Chapter 301: See you again

"Matteo," she called out again, just to be sure.

"Yes, my sweetest, I'm right here." He replied softly, bringing her palm to his face, a silent reassurance to the realness of the moment.

"It probably happened the moment you came into my life as my personal assistant. I wasted a great deal of time, pretending that these feelings never existed, when in actuality, they kept growing. And now, I can never go back to being me without you by my side, Stella Rossi."

Matteo… loves me… The thought rang untrue in her mind, but here he was, in the flesh, proclaiming his love… and it had been present from the very first day. All those gestures, all those touches, all those reactions that he had, all proof of something that existed right from the beginning.

Tears blurred her vision, a soft whimper escaping her lips. Emotions rendered her unable to utter another word, and to her utter surprise, he filled the silence with even more words affirming her thoughts.