The grocery store. The park. Any-fucking-where.
When Giana showed up at the door, pizza boxes in hand, she stole my breath away.
Her eyes looked like she’d cried for a thousand hours. I had too.
Scarlett had been quickly taken with Giana, especially since I’d never invited a woman over, had barely even dated. Watching the two laughing and playing together made fireworks go off in my stomach.
And while I didn’t want to break up the fun princess tea party, Scarlett’s bedtime had long passed. And more than anything, I needed to get Giana alone, find out the answer to the question storming through my brain.
Once Scarlett drifted off to sleep, I whispered to Giana, “Let’s go talk.”
I closed Scarlett’s bedroom door and guided Giana into my bedroom, which was clear on the other side of the two-bedroom apartment.
I shut the door and locked it to ensure we’d have privacy. “This is the only place we can talk without waking Scarlett.”
When Giana eased down onto the foot of my bed, hands folded in her lap, I eased down beside her.
“What happened in Barbados?” It was the only question on my list, the one that kept me up at night.
Giana turned to face me, eyes glistening with tears. “When you excused yourself to use the restroom, I was going over menu options. I heard a phone chirp. I thought it was Stacy, so I grabbed the phone on the bedside table, not realizing it was yours.”
My mouth dropped open. Scarlett sent me several texts that night, one of which wasI love you. “You thought a woman sent me those texts.”
Giana lowered her gaze to the floor. “Yes.”
I shook my head, annoyed at myself for not telling her about Tyler, Cassie, and Scarlett that night. Thinking I’d had a girlfriend must have been torture on her already fragile heart.
“I meant to tell you that my brother, he—”
She placed her finger over my mouth. “I know about Tyler, Cassie, and Scarlett. That’s why I’m here.” Her breath hitched. “I’m so sorry.”
The room overflowed with words left unsaid, as though Giana and I both were emotionally spent.
“I love you so much, Gigi. Never stopped.”
She cupped my cheek. “I’ve never stopped loving you.”
I leaned in and kissed her, soft, tender.
And it took mere seconds for the kiss to explode, faster and harder, mouths parting only long enough to remove each other’s clothes.
We sank into the middle of the bed, her legs open wide as I settled my face between her thighs.
One lick to her bare pussy, and she cried out my name, fingers raking through my hair.
Fuckshe tasted sweet.
I wasn’t sure how long I’d be able to hold out, the need to slide my cock inside her building.
“Gigi, baby.” I licked and sucked. “I need you to come for me.”
I slid a finger inside her, and she bucked her hips forward, begging me for more.
“Reed…” she panted out.
Another lick.
“Oh, God…”
