Sweet Temptation by Cora Reilly

Cassio left shortly after introducing me to my new bodyguards. I thought he
might have breakfast with the children and me, but apparently he never did. He
startled me when he bent down for a goodbye kiss. I didn’t think he was the type
of man for public displays of affection, but maybe that kiss was meant to show
dominance. Still, his lips on mine felt nice.
When the front door shut after him, I stood in the lobby, feeling a little lost. I
could feel Elia’s and Domenico’s eyes on me as they hovered a few steps beside
me, waiting for orders.
I was the mistress of this house now, responsible for two small children and a
dog. Trying not to panic, I smiled at my bodyguards. A smile almost always
saved the situation. “I’ll have breakfast with the children first. After that, we can
go shopping. Would you like to join us for breakfast or do you have a room
where you’d rather rest until I need your services.”
Domenico nodded. “There’s a guard house on the premises—”
“We’d like to join you for breakfast,” Elia interrupted him. Domenico
frowned but didn’t say anything. Elia established eye contact with me. He was
friendly and open. Domenico definitely had the surly bodyguard act down.
“All right. Why don’t you go ahead…” I trailed off. “Do you know where
breakfast usually takes place?”
Elia smiled.
Domenico only shook his head.
I gave an embarrassed smile. “Okay then, I’ll head into the kitchen to find
Sybil.”
Gaia used to eat in the dining room, but the room was too big, too formal for
my taste. The kitchen, however, had a white country-house style with big
windows and a long wooden table that showed traces of use.