Page 23 of The Prizes We Win
Sebastian chuckles softly. “You get up earlier than this every single day of your life, and now you want to be a cuddle bug?”
He’s not wrong.
“I know. But for the first time in I don’t even know how long, I don’t need to gotowork today. I get to just be here.”
And it feels so fucking good.
Sebastian sighs softly and rubs his hand up and down my forearm. “I know. I like having you here. But you and I both know we quite literally have a million and one things to do, including dealing with the Bratva, dealing with our girlfriend’s father who is currently locked up downstairs, and figuring out what to do with the pint-sized redhead across the hall.”
Here I was hoping we could get amnesia for five fucking minutes. But, he’s right. Unfortunately.
“Ughhh.” Reaching down I throw the sheets off of both of us. “Fine.”
The sound of Josephine’s giggle floating down the hall has both of us refocusing our attention on the door. “See, even Enz is up before us.” Sebastian sits up on the edge of the bed, reaches behind him, and smacks his hand on my bare thigh. “Come on, Baby. Rise and shine.”
Getting on my knees behind him, I wrap my arms around his torso just a moment longer. I tuck my head and pepper soft kisses along the slope of one shoulder, then the other. “Hmmm, you’re lucky I love you,” I say before nipping at the skin on the base of his neck.
Sebastian hisses and stands from the bed to face me. Narrowing his eyes with a grin he says, “And you’re lucky I love you because I just might make you pay for that later.”
“Looking forward to it,” I answer with a wink.
Sebastian and I quickly get dressed, me in my glasses, black sweats, and T-shirt, and Seb in jeans cuffed at the ankle, an emerald green hoodie, and his glasses. The two of us walk downstairs to find Joe and Enzo sitting at the kitchen counter, and, as I suspected, Dante cooking breakfast.
None of us can really cook for shit, but Dante sure can make a mean breakfast. Plus, he’s always up at the crack of dawn, even before me most days. So, breakfast is usually his thing.
As we make our way over to them, we watch as Enzo leans in and whispers something in Josephine’s ear, causing her to tip her head back in laughter, and the sound gets Dante to smile wide on the other side of the island as he cracks copious amounts of eggs into a bowl. “Look at them,” Sebastian says softly.
And when I look over at him, I know his expression mirrors mine.
Love.
D spots us first. “About time the two of you woke up,” he says as he pours two more cups of coffee.
“We can get our own coffee, D,” Sebastian says.
Dante shrugs. “I know.”
Sebastian takes Josephine’s chin between his thumb and forefinger and tips her head up at him. He kisses her lips softly. “Morning, Love.”
“Morning.” Her usually raspy voice sounds a little more so this morning, and I love it.
“Sounded like the two of you had a fun night.” Seb releases his hold on Josephine and does the same to Enzo. Except this time, he runs the pad of his thumb over what appears to be a small cut on his lip. I watch as Josephine’s smile widens in pride. “Lookslike the two of you had a fun night too.”
Enzo runs his tongue along what I’m assuming is a bite mark and lets the tip of it graze over Seb’s thumb. “Just played a little game, didn’t we, Sweetheart?”
“Sure did,” she answers as she winks over at me.
“Good boy,” Seb says to Enz before quickly kissing him as well.
“Good morning, Vita Mia,” I greet her as I run my hand up her thigh and kiss her softly. She moans into my kiss, and I drink it all in.
“Do I get one from you, too?” Enzo asks.
Feigning annoyance, I groan against Josephine’s lips, and I can feel her smile against mine. Giving him what I know hewants, and what I secretly do too, I relent and kiss him just as deeply as I did her. “Better?” I ask as I pull away.
“Much,” he replies with a cocky grin.
Taking a seat next to Enzo, and Sebastian beside Josephine, I take a long drink of my coffee. When I look up I find Dante staring at the four of us with… well, a very unDante-like expression on his face. Something resembling humor, confusion, and…love.
