Desired

by Bianca Giovanni

  “Maybe a little,” she mumbles like she’s embarrassed.

  “See?” I chuckle, poking her ribs to make her laugh. “You don’t have to be Little Miss Smart-Ass all the time. You can be girly and have a princess wedding if you want one.”

  “There’s going to be so much bullshit, so much drama, James,” she whines. “Your dad—Christ, my dad!”

  “Don’t worry about it, babe. It’s like initiation. It’s something we just have to do, like a rite of passage.”

  She snickers, and I tilt her chin up so I can kiss her.

  “So, let me get my laptop and we’ll start looking up wedding stuff.” I scoot out of bed.

  She throws her head back and makes this incredibly overdone grunt of frustration before she grabs the pillow and puts it over her face like she’s trying to smother herself.

  “Yeah, ’cause that’s not completely overdramatic,” I tease as I step out into the living room to get my MacBook Pro off the dining room table.

  I come back in the room and pull the pillow off her face. She’s pretending to be angry, but she’s smiling as she sits up so she can see the screen.

  I give her a quick glance, and suddenly the monumental task of planning a wedding doesn’t seem so bad. In fact, I kind of like the idea of seeing her in a white dress, maybe some flowers in her hair, standing with her in front of all our family members and exchanging vows. A normal wedding. Something normal people do. It could actually be kind of cool. She can protest all she wants, but I know she’ll be just as psyched as I’ll be when she starts walking down that aisle.

  She looks up at me and smiles, and I know that everything’s going to be all right. We have each other. Just me and Lo, till death do us part.

  I smile, taking a glance at her while I open my browser. “Okay, wedding stuff. Here we go…”

  Acknowledgments

  Thank you to my friends and family for believing in me, to all the bloggers who reviewed Revealed and Captured, and to everyone at Omnific for helping me make this dream a reality. A big thank you goes out to Trey Parker and Matt Stone for piquing my interest in the adult entertainment industry with their little indie comedy about a Mormon who does porn. Shout out to Manuel, Bruce, James, Xander, and all the male performers who inspired this book. Thank you Vice Squad for your Facebook commentary and shared enthusiasm for gorgeous guys. Most of all, thank you to everyone who read and reviewed my books. You guys make me strive for perfection in everything I write, and I am infinitely grateful for your support. James and Lola’s story is far from over, and I can’t wait to bring you more Vice, Virtue & Video in the future.

  About the Author

  Bianca Giovanni was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. She grew up with a single mother and Italian grandmother, who was an avid reader. She is a graduate of The George Washington University where she focused on film theory. She has had a love of writing since childhood, but self-published her first short stories in 2012. Bianca’s strong female characters and witty dialogue have struck a chord with readers and lead to her popularity on self-publishing platforms. She currently resides in Denver, Colorado, where she can often be found jotting down story ideas in a notebook.

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