Chapter 300

*MONALISA* I slid quietly from the bed and bent down to get a duvet. I wrapped it around my body then padded across the room. Reaching Lorenzo, I slid my arms around his back, moving my palms up to the thick pad of his pectorals. He caught my hands and brought them to his mouth, making me shiver as he tenderly brushed a kiss across my knuckles. I closed my eyes and rested my cheeks against his broad back, absorbing the heat of his skin. "What's wrong?" "Nothing.” "Lorenzo.” I felt his muscles tightened and then he stepped out of my embrace and started toward the bed. "Come on, let's go back to bed" I did follow him but I insisted. “Talk to me. You look troubled.” He shook his head as he got into the bed. “There’s nothing wrong.” “Then why were you up in the middle of the night, leaning against the window.” He ran a hand through his hair. “I…I was thinking about how to solve a problem at work.” Curious, I sat on the bed. “Is it about the meeting you had to reschedule today?” He shook hi