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Meet Pedro Pascual

Get over my fear of heights.

Figure out how to use that orange vibrator Thalia got me.

Lose my virginity.

Fall in Love.

Islept most of the night cuddled up against Nero before Guapo walked in and started barking. Nero and I woke up and started our morning routine. He still scowls when I begin my “Morning Besties” post for my social media, but I stopped publicly showing his face in my videos.

This had more to do with the millions of Booktok girlies flooding my TikTok comments than the fact that Tonio has Tea outed our relationship.

Working out with Nero has proven to be more of a distraction than anything. This past month, I started to notice all the small and subtle changes to his body. There was more muscle definition in areas where I knew my eyes shouldn’t wander. Over the fullness of his chest and the deep v-cut abs disappearing into his waistline.

He doesn’t dump my smoothies down the drain anymore. The protein intake is evident when he removes his shirt. Very evident when sweat falls from his hard chest, over his hard brown nipples, and down past the large ink on his stomach.

I finally got a closer look at the words last night.Dulce Periculum. Danger is sweet. And God, was it so sweet.

Like the feel of him brutally taking my throat. His moans of pleasure made me feel powerful. A high I was still chasing.

I was still struggling to digest his words from last night.

What we’re doing here is a much-needed distraction for both of us.

The problem is that I didn’t see him as a distraction. I wasn’t sure of an exact title to give him, but distraction was not on that list.

“Ready?” Nero says, eyeing the clock in the gym.

“Chill, Bruh. I got one more set.” I say, finishing up my last set of bicep curls before setting the dumbells down on the weight rack.

Nero’s look of disgust when I turn around makes me laugh.

“I’m not your Bruh.” He says.

“Sorry, what would you like me to call you?” I say, grabbing my gym bag and following him out the door.

He waits till we’re in the elevator before grabbing me and pressing his lips against mine. Biting my lips savagely as, he pushes himself into me against the wall of the elevator. Every time he kisses me, it knocks the wind out of me. I cry out when he releases me.