“Drea,” a voice called from the doorway.
My eyelids snapped open. It was Leo. “You’re here,” I remarked.
“I am.”
Without a word to us, Vittoria pulled Audrianna out of the room to give Leo and I privacy. “When I woke up, I expected you to be here.”
“I was with Luca.”
“You were?”
Tears shone in Leo’s eyes. “I held him.”
I hiccuped a cry. “You did?”
Nodding, Leo crossed the room to my bedside. “He’s so fucking perfect. But more than that, he’s all you.”
“I can’t wait to see him.”
“You’ll fall instantly in love…just like I did.”
“Oh Leo,” I said, as the tears streaked down my cheeks.
As he knelt down beside me, Leo said, “There’s so much I need to say to you.”
I shook my head. “You don’t have to. I heard everything you said.”
His eyes bulged in surprise. “You did?”
“I tried so hard to talk to you, but I couldn’t.”
“Does that mean you forgive me?”
“Yes. If you can forgive me.”
“I do.”
I cupped his cheek with my hand. “Thank you for giving me another chance.”
He winked. “Right back at you.”
When he started to lean over to kiss me, a nurse appeared in the doorway with Luca. She tsked at Leo. “She’s barely out of a coma, and you’re trying to get frisky.”
I gasped at her audacity, especially to a man like Leo. To my surprise, he only chuckled. “Bea, I was not getting frisky. I was just trying to give her a kiss.”
“Mm, hmm.”
“Would you quit being judgy and bring my son to his mother?”
“Just hold your horses.” She jerked her chin at the bed. “You need to raise her up a bit if this is going to work.”
Leo quickly followed her command. At the jerk of the bed, I winced. “Do you need something for the pain?” Bea asked.
“Maybe.”
“Don’t wait and let it get out of control.”
“I just want a minute with my baby before I’m all loopy again.”