Page 45 of Always Been You

He kisses me deeply, his tongue seeking entrance to my mouth. I open for him, moaning into the kiss. My hands grip his shirt and I shift closer to him, kissing him back just as severely as he kisses me.

There is a knock at the door, and we break apart. He adjusts his shirt, straightening out where my hands had gripped the fabric, and adjusts himself in his pants.

“Come in,” he calls to the person on the other side of the door.

The door swings open and a middle-aged man with a receding hairline in a black suit, with a plain white button down and navy tie stands in the doorway. He has a folder in one of his hands. When he sees Josh and I sitting on the couch, he looks a little taken aback.

“Oh, I’m sorry Mr. Lincoln, I didn’t realize you were busy,” he rushes out, an uncomfortable look on his face.

Josh stands up. “It’s all good Liam. This is my girlfriend, Olivia. She stopped by for lunch. Olivia, this is Liam. He works in our financial department.”

Holy shit, did Josh just refer to me as his girlfriend in front of one of his staff members? I am Joshua Lincoln’s girlfriend, and he is my boyfriend. I can feel the butterflies in my stomach, this is like my biggest teenage dream come true.

Standing up, I run my hands over my dark-coloured skinny jeans and reach out and shake Liam’s hand. “Nice to meetyou,” I manage to get out as my mind continues to run a mile a minute, processing this.

“You too, ma’am,” he says with a polite smile. “I have the quotes for you regarding the Samson file you requested,” Liam says to Josh and hands him the file.

“Thanks, Liam.”

Liam turns around and leaves Josh’s office, closing the door behind him.

I turn to Josh and smile. As he places the folder down on his desk, looking up at me, his eyebrows draw together. “What?” he asks.

“Girlfriend, huh?” I say with the biggest grin still plastered on my face. He walks forward and wraps his arms around my waist, his hands sitting just above my ass.

“What else would I call the girl that I am exclusively seeing, and is sleeping in my bed?”

“I like it,” I say as I go up on my tiptoes and kiss him.

“I’m glad. I like it too.”

He leans down and kisses me again, wrapping my arms around his neck, my fingers playing with the hair at the nape of his neck and his hands gripping my ass firmly. He pulls me into his body and kisses me deeper. Our tongues meet, and we explore each other’s mouths. No matter how many times we kiss, it still feels like the first time, like we still have so much to learn and explore. I can feel myself getting wet as his hands continue to grab my ass and our bodies mould together. I break the kiss, attempting to catch my breath, and he leans his forehead against mine.

“Josh, as much I want to continue this, I should let you get back to work. I’ll see you when you get home tonight.”

I give him a soft kiss before extracting myself from his arms. Grabbing a cookie out of the container before packingup the empty ones from our salads and handing him the container that’s full of cookies.

“For you,” I say. I grab the cloth bag and head toward his office door.

“Bye,” I say before stepping out of his office and closing the door behind me. It takes everything in me to hold myself together as I make my way down the hallway and to the elevator. As soon as I am on the elevator and by myself I do a little happy dance.

When I gethome, I put the dishes in the dishwasher and remake Josh’s bed before heading into the living room and grabbing my Kindle and phone, opening the group chat with the girls.

Liv:Josh just called me his girlfriend to one of his employees!!!!!????

Han:Ohhhhh… good things, good things.

My phone buzzes with a text from an unknown number. I open the text to see who it is.

Unknown Number:Liv, baby, can we please talk? I want to figure this out and make us work. I’ve given you space to cool down. Let’s talk and figure this out. I love you, baby.

I stare at my phone open-mouthed. It’s Drew. I blocked his number after I broke up with him, so he must have gotten a new number to text me. The last thing Iwant is to talk to him, let alone try to work this out. How can he claim to love me while he was fucking another girl? I take a screenshot and send it to the group chat.

Liv:Look what the fucker just sent me.

Zo:Are you fucking kidding me? I could kill him with my bare hands.

Liz:Calm down, Zo, I don’t think any of us want to be bailing you out of jail, but I agree, he is a fucker. Ignore him, Liv. You are happy with Josh. You deserve so much more than Drew. We are here for you.

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