Design for Love ((Women of Landry's Landing and The Fabrizio men) by Shelli Quinn

talking someone tried to break in to the apartment. She thought it might be her stepfather, I told her to get out of there and go to the closest police station.” Gabe said.
    “ What happened, is she alright, where is she now?” London asked slightly panicked.
    “ Calm down dolcezza, she’s fine once she made it to the police station I spoke with the office and told him what I needed him to do, so she’ll be fine.” He explained.
    “ Oh and he just did what you asked, just like that?” She asked a bit skeptically.
    “ Of course he did I am a Fabrizio, and we have a way with people it also doesn’t hurt to offer a little financial incentive.” Gabe said with a smile.
    “ Wow, where were you when I need help back in New York. So where is she, I need to call and make sure she’s okay?” London said.
    “ Yeah about that, she’s fine, but you can’t call her right now.” Gabe said.
    “ And just why is it that I can’t call her right now? Gabe, what in the hell have you done?” London yelled.
    “ That’s the part that I’m not sure you’re going to like. Toni is on a plane as we speak, she should be here in a couple of hours.” Gabe said and braced for the explosion that he was sure was about to happen.
    London laughed humorlessly. “Let me get this straight. You put a young girl who has never flown anywhere in her entire life on a plane by herself?” Have you lost your damn mind? What in the hell were you thinking? Anything could happen to her between New York and here. She’s been through a lot you couldn’t imagine the trauma that she’s experienced. Do you know that I’m responsible for that young lady? How could you do this without talking to me first?”
    “ First let me just say she is safe okay have you forgotten that we have a private plane, I would never put her on a commercial flight alone. So to answer your second question I have not lost my damn mind. I know some of what she’s been through because she told me, and I didn’t talk to you before making this decision because there really wasn’t any time to talk to you, so I did what I thought was for the best at the time. So if you want to be angry at me for doing what I thought was right, then I guess I’ll just have to live with that.” Gabe said as he tried one of the tricks that Luc used to use when he was trying to get out of something with a person of the opposite sex.
    He placed a sad expression on his handsome face as he gazed at her with his moon eyes. “I guess I should tell that I really hope that you don’t stay angry with me, I did what I did because I love you, and I didn’t want you to worry about Toni being safe.”
    London gazed at him with wide questioning eyes, she shook her head slightly. “Wait, what did you just say? And you had better get the answer right the first time.”
    “ I love you.” He said softly in his accented voice.
    “ Don’t play with me Gabe, those words hold some heavy weight behind them, if you’re saying them to me you had better mean them.” She said seriously as she waited for him to confirm that he meant the words he’d just spoken.
    “ I promise you that I love you with all my heart and soul, dolcezza.” He said as he took her hand in his.
    “ I have dreamt of this moment so many times. I was beginning to think that was only time I hear you say those words to me. I love you too, lover.”
    “ So does that mean you aren’t angry with me anymore?” He asked in a whispered tone.
    “ You make it hard to stay angry with you.” She replied kissing him softly on the lips.
    “ That’s good to know now do you want to tell me the whole story of how you ended up taking care of young Toni?” He asked.
    “ I guess we should get comfortable if I’m going to tell you that story.” London said as she kicked off her shoes and removed her jacket. Gabe removed his jacket also before pulling her into his lap.
    “ I’d just finished college I was offered a job in New York by a