Forever, Amore

21.

Monroe's P.O.V

I was pacing round my room again. Had been for about half an hour now. I just didn't know what to wear. I'd curled the ends of my hair and put on some makeup but I was clueless as to what to wear.

I heard a faint knock at my door to be greeted by Kat, carrying five dresses. "Girl I could practically hear you pacing from downstairs. So I brought you some dresses. Go try them on and I'll tell you which looks best seems though I know where you're going and you don't." She giggled, handing me the dresses. Sighing with relief, I headed into the closet and tried on each dress, showing Kat them. But the last dress was he one who made her gasp.

It was a red bodycon dress with spaghetti straps, sitting mid thigh. "That's the one!" Kat clapped making me giggle. I thanked her before picking out a pair of heels and slipped on a black leather jacket.

Walking down the stairs with caution not to fall over, I saw Leo facing the other way. He wore a suit that made his muscles more prominent. He slicked his hair back and I could already smell his captivating cologne. Not paying attention to where I was walking, I stumbled down the last few steps which captured his attention.

Laughing lowly, he came to my side and helped me steady myself. "I know you're falling for me but please don't take it literally, amore. I don't want you to break your neck before we leave."

I rolled my eyes playfully, hitting his chest lightly. "You look breathtaking by the way.." he muttered huskily, making my heart flutter at his words. "You don't look too bad yourself, Valentino."

He pulled out a silk blindfold from his back pocket and smirked at me, making me fold my arms. "You know I hate surprises."

He tied the blindfold round me eyes and guided me to the car. "Something tells me you'll like this one.."

We were in the car for about twenty minutes until the sound of a loud engine caught my attention as the car came to a halt. I sat upright in my seat as Leo unbuckled my seatbelt. He guided me out the car and took my blindfold off, revealing his jet sat in front of us.

Turning to him, I smiled giddily. "You said we were going on a date." He laughed at my comment and pointed to some men loading suitcases into the pit of the plane. "We are. Just a long one. Kat helped me pack your things, don't worry. You won't have odd clothes."

He guided me into the plane and sat next to me. The entire plane ride was filled with me questioning him and him not saying where we were going. That was until the pilot announced where we had landed, making tears immediately fill in my eyes.

Memories flooded back of when we were younger making tears spill down my face. Leo wiped them lightly with his thumb as he smiled at me.

"You remembered.."

He looked at me with tear filled eyes himself. "I never got to bring you here because I left right before we were supposed to fly out here. And I swore to myself that I'd bring you back here when I got you back in my life."

I was now officially an emotional mess.

Welcome to Hawaii, sir.

When we landed, a chauffeur picked us up from the private landing site and drove us to where we were staying for the next week. A week!

It was a secluded house right on the ocean. It was honestly beautiful. Most of the house was made out of glass, which Leo reassured me was all bulletproof making me giggle.

We entered the grand house and I was in awe. It was mainly white with light flooding in from every angle. Leo took our bags up to the room whilst I looked round. I ended my solo tour on the balcony. It looked over the ocean as the waves crashed below me. I was still in shock that I was here to begin with.

My thoughts were interrupted my a pair of strong arms encasing me in their hold, placing his lips against my neck. "You like it?" He whispered making me smile like a kid. "Like it? It's beautiful. Just how I imagined it would be."

He released me from his hold and turned me around, looking confused. "This is your first time here?" My eyes dropped to the floor as i nodded. "I missed the flight that day because I was sat outside your house. And I've not been in these past seven years because it reminded me too much of you. I couldn't come here if I wasn't with you, could I?"

His face softened, placing a gentle kiss on my lips. We turned back to face the ocean as the sun was setting over the water, just stood in each other's embrace.

I couldn't think of anywhere I'd rather be anymore. And I had a week of this. A week of Leo Valentino to myself. And I was ecstatic.