Gio slammed into her one last time, holding his pelvis up against her with a groan triggering Bianca’s orgasm and she cried out, her heart pounding with every wave of pleasure that ran through her body.

She stayed on him even after it was all over, her heart still banging away as her breathing finally came under control. Grabbing the towel she’d put on the bed in preparation for this, she climbed off him gently, cleaned up and came to rest next to him.

Gio kissed the top of her head. “I’m not that handicapped, you know.”

Bianca smiled. “Your mom says you’ve been stubborn so I’m taking over now. No arguing. You need to take it easy.”

He brought his big arm around her and squeezed her to him. “If this is how you take over then I ain’t arguing.”

She giggled now, making herself comfortable against his warm hard body. Still clueless as to how things would work out for them, unbelievably she felt even more sure about what she’d told her mother and grandmother over the phone earlier. As long as she was with Gio she’d be fine.

This day had started so horribly bad and now she could hardly believe how perfect everything had turned out.

~*~

Calling Felix had been the best decision of Gio’s life. Not only was Bianca back in his life for good, they’d start with the demolition of what was left of the old gym as soon as the investigation was over and rebuild from the ground up.

The guys couldn’t have been happier but none more so than Gio. Gio told them he’d get all their names on the title as soon as possible. Felix was going to do everything he could to get this thing going fast and have them back in business in no time. Felix might be relationship-challenged but he truly was loyal to 5th Street and always had been.

As promised, he figured something out and while their new set up wasn’t nearly as glamorous as something Felix could offer Bianca they were happy. That’s all that mattered. He was already working on bigger and better but for now this worked out for everyone and would have to do.

“What do you think?” Gio clicked the remote turning off the TV in their bedroom as Bianca walked in wearing a bathrobe and a towel on her head.

She closed the door behind her. “One bathroom for four people is going to be interesting but I think we’ll manage.”

Gio pulled her to him as soon as she was close enough and she dropped the clothes she carried onto the bed. “Noah and Roni said we’re welcome to live here as long as we need to, but I promise you it’s only until 5th Street is up and running again.”

With Noah out of a paycheck until 5th Street got going again, Gio would use some of the insurance money to pay rent and help him and Roni with the utilities. Noah had assured him he and Roni would be okay with her pay and what they had in their savings. He’d refused to take any money from Gio at first but Gio insisted.

He slid his hand under her robe, immediately aroused by her soft and warm nakedness. “The only thing you have to promise me,” Bianca had her sexy siren eyes stare going and Gio loved it, “is wherever I end up, it’ll always be with you.”

Gio laid back on the bed bringing her with him. She laughed outright as she toppled over him.

“I promise,” he whispered, slipping his tongue in her mouth, already pulling her robe open. “You’re with me for good now.” Boy, did he mean that. He didn’t think he could go a day without her now. “I love you, Bianca.”

“I love you, too, Gio.” She sucked his tongue before pulling back and looking deep in his eyes. “God, I love you.”

Epilogue

It’s not that Bianca didn’t want to live with Roni and Noah anymore but the other spare room was their office now. Even though Roni assured her that for the first few months the baby would sleep in their master bedroom in a cradle, Bianca knew Roni must be anxious to start decorating the nursery.

So she was thrilled when Gio’s mom told her about the apartment above her friend’s garage being available and very affordable.

She stood at the top of the stairs as the guys hauled the last of their furniture up the stairs. Glancing back into the small apartment she knew this was a far cry from the glamorous life she would’ve lived if she had stayed with Felix. But even as humble as her life would be for now Bianca couldn’t imagine feeling happier than she was now.

Gio assured her things would get better once things really got going with the new gym but Bianca didn’t even care. Already with the money he was making she could afford to not have to work and go to school full time. She’d soon be a teacher for the hearing impaired. Something she’d wanted to be since she was a little girl and most importantly she was with Gio every day. Her life couldn’t be more perfect.

She walked back into the apartment where Nellie and Roni were helping her unpack the few boxes she and Gio had brought back from her grandma’s place just last week. In the few months she and Gio had lived with Noah and Roni, Bianca had become very close to them both. It was hard to believe these two were eight years older than her. She felt more in sync with them than any of the girlfriends she had in high school.

“Where do you want this, babe?”

Bianca turned to Gio and Abel who held the wooden table her dad had built when she was kid. It was supposed to be a desk but it was so big and sturdy Bianca thought it’d make a perfect kitchen table. Their eating area was just big enough.

“Over there,” she pointed to the kitchen area where Roni and Nellie stood.