GIO (Interracial Rockstar Romance)

“And he will if he gets bored. Trust—”

“We’re done talking about this.” I couldn’t take any more. The very thought of Gio having some other woman in the bed that we’d just slept in made me want to vomit all over Ru’s expensive rental. Jealousy prickled against my skin. Ugly, dark jealousy. Of course, Gio had other women before me. We both loved and had sex before the other. I just didn’t want to hear about it.

My phone buzzed. Happy for a distraction, I pulled it out.

“Fine,” Ru said. “I’ll leave your love life alone.”

“Thank you, and from now on, keep your meetings with me to business also.”

An angry expression covered Ru’s face as he started the car. “This is business. You getting your head caught up with some bad boy singer could fuck with both of our money.”

“But it hasn’t, so until that happens, stay out of it.”

Ru nodded, but still looked pissed.

I pulled out my phone and checked the screen.

GIO: Almost done?

ME: Yes. Omw.

GIO: Hungry?

ME: Yes.

GIO: I didn’t see you two on the west wing.

ME: Ru took me for a ride. We’ll be back in thirty.

It took a few minutes for his responding text. I hoped he wasn’t pissed off at the revelation.

GIO: Cool. I’ll meet you two in front.

ME: Okay.

I placed my phone back in my pocketbook.

“Just ask yourself this,” Ru started the car, “where is this going?”

I didn’t respond.

Silence filled the ride back, and as much as I tried to, I couldn’t get Ru’s words out of my head.

“He can do whatever he wants.”

“And he will if he gets bored.”

What the hell were Gio and I doing? Granted we were having good sex and an absolutely fun time. I focused on that point and let go of any other thoughts. Hadn’t I been disciplined for the past years? I deserved some great sex, regardless of whether a relationship or anything came out of it.

Do I even want a relationship?

I didn’t want to admit it, but I had to...I loved the idea of Gio being in my life for the long-term. But we’d just started. It would be crazy to expect more than fun and music from this situation.

He’s single. I’m single. Ru can just shut up. We’re having fun. Ru thinks there are only two options. There’s also option C, the girl walks away happy and thoroughly fucked, knowing that she had a great experience she’ll always remember.

I smiled. Confidence filled my chest.

And then all of that crumbled as Ru pulled us up to the front and Gio stood outside.

Damn it. What if I can’t happily walk away from him?

A pair of ripped, designer jeans clung to his muscular thighs, looking like they were about to tear the material some more. Although snow fell, he wore a blue shirt, unbuttoned, low on his ripped chest. The sleeves were rolled up, exposing his masculine arms.

Why does he have to be so fucking gorgeous?

Chapter 16

Giovanni

Music,

I feel,

must be emotional first

and intellectual second.

~Maurice Ravel

Where the fuck did he take her?

I checked my watch. They’d been gone for over an hour. Had I known that he would have driven off with her, I would’ve had Chucky puncture his tires.

Would she be pissed if she knew I was cable of doing that and more to keep her with me?

Ru parked the car in front of me, jumped out, and rushed over to open her door. A bad taste coated my tongue. I wanted to spit it out on his face, but I had to remain on my best behavior. No woman had ever triggered me to act this childish. Simone wasn’t a toy for Ru and me to fight over.

Still, I swore her manager craved more than just a big check from her. All I wanted to do was get rid of him.

He better stay in line.

“Thanks, Ru.”

She climbed out. Describing her as sexy would’ve been an understatement. She wore a pair of blue jeans that had to be tailored for those curvy hips and voluptuous ass. Midnight was close to being right. Her ass was almost too much for me to handle, but I didn’t mind spending a lifetime dominating it. A white shirt peeked out of the cropped leather jacket she had on.

Simone. Simone.

A little snow had sprinkled onto her waves upon waves of curls that swept over one side of her face. She was my wildest fantasy come to life. I had to force myself to remain standing where I was, instead of taking her into my arms. For now, she trusted Ru. And I didn’t want to completely get on his bad side. God only knew what things he would do to get me out of the picture.

“How was the meeting?” I asked her.

Although her lips curved into a smile, the joy didn’t reach her eyes. She appeared uncomfortable between the two of us. “It was fine.”