Page 70 of Keeping My Girl

“Next exit,” Nico tells me nonchalantly, as if he didn’t just give me two of the best orgasms in my entire life, as if we didn’t almost wreck and die on the highway…several times.

I put on the turn signal, my body going through the motions as I desperately try to come down from my high and concentrate. Thank goodness we’re not far from the compound, and I feel a hell of a lot better when we’re pulling up to the gate. The guard at the front checks our car in, and I drive through.

When I’m parked, I finally breathe out a sigh of relief. Nico and I climb out of the car, and I glare at him over the hood of the car.

“What?” he asks, feigning innocence, and I can’t help but smile.

Tommaso, one of the bodyguards, steps out of the SUV that was tailing us and asks, “Were you having car trouble?” Concern laces his features as he says, “You were doing sixty and then ninety and then forty-five on the highway, and I saw you swerve a few times.”

Nico flashes me a cocky grin before turning to the guard. “Nah, Lina is just learning how to drive. I’ve been trying to teach her, but she’s a terrible student,” he deadpans. “She’ll get better with more practice, I’m sure.”

“Oh, okay,” Tommaso says with a nod of understanding before giving me a small, uneasy smile and then turning away to continue with his shift.

I walk over to Nico and smack him in the stomach with the back of my hand. “Asshole,” I mutter under my breath.

“You love me,” he retorts with a chuckle before walking towards the house.

My steps falter behind him. I know Nico was just joking around, but his words have a profound impact on me. I never thought I’d ever be capable of loving someone; never wanted to love anyone or allow myself to be that vulnerable in a relationship. But I know everything is different when it comes to Nico. And I think the impossible is happening — I am starting to fall in love with him.

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