Her repeated words of gratitude made his chest ache a little more, if only because of how much he realized she truly needed to hear those words from someone who meant them – and even as he hands clutched at his shirt and she drew closer to him, he remained still, stunned by the sudden, unexpected kiss she had just pressed to his lips. His eyes closed before he dropped his hands down to take hold of hers, still clutched into the fabric of his shirt – the kiss was not returned, since he knew to kiss Liz in such a way would have been inappropriate. Instead, he pulled back in order to instead kiss the corner of her mouth, more near her cheek – it was innocent, and sweet.
Their relationship, for most of their lives, had been strictly platonic, save for the short time they tried their hand at dating. He just couldn’t feel right about kissing another woman while he was so happily married, even if he wouldn’t have ever considered it ‘cheating’ because of who it was with. Then again, that mindset was what encouraged him not too – whether or not Giada thought she hid it well or not, he knew there was always a twinge of jealousy when it came to his relationship with Elizabeth.
He loved the two women in entirely different ways, but both with all of his heart.
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