“So demanding.” I see his fingers tighten around her throat, but she lifts her chin as if she’s giving him even more access. Max pants and presses himself against her. “But I’ll be the one giving demands, Juliana. Be a good girl for me.”
She pants.
Max arches an eyebrow at her and pulls her thigh over his hip roughly as his fingers dig into her skin. “Should I spank you right here and now?”
My hands curl into fists. What the fuck is this?
“You said you give the orders, but I don’t know if you have the power to make me obedient.”
Before Max can say a word, Juliana bites his neck. He pins her to the wall with his body and says something that makes her moan. A moan that I have memorized since our little bit of fun together. She pants and then meets his eyes, focused solely on him as his nose brushes hers.
“Tell me the truth, naughty minx. You want me to kiss you.”
“If you know, you shouldn’t ask.”
“It’s more fun to hear it.”
“Juliana.” I say, before they can keep going.
Both look over at me and Max smirks. “Are you jealous I got my hands on her first, kid?”
“You didn’t,” I say simply. “Mr. Giovani is very concerned about his daughter.”
Max takes a step back at that. He adjusts his suit and sighs. “Next time, sweet Juliana.”
“Nothing sweet about me.” She bites back.
“Just wait until I wind you up.” He promises before dipping into the bathroom to make sure he’s safe to walk out.
I take his place and turn Juliana’s chin so she has to face me. “Is that why Konstantin has been colder than normal since I put my hand on you?”
“Gio-”
“Get me on the same page or I’ll out Max to your father right now.”
“Blackmail?” She scoffs. “If I didn’t want his hands on me, you would have found him on the ground cupping his balls.”
“Then enlighten me. I’m not good enough for you?”
She wraps her arm around herself. “I didn’t say that Gio. I enjoyed what we did. I would like to do it again.”
“Funny way of showing it.”
“If you’re not okay with me wanting all three of you, that’s fine. But if you get my father involved, you know that it’s not just Max or Konstantin he’ll punish,” She whispers.
That day at the horse track comes back to me. She wouldn’t tell me what her father had done, just that she didn’t want it to happen again. But it had happened again, whateveritwas. He has a punishment that breaks her. And bringing that down on Juliana is something I can’t do, no matter how angry I am.
“So, who’s better?” I demand. “Me or Konstantin?”
“Fuck me so I can tell you.” She kisses the corner of my mouth. “I have enough lust and love to give. But if you’re not okay with it, I need to know.”
I study her face intently. “We’ll talk about this when your father isn’t waiting on you.”
She nods and we return to the table once Max is with us. He nods to me once in thanks. We go over the logistics and agree to a rotation in her guest room. Her father wants to set up video surveillance as well, but I know that’s to keep us in line, not some unseen foe.
We manage to avoid it for now and once we have a tension-filled meal, we all go with Juliana to her apartment. Konstantin sits with Charlie on his lap until Juliana summons him to the kitchen. He settles for playing fetch with the dog.
“So, we have some things to discuss.”