away from anything, it’s running to something.”
“Is it?”
“What would you propose, then? Being tra
