Page 129 of The Boss

She snorts.

“We could get married right now if you want?” I ask.

“Gino, none of our families are here, and I want to plan a wedding,” she replies.

I know she’s right, and I also know she wants to plan a wedding with my sister. My sister didn’t get her dream wedding, and Vanessa has told me about the conversations they’ve had about planning a wedding together.

“I love you,” she says, putting her palm to my cheek.

I can feel the metal of the band, which makes me smile. “And I can’t wait to marry you. But you’re going to have to wait at least six months before that happens.”

I groan, “Seriously?”

“Yes, good things come to those who wait.” She gives me a sheepish smile.

I know what she’s thinking.

“God, I love you,” I growl.

After we spend a few more hours at the beach, we make the drive back to our hotel. The entire drive, my hand is on her thigh, and I spare glances at the ring now on her finger.

Once we get back to the hotel, we make our way up to our room. I didn’t get a huge suite but a beautiful room looking over Hilo Bay. I’ve already placed an order for room service, so we don’t need to leave for the night to get dinner.

Juliet walks into the room and quickly runs into the bathroom to take a quick shower. Room service arrives, and I thank the delivery worker.

I ordered us both steak, baked potatoes and vegetables, and a bottle of champagne.

I set everything up on the balcony just as the sun is setting, casting a golden glow along the bay.

“Hey,” Juliet says as she walks onto the balcony.

After she jumped in the shower, I quickly changed into sweats and a T-shirt. She’s wearing a tank top and shorts.

She leans down and kisses me, then she takes a seat across from me. The food is still hot, so we dig right in.

With what I want to do tonight, we’re both going to need the food to sustain us.

“I need to confess something to you,” I say.

“What?” She looks up from her plate.

“That speech wasn’t the whole speech I was going to tell you, but I got nervous, so I shortened it a lot,” I admit.

She bites her lip. “Oh, really? Did you want to try again?”

“Yes, but also no,” I say.

She gives me another one of those smiles. “Gino, I love you, and no matter what you said, I would have said yes.”

I swallow. She really is my dream girl.

We finish eating and walk back into the room. I set the plates outside the room to be picked up.

“I’m going to take a shower,” I say.

Once I’m done, I step out of the bathroom to see Juliet by the sliding door, and I admire her. She wears a lace burgundy lingerie set, the top hanging perfectly over her ass. The panties match, too, and I’m already hard looking at her.

She’s closing the curtains to give us complete privacy from anyone who could look up from the beach below.

She turns and has a light blush on her cheeks, and she bites her bottom lip.

“Bella, what are you wearing?” I growl.

“Oh, just something I brought with me,” she says.

“You look fucking beautiful,” I reply.

I stride over to her and drop the towel from around my waist.

Grabbing her hips, I lift her up, and she wraps her legs around me.

“Did you have a plan for tonight?” I ask her.

“No, but I do want you to do your worst,” she says, giving me a sly smile.

And I do. Juliet is the perfect woman for me, and I know I’m going to love every second being with her for the rest of my life.