She continued to moan squeezing her eyes shut as spasm after glorious spasm continued and she was sure she’d pass out from the pleasure of it. “You liked that?”

Something was wrong. This wasn’t right. Of course, something is wrong that voice in her head screamed.

“You like that, baby?”

Bianca’s eyes flew open and she gasped for a moment unable to breathe. Felix was on his elbow next to her naked. She lay there spread eagle in the middle of the bed. All the blankets were gone. Her heart still beat wildly as she realized what had just happened.

Felix smiled, kissing her softly. “I’m sorry. I was going to let you just sleep but I couldn’t help myself. You look so damn good lying there naked and once I started you were enjoying it so much there was no way I was stopping. But damn, if that wasn’t a f**king turn on watching you come in your sleep.” He moved up over her and she felt his erection graze her leg. “I promise this won’t take long at all,” he said with a soft laugh.

Her heart was beating even more erratically now. How long had she been out? But what screamed loudest in her head was why the hell had she been dreaming that it was Gio doing this, not Felix?

She wrapped her arms around Felix’s neck kissing him long and hard. “I love you.”

“I love you, too,” he said just as he entered her with a groan.

As usual, he was incredibly gentle—always had been. It was something her mother said she should appreciate. Most young men were brusque and selfish at lovemaking. Not Felix. He said she was different from anyone else he’d ever dated—special—and he would always treat her that way.

Even though she appreciated it, at the moment Bianca needed more. The guilt of her dream washed over her. She didn’t deserve gentle. She lifted her hips wanting him in as deep as possible. Guiltily needing to show him just how much she loved him with her body. Each thrust she lifted her hips higher. Each time he went a little harder and deeper and she loved it.

Even though he promised it’d be over quick he made it last until she came again only this time she stifled her moans, squeezing her arms around his neck as he buried himself as deep as he could.

He collapsed atop her breathing hard and for some reason she didn’t want to open her eyes. The memory of her climax just minutes ago hadn’t faded. Neither had the shock of realizing it was her boyfriend who’d made it happen. Most troubling was the disappointment she felt that it hadn’t been Gio. The guilt of it was too much for her to bear. What was wrong with her?

“I love you,” she whispered anxiously as she opened her eyes.

Felix lifted his head to look at her and smiled. “I love you, too Bianca.”

Her eyes must’ve looked as dreary as they felt. After what just happened, and not just during the day but the evening, her body felt spent. “Time for bed, sleepy head,” he whispered before crawling off her.

He walked away and she supposed he was going to the bathroom to grab a towel but she never found out because within seconds she was out again.

~*~

No matter how much Gio had been warned, he did not expect to be in this much pain. The walk from the bathroom back to his bed was excruciating. There was no way he was leaving this cabin today or even tonight. He’d be lucky if he left the bed for anything but to use the bathroom.

Bianca had promised sore. He’d been dealing with sore for years. As a boxer it came with the territory but this was ridiculous. This wasn’t sore. This was all out pain. He sat down slowly, wincing, as the pain shot down his upper thighs.

There was a knock on the door and Gio grunted in response. The door opened and Felix peeked his head in then laughed at Gio’s pained expression. Gio inched his way back onto the bed with a frown. “Laugh it up, ass**le. You should’ve given me a Vicodin not an aspirin.”

Felix walked all the way in now, still chuckling. “I told you it was gonna be bad. Are you gonna eat? Breakfast is ready.”

“Hell no. I can barely make it to the bathroom.”

“That bad?” Felix stopped and appeared to ponder on something for a second. “Yeah, it was that bad now that I remember.” He laughed again. “Go sit in the hot tub again. That shit will fix you right up.”

Gio couldn’t even imagine trying to climb in that thing with as much pain as he was in. “Listen, I’m out of here and Bianca has to work today so she’ll be gone all morning but we both should be back by lunchtime. And you’re going tonight, by the way, so get your ass in the tub.” Felix glanced out the door then closed it softly. Gio looked up at him wondering what he was doing. “So, what do you think?”

“About what?”

“About Bianca. She’s something else, isn’t she?”

Gio glanced away unable to look Felix in the eye anymore. “Yeah, she’s real sweet.”

“She’s incredible. She’s the one who has me considering leaving the whole bachelor life behind.”

That should’ve made Gio feel better. Instead, it irritated him to no end. Considering? “What’s there not to be sure about? You said it yourself. She’s incredible.”

“Well, yeah,” Felix said, leaning against the dresser. “But my life is too crazy right now to get into anything serious. There’s always something going on. I just don’t know if I can be there for her like she needs—deserves. You know?”

Gio hadn’t planned on having this conversation with him just yet. He was in so much pain, all he wanted to do today was relax. Now every muscle on his body had gone taut. Bianca’s words in the car came to him suddenly, I love you, too. “Seems to me she’s already under the impression you guys are serious.” He was trying his damnedest to not sound as irritated as he felt. So he didn’t know if he could give her what she deserved but he was going to have her think he was in love with her? What the f**k was that about? Unable to hold back he had to ask. “What’s up with you and the chick in Chicago?”