Page 71 of The Boss

“Can I?” She asks, looking down at my cock that’s still hard.

“Yes,” I rasp.

Her hand closes around my cock, moving with a confident, unhurried rhythm. I exhale sharply and shove my phone onto the nightstand.

I’m close already, too close. If I want to be inside her, it has to happen now.

“I need to be inside you,” I grit out.

She releases me and shifts beneath me, settling onto her back. I catch the movement as she touches herself, and it nearly breaks my control.

I grab a condom quickly, rolling it on as I position myself over her.

Leaning over, I drive into her.

She grips my bicep.

She gasps and then moans. “Gino⁠—”

“Fuck, Juliet, you’re perfect.”

I thrust into her, and our moaning and heavy breathing are all we can hear.

Her hands move to my back, and I can feel her nails dig in.

“Mark me, baby,” I say.

Then she drags her nails down my back.

“Fuck I love you,” I say.

Shit, I just said that out loud.

She looks at me wide-eyed. “Say it again,” she whispers.

“I” thrust, “love” thrust, “you” thrust.

And that takes us both over the edge. We both come at the same time. I make sure to catch myself from pressing all of my weight onto her.

She cups my face and says, “I love you too.”

I press my forehead to hers. “Matteo’s going to give us so much shit for this when he gets back, isn’t he?”

She laughs. “You know he’s been pushing for us to be together for years. And before you say it, we will get him back.”

I nod and pull out and throw away the condom.

We shower and get ready together.

After we eat a quick breakfast, she leaves to be with Vanessa, and I head to my office with the hope that we can find something new in bringing our best friend home.

THIRTY-ONE

JULIET

MARCH

As the weeks without Mateo pass, Vanessa is getting angrier at Gino and probably the rest of us. Also, I have constantly tried to keep her at bay, but that doesn’t stop her from going into Gino’s office, practically begging him to tell her something.