The smile that spread across her face dazzled me as we moved toward each other, faster and faster. Then she was right in front of me. Elena Lombardi. And all I could think was mine. I opened my arms, and she stepped right into them, dropping her bag to wrap her hands gently around my neck so she didn’t jostle my shoulder. “I won’t go back to my life before this,” she murmured into my chest as she hugged me. “Don’t leave me here in this purgatory where nothing makes sense anymore except you.” “I have too much of you in my heart to say no,” I admitted gruffly, pulling her head back by the hair
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