child growing within her. It pleased me.
"I thought you would sleep a little longer." She didn't sleep enough. She tossed and turned at night and I was beginning to notice she looked tired.
"I don't sleep well without you." She admitted as she crawled in my lap. She rested her head on my shoulder and I felt my heart swell. "And I have something I need to tell you."
I never liked hearing those words, but I suspected I knew what she wanted to tell me. "Go on."
"I saw my brother today." Her voice was high-pitched. She was nervous.
"I already knew you saw him, Olivia." I admitted and she lifted her head in startled shock.
"You did?" A brow raised. "Why didn't you say something?"
"I was waiting for you to tell me." I pulled her back into my chest where she belonged and she didn't fight me.
"I should have known Gabe would tell you." She sighed. "Are you angry?"
"No." I was when I'd first heard but I wasn't anymore. "I'm happy you called Gabe and allowed him to accompany you. If you hadn't, I would be very very angry."
"I know you would." She sounded sad.
"How was your meeting?"
"You mean you don't already know?"
"Don't be sarcastic." I warned. "Tell me how seeing your brother went."
"Not good." She sniffled and I tightened my arms around her. If he'd hurt her - I didn't even want to think about it. "He said some mean things - but he always does. It shouldn't have surprised me."
"What did he say?"
"Basically that I shouldn't be with you and I should be back with Bryce." At her words I felt myself grow instantly tense. "He doesn't like how my parents are bragging that their daughter is marrying such an influential man. He called me selfish for not inviting the family to our wedding and,"
I stopped her. I couldn't hear another word. "You won't see him again, Olivia."
"No," She shook her head. "I won't."
I sighed in relief. "I'm glad for once you agreed without a fight."
"I'm not fighting you on this because I do agree with you." Her body shook and I knew she was giggling. "I only fight when I know you're wrong."
"Woman," I mock-roared. "I'm never wrong."
She laughed. "Oh, Jace." Another laugh escaped her lips and I loved that I was the one influencing them. "You have so much to learn."
At those words, my fingers found life against her ribs. I held her with one arm as she flailed helplessly in my lap as I tickled her with the other. "Do I still have so much to learn?" I asked as she gasped for breath.
"Yes!" I tickled more and she laughed harder. "Jace! Stop!"
"Do I still have more to learn?" I knew she was crying now. I could feel her body shuddering with happy tickle tears and that made me grin.
"Jeez Jace!" She gasped for breath. "Stop please! You're perfect the way you are."
I stopped tickling her and she wriggled from my lap. When she was standing on the other side of the desk her eyes glittered with mirth and mischief that made mine narrow in weary response. "You might be perfect, but perfect still needs to learn."
The little vixen! She was on the other side of my desk and as I shot to my feet to chase her, she ran the other way. A loud squeal of delight tore from between her lips as we circled the desk. She was making me chase her! I couldn't believe how fucking much I loved this woman! She was perfection in its finest expression.
Olivia rounded the desk and ran straight for the bedroom door. I knew with certainty she planned on locking me out of the room...away from her. The thought sparked unnecessary panic in my chest and adrenaline flooded my system, increasing my speed. I caught her just before she'd made it through the door. A loud yelp tore from her lips as I spun her to face me. I pressed her back up against the wall and leaned into her. She was breathing hard. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes glittered with excitement.
There were no words exchanged between us, but we both knew what had to happen. She'd run from me and I had to have her. I had to claim her. Again. She knew this would
"I thought you would sleep a little longer." She didn't sleep enough. She tossed and turned at night and I was beginning to notice she looked tired.
"I don't sleep well without you." She admitted as she crawled in my lap. She rested her head on my shoulder and I felt my heart swell. "And I have something I need to tell you."
I never liked hearing those words, but I suspected I knew what she wanted to tell me. "Go on."
"I saw my brother today." Her voice was high-pitched. She was nervous.
"I already knew you saw him, Olivia." I admitted and she lifted her head in startled shock.
"You did?" A brow raised. "Why didn't you say something?"
"I was waiting for you to tell me." I pulled her back into my chest where she belonged and she didn't fight me.
"I should have known Gabe would tell you." She sighed. "Are you angry?"
"No." I was when I'd first heard but I wasn't anymore. "I'm happy you called Gabe and allowed him to accompany you. If you hadn't, I would be very very angry."
"I know you would." She sounded sad.
"How was your meeting?"
"You mean you don't already know?"
"Don't be sarcastic." I warned. "Tell me how seeing your brother went."
"Not good." She sniffled and I tightened my arms around her. If he'd hurt her - I didn't even want to think about it. "He said some mean things - but he always does. It shouldn't have surprised me."
"What did he say?"
"Basically that I shouldn't be with you and I should be back with Bryce." At her words I felt myself grow instantly tense. "He doesn't like how my parents are bragging that their daughter is marrying such an influential man. He called me selfish for not inviting the family to our wedding and,"
I stopped her. I couldn't hear another word. "You won't see him again, Olivia."
"No," She shook her head. "I won't."
I sighed in relief. "I'm glad for once you agreed without a fight."
"I'm not fighting you on this because I do agree with you." Her body shook and I knew she was giggling. "I only fight when I know you're wrong."
"Woman," I mock-roared. "I'm never wrong."
She laughed. "Oh, Jace." Another laugh escaped her lips and I loved that I was the one influencing them. "You have so much to learn."
At those words, my fingers found life against her ribs. I held her with one arm as she flailed helplessly in my lap as I tickled her with the other. "Do I still have so much to learn?" I asked as she gasped for breath.
"Yes!" I tickled more and she laughed harder. "Jace! Stop!"
"Do I still have more to learn?" I knew she was crying now. I could feel her body shuddering with happy tickle tears and that made me grin.
"Jeez Jace!" She gasped for breath. "Stop please! You're perfect the way you are."
I stopped tickling her and she wriggled from my lap. When she was standing on the other side of the desk her eyes glittered with mirth and mischief that made mine narrow in weary response. "You might be perfect, but perfect still needs to learn."
The little vixen! She was on the other side of my desk and as I shot to my feet to chase her, she ran the other way. A loud squeal of delight tore from between her lips as we circled the desk. She was making me chase her! I couldn't believe how fucking much I loved this woman! She was perfection in its finest expression.
Olivia rounded the desk and ran straight for the bedroom door. I knew with certainty she planned on locking me out of the room...away from her. The thought sparked unnecessary panic in my chest and adrenaline flooded my system, increasing my speed. I caught her just before she'd made it through the door. A loud yelp tore from her lips as I spun her to face me. I pressed her back up against the wall and leaned into her. She was breathing hard. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes glittered with excitement.
There were no words exchanged between us, but we both knew what had to happen. She'd run from me and I had to have her. I had to claim her. Again. She knew this would
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