“You’d better,” Neil said.
Rome snorted with a shake of his head and walked away with only one thing on his mind. Juno.
Juno
He woke when the bed dipped and then a body pressed against his and Rome’s scent wafted over him. Rome snuggled close, running his nose down Juno’s neck, then pressed a kiss to the spot between his neck and shoulder.
“You’re wearing my shirt,” Rome said, his voice low and rough.
Juno hummed and turned onto his other side to face Rome. He raised a hand to run his fingers down Rome’s jaw, his stubble prickly under his fingertips.
“And you’re still alive,” Juno said.
Rome grimaced, then sighed. “You were right. We weren’t thinking.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t think I heard that right. Can you repeat it?”
Rome snorted and grumbled under his breath, making Juno chuckle.
“So, what are you gonna do now?”
“I don’t know,” Rome said with a sigh. “We need to get rid of this guy. I just don’t know how or what the consequences are gonna be.”
“You should totally quit. Come work at the shop. You’d make a cute receptionist,” Juno teased.
Rome grunted then shook his head.
“Never gonna happen. I’m in it for life.”
Juno arched a brow at him and said, “Until your death, you mean.”
“Juno…”
He sighed and pressed his face against Rome’s chest.
“I don’t want to lose you,” Juno mumbled and the second the words were out, he hoped Rome hadn’t heard them.
Rome pushed Juno back and met his gaze. Rome’s dark eyes were fiery.
“I don’t want to lose you either, il mio re.”
“What does that mean?” Juno asked, hoping to get the conversation away from all the vulnerable, affectionate stuff he didn’t know how to handle.
Rome’s smile was cheeky as he said, “It means ‘my king.’”
Juno blinked at Rome. “What?”
Rome chuckled and leaned close to press a kiss to Juno’s lips.
“I thought it was very fitting with you being a King,” Rome said as he pulled back.
Juno swallowed hard. It wasn’t the ‘king’ part. It was the ‘my’ part that had his heart stuttering.
“Are we… Are you seeing anyone else?” Juno asked tentatively.
The crease between Rome’s brows didn’t bode well.
“Are you?” Rome asked, his voice sounding rough.
“No.”
“Good.”
Juno arched a brow at Rome. The fuck did ‘good’ mean?
“Do you want to be exclusive?” Rome asked and before Juno could figure out how to answer that without sounding needy, Rome said, “Because I do.”
“Okay,” Juno said in a hoarse voice. He cleared his throat. “I do. Want to be exclusive.”
The smile on Rome’s lips made Juno grin and lean in for a kiss. Rome pressed his lips to Juno’s, then pulled back to wrap his arms around Juno and bury his face against the back of his shoulder. Juno was still grinning as he fell asleep.
Chapter Ten
Rome
JUNO WAS gorgeous. The man was sexy as hell. But when he was asleep, a content look on his face as he clung to Rome’s side, he was even more attractive to Rome. Of course, the man knew he was hot. He had that laid-back surfer attitude and looks. The blond hair. The muscular body. Those captivating green eyes that always had a naughty gleam in them. If he didn’t know any better, he’d say he was falling hard for the guy. But he wasn’t. Couldn’t be.
He pushed the blanket down and pulled away from Juno who rolled onto his back with a cute huff. He really shouldn’t be finding anything about Juno cute, but there was no helping it.
His gaze caught on the shirt Juno was wearing. His shirt. He’d noticed last night, but seeing it now made him realize just how much he liked Juno in his clothes. He ran a hand up Juno’s thigh, loving the hairs under his fingers. When he reached the hem of the shirt, he wasn’t surprised to find Juno not wearing underwear. A groan pushed past his lips. Fuck.
He bent down to press kisses to Juno’s cheek, moving down his jaw to the side of his neck. A sharp intake of breath let him know Juno was awake. He slid his hand under Juno’s shirt, pushing it up.
“What’cha doing?” Juno mumbled, his voice rough from sleep.
“I figured I owed you for last time.”
“Wha—”
Whatever Juno had been about to say turned into a hiss when Rome took his hard cock into his mouth. He took him to the back of his throat and hollowed his cheeks as he sucked hard. He held Juno’s gaze as he licked across the head of his cock, pressing the tip of his tongue into the slit and eliciting a needy groan from Juno.
“Fuck. Fuck,” Juno hissed.
One of Juno’s hands landed on the back of Rome’s head, fingers digging into Rome’s hair. Rome moved the hand he had on Juno’s stomach further up until he found a nipple and pinched it. Juno jerked under him, moaning as he arched into Rome’s touch. He kept sucking Juno’s dick while he played with his nipples, teasing and tweaking first one then the other.
The sounds coming from Juno had his cock hard and leaking but he kept his focus on Juno. He wanted to see him come. Wanted to swallow his load.
When the grip on his hair tightened, he knew Juno was close. He slipped his fingers between Juno’s cheeks and brushed them over his hole, then moved them up to rub his taint. Juno came with a shout, his hot come spilling down Rome’s throat. Rome swallowed, then licked a path up Juno’s cock before pulling back to meet Juno’s dark gaze.
“Come ‘ere,” Juno mumbled, crooking a finger at Rome.
A smile teased Rome’s lips as he crawled up Juno’s body to kiss him. Juno’s tongue fought his for control, the kiss turning
