jennie clung to taeyong like there was no tomorrow. his silky tongue had continued to explore the secrets of her mouth and her hands had slowly crept up to wound themselves into taeyong's hair. she had felt taeyong's hands glide down her back and slip inside her blouse. jennie moaned against his mouth as she felt the heat of taeyong's hand against her bare back. she wanted taeyong took her now under this oak tree she would have gladly gave herself to him.
taeyong finally broke the kiss and jennie had instantly missed the feel of his mouth against hers. he rested his forehead against her own as both of them panted heavily trying to catch their breaths.
"jen-" taeyong whispered.
jennie brought her fingers to taeyong's lips to stop him from saying anything more.
"shut up." she whispered. she did not want to hear his apologies. he had nothing to apologize about. they held each other as they waited for their heartbeats to settle down. the rain had finally slowed down to a drizzle and the sky was starting to brighten up again.
"i think it's time for us to go." taeyong whispered as the rain finally stopped. jennie did not want to leave the bubble that they had created but she knew that they had to get back to reality inevitably.
taeyong released her and bent down to grab the basket and the blanket. he then reached out and took her hand and they slowly made their way back to the villa.
•••
back at the villa, they immediately headed towards their room to change as the down pour had left them completely soaked from head to toe. jennie went to the bathroom first as taeyong was left in the bedroom to contemplate on what just happened between them.
he headed towards the window to stare at the beautiful scenery outside. he was getting quite nervous as the kisses that he had shared with jennie were getting too intense for his own comfort.
he had made a promise that he would honor her decision to have the marriage in name only but he is finding out much to his dismay how difficult it was to follow through.
jennie finally emerged from the bathroom newly showered and freshly dressed. she was wearing a flower printed sundress that reminded taeyong of flower fields during spring time. her delicate feet were enclosed in wedge sandals that had silk ribbons tied around her ankles.
"it's your turn yong." jennie said with a smile.
after both of them had finished freshening up taeyong had taken jennie out for a drive in the mercedes convertible that he had rented out during their entire stay in italy. jennie had kept asking where they were going but taeyong had kept his mouth shut.
•••
after driving for thirty minutes they arrived at a small family own vineyard that was situated just outside volterra.
jennie looked at taeyong with a perplexed expression on her face as if asking what was going on but he only responded with a small smile. they got out of the car and headed towards the front door.
taeyong knocked softly and they waited until an old woman opened the door for them. taeyong spoke to the woman completely in italian and jennie had no idea what they were talking about.
she watched as the woman responded to him, a smile lighting up her wrinkled face as she invited them inside.
once inside, taeyong leaned over to whisper to her an explanation. "this vineyard is owned by the bianchi family. they are one of the oldest families here who still make wine the old fashioned way. i wanted to show you how wine was made before, way before the huge companies got in the way."
jennie's eyes sparkled with interest. this was something completely new for her and she couldn't wait to experience it.
as they entered the house, the old woman turned to taeyong and asked inquiringly, "sei sposato?"
taeyong answered with a gentle smile "si signora." he replied.
the old woman's smile widened as she gazed lovingly at taeyong and jennie. "belle coppie." she commented causing taeyong to blush.
as the woman walked ahead, jennie leaned towards taeyong and asked curiously. "what did she say?"
"she asked if we were married and i said yes." taeyong responded.
"that's all?" jennie narrowed her eyes at him. "what did she say before she left?" jennie pressed further. she wanted to know what caused the lee taeyong to blush.
taeyong gave her an embarrassed smile "she said we were a beautiful couple." he replied.
jennie couldn't help but blush herself. taeyong took her hand and they followed the old woman who had stepped out of the back door. for the next forty minutes, the woman took them on a tour of the vineyard as well as the wine cellar where they kept their wines.
the woman, who had introduced herself as giulana bianchi, had spoken non-stop in straight italian. jennie assumed that she was explaining to them the wine making process.
fortunately, taeyong was there to translate most of giulana's utterances to her.
as they were about to descend to the wine cellars, a young man who looked like he was around their age approached giulana.
he appeared to have asked something to her in Italian. giulana replied and the only words that jennie understood were her name and taeyong's. jennie inferred that the man was probably asking who they were.
giulana then turned to them and introduced the man as niccolo bianchi. according to taeyong he was giulana's son. jennie smiled at him and said hi but to her surprise niccolo took her hand and kissed it softly.
"siete la piu bella ragazza che ho visto." he said to her in italian. jennie had no idea what he had said but she did notice taeyong frown a little bit.
fortunately, niccolo did not stay long and had said goodbye after the introductions were made. as they were going down the wine cellar jennie had been convincing taeyong to tell her what niccolo had told her.
taeyong appeared to be quite wary in translating niccolo's comment to her. but eventually due to jennie's persistence taeyong finally gave in.
in a reluctant tone, taeyong explained to her that niccolo said that she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. jennie couldn't help but smile and feel flattered which earned her an angry scowl from taeyong.
after their tour of the wine cellars, giulana brought them back outside where she showed them a huge well-like structure. it wasn't deep enough to be considered a well though. while jennie was wondering what the structure was for, a couple of men carrying baskets of grapes approached it and started dumping the grapes inside.
she watched in fascination while basket after basket of grapes was dumped inside and she had finally requested taeyong to ask giulana what they were doing. they spoke quietly for awhile until taeyong finally explained to her that this was their way of crushing the grapes. all of the grapes were placed inside and they all go in and stomp on them with their feet.
"that sounds fun!" jennie exclaimed with a big smile.
giulana asked her something in italian and taeyong said that giulana was asking if she wanted to try it out.
jennie's eyes lighted up in excitement. "can we really do it yong?" jennie asked excitedly.
taeyong looked at her in amusement. "we can do it if you really want to jen." he replied.
jennie nodded enthusiastically and taeyong could not help but laugh at her enthusiasm.
they took off their shoes and washed their feet and taeyong helped jennie enter the structure. jennie squirmed as soon as her feet touched the grapes.
"they feel so squishy and slimy." she commented. taeyong laughed as he stood beside her. giulana instructed that they should stomp hard and fast and before long jennie and taeyong had developed a rhythm of their own. jennie had never felt so much fun in her life and taeyong was all smiles as well.
as the grapes were being crushed, the texture of the grapes had turned slippery and before she knew it jennie suddenly lost her footing and slipped.
in a flash taeyong reached out and caught her saving her from bathing herself in grape juice. jennie clutched taeyong's arm tightly. taeyong held her close and jennie's heart started to beat fast once again as soon as she realized their proximity.
the other people around them were all smiles as they watched the couple. softly they started chanting "bacila!" over and over again until their voices became louder and more distinct.
jennie stared at taeyong with a confused look on her face. "what are they saying?" jennie asked curiously.
taeyong gave her a crooked smile as he gazed down at her. "they're telling me to kiss you." he murmured.
jennie's heart doubled up in speed. "and what are you going to do about it then?" she asked boldly, a teasing smile plastered across her face. she remembered the kiss that they had shared only a few hours ago.
taeyong's grin widened and jennie saw a flicker of desire in his eyes. he whispered huskily.
"i just might take them up on it."
omg woke up to this book getting 7th in taeyong and still first in jenyong im so 😳