Page 76 of The Prices We Pay
My body doesn’t have time to react before Luca pulls away. He’s standing between my legs, panting for breath as he looks down at me.
Fuck, he didn’t like it. I knew this was a bad idea.
“Luca, we don’t have to do this. We can pretend like it never happened. We can stay best friends and—”
He fists the front of my shirt and pulls me off the couch. Colliding into him, we’re now standing chest-to-chest. He stands barely an inch taller than me, so I can feel his ragged breath on my lipswhen he says, “I thought I told you to shut up.” His mouth meets mine with the same heat and passion as it did the first time, but this time, he doesn’t pull away. This time… he’s not just testing the waters. He’s staying… tasting… taking. Luca wraps one arm around my lower back and pulls my hips against him. And even behind his briefs and joggers, I can already feel how much he’s enjoying this. I sink into him as he deepens the kiss, tasting every corner of my mouth with his. And when I groan into him, he practically swallows the sound. “We’re so not pretending this never happened,” he mumbles against my lips.
Suddenly, Sebastian’s voice commands the two of us from his spot at the bottom of the stairs. When did he even get over there? “Upstairs. Now.”
Without waiting to see if we’ll follow, he turns around and makes his way up the steps and toward his bedroom. A wanton groan spills from Luca’s mouth as he takes my hand in his. “Come on.”
My feet don’t move. “Luca, wait.”
“Enz…” he groans.
“No, just listen. Promise me that this won’t change anything. Promise me that no matter what happens upstairs, it won’t change who the three of us are. Because I want this. Ireallyfucking want this, but not if it’s going to change us.”
Luca holds my face in his hands, and his eyes search mine in a way they never have before. “I can’t promise you that, Enz.” My breath heaves in disappointment. “I can’t promise you that because this is going to change everything. Just like how Joe has changed everything. We might not have ever thought we would end up here, but I think this was where we were meant to be. Don’t get me wrong; you’re still going to piss me the fuck off from time to time.” I roll my eyes and laugh, but it’s quickly cut off when Luca cups my hard dick through my sweatpants. “But now, instead of just telling you to shut up, I’ll just shove my cock down your throat, and you’ll actually do it.”
“Holy fuck.” A shiver of pleasure runs through my body.
Luca grins. “Now, come on. You’re going to like this.”
“Please, please tell me I’m about to witness Daddy Seb.”
Luca barks out a laugh, and it does wonders to calm my frazzled nerves. But the moment we enter Sebastian’s room to find him in nothing but his briefs, Luca’s entire demeanor changes.
But Seb doesn’t pay Luca any mind. His intense stare is locked on me. His eyes dart from mine to the armchair that is sitting in the middle of the room, facing the bed. He nods his head toward the chair and commands, “Sit, Enzo.”
I pad across the room and sit in the chair. When I see him grab two small bundles of nylon rope from the dresser, my body comes alive all over again.
Just like that night with Josephine, I can’t help but wonder how I got here. Sitting in a chair in front of two of my hot-as-fuck best friends. Getting ready to do god knows what. But just like that night with Joe, I know that there isn’t a thing the two of them could ask for right now that I wouldn’t want to or be willing to do.
With my arms resting on the arm of the chair, Sebastian stands between my spread legs, bendsover, and places his hands on my wrists, effectively pinning my arms in place. The intensity of his stare sends a shiver down my spine. “Here’s the thing, Enz. I know what you want. I know what you need. I know what youdeserve. And we’re going to give it to you. So for now”—he makes quick work of tying my arms to the chair—“you’re going to sit here and watch me fuck him. You’re going to sit here and watch me fuck him until the only thing you can think about is how badly you want to be between us. Do you understand?”
Looking back over my shoulder, my eyes lock with Luca’s. He hasn’t moved from his spot, but his chest is heaving in anticipation as he clearly waits for Sebastian’s instructions. “Fuck, I see why you like this so much, Amico.”
Seb grabs my jaw with his hand, refocusing my attention on him. “From here on out, you answer me when I ask you a fucking question. Now,” Sebastian demands, inhaling as he leans forward, getting so close that his lips brush against mine. “Do you understand?”
Inhaling a shaky breath, I answer, “Yes. I understand.”
Taking my pursed bottom lip between his teeth, Seb bites down. My cock becomes impossibly hard beneath my sweats as a droplet of blood coats my tongue, and he releases my lip and says, “Good boy.”
40
Luca
I’ve never been happier to see that deviously sinister look in Enzo’s eyes than I am right now.
When I saw him staring at that bar cart downstairs, everything else faded into the background. Josephine is safe in my room with Dante, and nothing or no one is going to get to her while she’s here.
But I’ve seen that look in Enzo’s eyes before, and the last time it happened, I didn’t stop it, and it almost cost him his life. He’s done so much work over the years to fight his battles, and I am so fucking proud of him, but he’s also never had someone in his life like Josephine before. Someone he has quickly grown to care about with every fiber of hisbeing. Someone who he would easily dance with the devil himself for if it meant keeping her safe. But he doesn’t need to fight his demons tonight. Not when he has me. Not when he has Sebastian.
Not when he has all of us.
His demons are our demons, and he will never have to fight them alone.
When I was in front of him, I immediately knew I would do anything and everything I could to protect him. To keep him safe. To hold him close enough that nothing could ever hurt him again.
