Free Renzo (The Ciprianos of Kellington) by Jamallah Bergman

as he let her
take the first spoonful. When he took his spoonful he waited for her to eat
hers as she opened her mouth to eat. Immediately, he heard a low moan hum from
her lips. The sound vibrated off the spoon, which she slowly removed from her
mouth, leaving a beautiful smile. “I swear I could eat this forever, if I
didn’t think it would put more poundage on my hips and thighs.”
    Renzo could only
imagine how her hips and thighs looked underneath her clothes. But he had to
steady himself, Lord knows he didn’t want to go overboard and make a fool of
himself. Plus everything was going fine between them now, why screw things up?
“I’ll make sure to let Mom know that you enjoy her recipe.” He began to eat
some of the dessert. “I was wondering if you would like to have dinner with me
sometime. Maybe we can go out of town to some place different.”
    She stopped eating,
looking over at him with the spoon still in her mouth. He could see her gulping
hard before she spoke. “You mean as in a date?”
    “Yeah, I mean a date. I
want to take you out on an actual date, dinner, dancing, and some more talking
as well.” He wished she would say yes.
    “I don’t know, I mean
I’d love to but—”
    “I don’t want to rush
you, plus I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable around me. I’ve waited for
someone like you to come into my life for a long time, Jaslyn, I don’t mind waiting a little while longer for you. You are definitely worth
the wait to me,” Renzo told her, taking her hand and squeezing it softly. “If
you want to think things over then by all means do so, but know this, I only
want you to enjoy the time you decide to spend with me.” He looked into her
eyes, so confused yet how beautiful they sparkled when she looked at him. A
tendril of hair, which must have been annoying her a bit, as she kept pulling
it back behind her ear, had yet again come onto her face. Without hesitation,
he reached over to move it back for her, catching her completely off guard. She
didn’t move away when he did this, it almost made him feel like she welcomed
the gesture. The skin along her cheek when he touched it was soft and warm. He
wanted to lean in against her, hold her close to him, and whisper what all he
could do for her into her ear, but instead, he stopped himself. “I better be
leaving now. I’ve got to get back to the restaurant.”
    He watched her
straighten herself in her chair. “But what about the dessert you brought? We
haven’t finished our dessert.”
    “I’m pretty full,
besides the dessert is for you to enjoy.” They both got up from the table and
she walked him toward the front door. “I do want to say something before I
leave though.”
    When they got to the
door she asked, “What’s that?”
    “ Mia cara , Jaslyn , io ti adora per sempre , solo se me lo permetti .”
    She looked confused. He
smiled because of course she didn’t know Italian. “It means ‘ My dear, Jaslyn, I will adore you forever if only you’ll let me’.” Grabbing her
hand, he kissed it softly, waved back at Delia and walked out. Renzo had hoped
that his words would let her know that what he said was real.

 
    * * * *

 
    Jaslyn didn’t know what
to say. Looking at her hand that he had just kissed, she heard Delia say, “Are
you all right?”
    Still she didn’t know
what to say while walking back toward Delia and the register. “It seems like we
had a lovely little lunch today.” Delia looked at her with her hand propped
underneath her chin, a smirk curved across her lips.
    “You can get that smirk
off your face, you know. It was a
nice lunch though. I really enjoyed myself today.”
    “Didn’t I tell you that
he was a nice guy?”
    “You know he asked me
out for a dinner date?”
    “Did you accept it?”
    “I told him I didn’t
know, but he said he didn’t mind waiting.” Then she found herself blushing when
she remembered what else he told her. “He even told me that I was worth