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How is this possible?

"Too big for you, Ms. Tolentino?"

Oh, that mocking tone of his voice.

It makes me want to kick him so bad.

And kiss him just as bad, to be honest.

So I simply decide to start moving my hand.

And I have my sweet revenge as my boss's entire body turns rigid.

But it doesn't end there, of course.

Because nothing is ever easy between the two of us.

And so...

"Adriano."

He's now touching me just as intimately, and his name slips out in a whimper.

My hand starts moving faster.

And so does he.

Our eyes lock as our breathing quickens.

I can't stop looking at him, and he can't stop looking at me either.

The sounds our hands make are driving me mad. And I think it's the same for him, too.

I want him so, so much.

So, so much.

And it's as if something inside of us is now completely attuned to each other.

Because we feel it the same time.

That one moment of knowing you're about to fall.

Adriano grasps a fistful of my hair just as my body starts to shake. His mouth crashes over mine just as I cry out. Both of us shattering at the same time, our bodies shuddering against each other. And it lasts so, so long.

So impossibly long.

That it almost feels like an eternity has passed when the waves of pleasure washing over me finally start to fade.

And I slowly regain my senses.

And come face to face with the consequences of my decision.

Did I just...

Did he just...

Did we just...