*Miles*I woke up to the smell of vanilla in my nostrils and I knew exactly where I was. My arm was draped around her body and her hair was sprawled out all across my chest.I could wake up like this every day.After last night, I knew that there was no way in hell that I was ever going to let this woman go. Dove had me. She was my end, my undoing, and my ruin.I watched her chest rise and fall gently. The sun was barely peaking beyond the large concrete buildings and I knew that it was still early. Which meant that I had enough time to head to the kitchen and prepare some food for her before she woke up.I had no idea when I became the guy who does breakfast in bed but I just knew that I wanted to take care of her in every single way.I carefully detached myself from her and made sure to cover her body with a sheet. Clothes lay scattered on the floor from last night and I couldn’t help but smile. Last night had been nothing short of perfect. The way her body had melded against
*Dove* Sabrina: Just say the word and I will torch his house down. I can even make it look like an accident.Amy: Must you always think of felonies as solutions? I’m shocked you haven’t ended up in jail.I read the messages in the group chat after my shower. The last two days had been a whirlwind of emotions, but I can safely say that I had never been happier in my entire life. I was just so…happy.Dove: I think we can hold out on getting criminal charges onto our records. We don’t need the police after us.Sabrina: What part of I can make it look like an accident don’t you guys get?Sabrina: Anyway, it’s fine. When are you coming back to work, D?Oh yes, there was that little thing that I still needed to address. Work was the last thing on my mind right now. All I wanted to do was just hide in this little bubble that Miles and I had created.Dylan was the last face I wanted to see. After all he had done to me. After all that had been said. I couldn’t see myself working for
I looked down at the little arrangement that I had done and smiled.After Brandon had left, I got to work in the kitchen. I knew that Miles would be home a little later than expected and I wanted to do something nice for him. After my talk with Brandon, I wanted to show Miles how much I cared. He had done so much for me and I wanted to make him feel special today.“Steaks in the oven and table is set.” I was proud of myself.And just in time, the elevator door opened, and in walked my husband who looked like he had been through one hell of a day. But even with his tiredness, his lips split into a smile at the sight of me.“Hey, birdie,” he smiled. “Come here.”I practically ran to him and threw myself into his arms, my legs curling around his waist and pulling me in closer. My lips connected with his in a short but electric kiss that had all the nerve endings in my body tingling.Oh, this man.When we pulled apart we both had matching grins on our faces. His eyes danced with hap
I was overthinking, but how could I not when I had bared my soul to this man and he hadn’t even said the words back?Did we have sex last night? Yes. Did Miles say sweet nothings in my ear while I slipped into a coma of sleep? Yes again. Did he wake me up with his lips on my pussy bringing me not one but two out-of-this-world orgasms? Yes again.But I was still missing those three words. I needed to hear them, but I knew that it may just take some time for him to say it back. He had been through much loss, more than I could even comprehend. He needed time to heal and open his heart fully to mine and I needed to be gracious enough to give him that.Today was my first real day at work. Thankfully, I had yet to have a run-in with Dylan. From what I had heard he was away in Vancouver looking at locations. Sabrina made sure to meet me at the door to make sure that I didn’t run into any kind of trouble. It was broad daylight so I had no fear of being jumped. But I also knew that Miles had
“Are you threatening me?”Slyvia let out a low laugh that sounded far more like a cackle.“No.” She tilted her head to the side and gave me a once over like I was the very scum beneath her feet. “I’m simply telling you that you need to leave my fiancé alone. I don’t know what Miles sees in you but I’m sure that with time he will see you for the disgusting little troll that you are. I’m here to tell you that you need to leave this city.”I scoffed. “And who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do? I came to this city first. You have always tried to steal my light…my life. You are so jealous of me that you are consumed by everything that I do.”She looked appalled that I would even say such a thing. “You are the one trying to steal my life. Dating my fiancé’s uncle? That’s low, even for you. Not to mention you bother him at work.”She had to be joking, right?“Is that what he told you? Sweetie, your man is the one constantly seeking me out. He was the one who dragged me to Cali
“I could come with you.” Miles was just far too sweet for his own good. “I don’t like you going to that hospital all alone.”He came up behind me and pressed my back against his chest. He nuzzled his nose into my hair and breathed in deeply like he was trying to take in more of my scent. His eyes opened and looked at me with equal parts worry and adoration.There was never a moment when I didn’t feel adored by this man. He always made me feel like his eyes were always on me. I don’t know how he managed to take my breath away every single time but he did.I placed my hand on top of his and leaned into him. There was never a safer place for me than in his arms. “You do know that I’ve been going to the hospital alone all this time, right?”“I do,” he kisses my bare shoulder, “and I’ve hated it all the same. I know how hard it is seeing your mom like this and I just want to make it better for you.”“You do make it better.” I turned in his arms and pressed my hands on his hard naked ch
After my visit to the hospital, all I wanted to do was get home and hold my husband in my arms. My mother was completely fine but my heart felt worn out. I had been with her through her sickness from day one and I was exhausted.No one ever talked about what it was like to be a caregiver to a chronically ill patient. It was a lot on them but then there was also a lot on you. It was like you carried their pain with you. Every new scar that marked their body was branded onto your heart. Every painful test and treatment became your burden too.Before my mother got sick, I thought that I knew pain, but that was a lie. There was nothing more painful than watching the person that you love in the whole entire world suffering and you are powerless to ease their pain.The elevator doors dinged open and I stepped into the penthouse only to be greeted by large arms coming around my small frame.“Oh.” I laughed, dropping my handbag and circling my arms around him. “What is this for?”Miles pu
“He did what?” Sabrina squeezed her ketchup and some of the contents spilled out onto her hand. “I swear I am going to kill that asshole. Just say the word D and I will have him buried somewhere siz feet deep.”After being in my bubble with Miles I had decided to finally resurface at work. It was strange being back after I had been so lost in him the past few days that coming back here was a huge reality check for me.“You need to go to the police.” Amy stabbed her salad looking angry. “He can’t get away with things like that.”I shook my head. “I just want to put California behind me. I don’t want to think about it or talk about it or even be reminded of it. I just want to move on.”“Fuck that, I can’t move on. The man planned to have you sexually assaulted, Dove, and also got you wasted. I am going to kill him. I won’t tell you two when or how because you can’t be labeled as accomplices.”“You cannot murder someone, Brina.” Amy is always the voice of reason. One would think that