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Lorenzo's eyes are on my lips.
His legs stop moving and his chest begins to fall and rise.
I smile and move just a bit closer until our lips and noses are touching, just for a second, until I turn back to my food and act as if nothing ever happened.
I feel his eyes on me and hear his breathing return to normal before he also acts as if nothing happened.
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Lorenzo Bottini lives opposite an empty house until Valerie, a 28 year old cop, moves in. After finding out someone broke into her house during her first night there, he decides to make her feel welcome.
He's not usually a nice guy but seen as though the intruders were actually meant for him, he feels partly responsible. He's made some linguini for her and is thinking he's going to have to confront a traumatised little girl.What he doesn't expect is Valerie being completely unbothered by the near death experience, all smiles as if nothing ever happened.
Intrigued by her tough personality, he finds himself agreeing to a breakfast with her, where he finds out she's actually very sweet on the inside. After their first breakfast, Valerie falls in love with his food and Marco offers to make her breakfast every Saturday. What they both don't know is that as every Saturday goes by, they will find themselves wanting to be in a relationship that isn't with food.
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"I'm back," I tell him, "your house is almost as pretty as you."
His cheeks turn pink.
Is he blushing?
"I was complimenting the house, not you. Although I see how that would sound like a compliment to you, but it's not."
They return to their normal colour.
"So you don't think I'm pretty?" he teases.
"No. I mean yes. You're very pretty! The prettiest."
"Thanks," he smirks, and this time it's my cheeks that go pink.