Chapter 30 - The Wedding Invitation

The first couple of days in the Palazzo were spent on the terrace. I read a classic book I chose from the library, and even lunches were served there.

Caelum mostly spent his time with me, in his own little world with a book, or a laptop, or a small portable gaming device. We would sit in companionable silence until the afternoon, where he would take me out into different spots on the mountain with a little picnic basket Sarah and the chef, his husband Marko, had prepared for us.

We would sit in meadows or lookout spots until the sun set and the stars appeared.

Then, we'd return to the Palazzo, have homemade pizzas and wine, and we'd watch a movie. Caelum picked a fantasy film the first night, I chose a scary one the next, and he was so terrified that we would both jump and scream.

When it's time to go back to our own bedrooms, he would always wait for me to get inside my own room with his dimpled smile, and I would listen by my door so I'd know he'd entered his. Then, I would draw a