Leo heard the words, and for a moment, he went quiet.
"I feel the same," he said. "But we shouldn't rush into something we're not ready for just because it's hard right now."
She was quiet on her end, and he could tell she was nodding even though he couldn't see it.
"Okay. Let's do this," Leo said, causing Vittoria's ears to perk up.
"Three months," he said.
"If you still feel the same after three months, and it's not just the distance talking, then we try it. Okay?"
The tone of her voice changed immediately, the warmth returning.
"That's not a bad suggestion," she said.
But after that, she was off.
She had been handed the opening and intended to walk through it fully, so she even began listing living terms.
She wanted them sleeping in the same bed.
She wanted a cat, and apparently she had already named the cat.
"Whisker von Pounce," she said with a tinge of mischief in her voice
Leo stared at the phone.
"That's the name?" Leo questioned genuinely.
"Don't judge him."
