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“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I was nervous, and I knew Gio had real experience I didn’t have. I didn’t want to disappoint you or give you low expectations.”
“But you were amazing. I wouldn’t have known better either way. That night I wanted to connect with you. I would have been fine if we didn’t have sex.”
“So why did we?”
“Because I felt like you wanted to,” she whispers.
I sit up and cup her face. “I did, but we didn’t have to. I was happy to just have you in my arms.”
“Gio’s right. We all need to talk more.”
“I think we’re doing fine.”
“Really? Gio doesn’t seem any closer to wanting a baby and he’s put an expiration date on this.”
“Trust me, I don’t think it will expire. We all want the same thing. He’s coming around to it.”
“Jace?”
“What’s up, gorgeous?”
“What changed tonight?”
I look her in the eyes. Something did change tonight. We bonded in a new way. The connection was deeper.
“I stopped thinking,” I reply as the truth sets in.
I wasn’t thinking about how I wanted this to end. I wasn’t thinking about what I didn’t have. I wasn’t thinking about Gio. My mind was on pleasuring Ny the entire time.
She moves to sit between my legs. I cradle her between them and wrap my arms around her, kissing the top of her head.
“I like when we don’t think,” she murmurs as if lost in thought now.
“But?”
“No buts. I like when we don’t think. We all think too much.”
“Yeah, but that’s who we are.”
“What if we let all this go? What if we found a place and lived our lives. Fuck Riccardo, fuck this thing. He hasn’t been made, why not let it go?”
“None of us would be happy with that. We’re owed,” I say bitterly.
CHAPTER42
He’s Ready
Lucas
Two years later…
“He’s ready,”Ava says as she runs her hand up my bare chest.
I should have known we wouldn’t get to enjoy the afterglow for long. Gio has made waves. He has the attention of everyone in America and quite a few here in Italy.
Blocking this promotion any longer is going to get his attention soon. He’s twenty-eight and some of these kids are being made for less.
