Page 107 of Mr. Almost

I’m surprised to find Olivia waiting up for me. She clicks off the TV, giving me her full attention.

Crawling onto the air bed, I lean down to kiss her. She kisses me back.

When I pull back and stand to strip out of my clothes, she gives me a sad look.

“What was the meeting about?”

“What? Nothing important,” I tell her.

“Don’t do that.” She sighs.

“You had an amazing day. You were promoted. I don’t want to take your high away with my low,” I admit, crawling into bed with her in just my boxers.

“We are in a relationship, Mase. I need you to be on the same page as me. I don’t care if I won the lottery, if you are having a bad day, then you talk to me. My win doesn’t mean you have to deal with your loss alone.”

I swallow hard, pulling her into me until she is lying on my chest.

“I saw my mother. She has been trying to get into the hotel, but we have security in place to keep her out. She wasn’t going to give up, so I had to make a decision.”

“What did you do?” she whispers, kissing my chest.

“I had a trespassing order put on her for all of The Williamson hotels. Then I was able to get a restraining order against her for you and Ari.”

“That must have been hard.”

“It was. I love my mother. She hasn’t always been this bad. Still, I’m a parent now too. She is misguided in thinking she knows what is best for me. I don’t know what is going on with her, but it doesn’t matter anymore. My first priority is Arianna, and you’re my second. That means that any threats to you have to be neutralized. It just so happens that she was the threat. I told her that in the future if she changes her attitude, that I would be willing to speak with her again, but that her relationship with you and Ari is done for good. I will never let her be in the same vicinity as you two.”

“That’s a lot. Are you okay?” She looks up at me.

“It sucks, but I’m happy. I have you and Ari. I couldn’t want anything else.”

She smiles. “I love you, Mase,” she says for the first time.

I might have hinted at us being in love, and she’s never denied it, but she hasn’t outright said it until now.

“Say it again.”

She giggles. “I love you.”

“I love you too. Can I show you how proud I am of you now?”

She nods, a big smile on her face.

Turning her over, I start kissing down her body. She is so reactiveto me. This is more than sex, though. Today was a turning point for me.

I am committed to Olivia. There isn’t anyone else in this world for me.

With each kiss to her skin, I convey that message to her. My fingers caress as I make my way to her pussy. She sucks in a breath when I finally lick my tongue through her folds.

I love how she pulls at my hair, pushing me closer. I take the hint and eat her like she’s my last meal. I don’t give her any mercy. I need her to come once before I can even consider moving on. She needs to know that I will worship her every day for the rest of our lives.

She might not be ready, for a ring yet, but she doesn’t get a choice. I will marry her one day. She will have my last name and then Ari will too.

When she finally comes on my tongue, I move away, kissing her on the lips deeply so she can taste herself. She moans against me as I kick out of my boxers. Reaching over under the couch next to us, I pull out a condom I had hidden there.

Pulling back from her, I smirk at her face. She looks high as well. I hope to always make her look that way.

Slipping on the condom, I fit myself between her legs. My feelings for this woman in this moment are so big. Larger than I ever anticipated.

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