"On our wedding night, after the first time, I tried to...to..." she flushed hot with embarrassment as she remembered how naive she had been back then. 

She had reached over to snuggle with Romano, who had moved to the edge of the bed in an effort to get away from her.

"Well, anyway, you told me not to mistake what we did with any act of love. That it was much more basic instincts than that. Just sex, you said, just...well...you know..."

Romano’s hands had dropped from her face to her ...