LILY

My eyes widened. I stared at him, waiting for him to laugh it off, to say it was a prank and he brought me here to his jet hangar just to tease me.

He didn't.

His serious expression met mine.

He wasn't joking.

I blinked.

“You can't be serious! Italy? That's another country, Adrian! I...”

“Calm down, sweetheart.” His thumb stroked against my chin.

“We can have dinner in a normal restaurant.”

“We are, but the restaurant happens to be a few hours away.”

“Italy?”

He nodded, then placed his hand on my back, guiding me to the plane.

“But...”

“You will love it, trust me.”

“I do trust...