Page 114 of Sweet Possession
How many times had I dreamed of someone showing up and takingme away from my life of misery? Countless times. Andreas may have turned his life around and saved himself. Or maybe he didn’t want to be saved. But I’d never know unless we found him.
Before we could continue talking about my brother, the waiter arrivedwith our dinner, and the conversation turned to lighter topics. I toldthem all about my bakery. About how I’d enrolled at a cooking school, and how Fox was teaching me how to run a business.
They told me about their lives. How Elena had taught at the samekindergarten for thirty years, and Helios ran his own automobile repair shop.
Dinner flew by, and before I knew it, Fox was paying the bill, havingargued with Helios who’d wanted to pay.
“We’d love to see you again, Cora,”Elena said, kissing me on thecheek as we said our goodbyes.“I know it’s a lot to take in though, so if you need time-”
“No,”I said, interrupting her. I didn’t need time. Now I knew I had afamily, I never wanted to lose them.“I’d lovethattoo. In fact,”I paused, looking to Fox, who gave me a small nod of his head. He knew what I was asking without me having to say a word. I looked back to Elena and took her hand.“We’d love it if you were able to come to our wedding tomorrow.”
Tears filled my eyes when she threw her arms around me, squealingin happiness.
Fox
“Dude, this is the lamest bachelor party ever,”Nash grumbled,throwing back the last mouthful of his beer.
“That’s ‘cos it’s not a bachelor party,”I replied, checking my phone forthe umpteenth time to see if Cora had messaged.
After meeting her grandparents for the first time, I hatedthatwe werenow apart. While she hadn’t stopped smiling all the way back to our hotel after the meeting with Elena and Helios, I was worriedthateverything she’d learned about her mom and her brother would start playing on her mind, and I’d told her to message me if she wanted to talk.
Sure, she was with Sav having some kind of bachelorette party whichinvolved them being pampered in the honeymoon suite and binge-watching chick flicks, butIwanted to be with Cora.
Not the scowling dickhead I was currently sat opposite in the littlebeach bar we’d found, doing our best to ignore the ogles from groups of women. Three different women had approached us and asked if we wanted to buy them a drink, which was promptly met with us telling them to take a hike.
“I did offer to organize a proper party. It’s not my fault you’ve turnedinto a boring asshole ‘cos you’re pussy whipped,”Nash said.
I snorted.“Youreallywant to talk about being pussy whipped,Junior? Wasn’t ityouwho had to ask Sav for permission to come for a drink tonight?”
His scowl deepened, making me chuckle.“I didn’t have to ask herpermission. Ijust…made it sound like I was.”
“Sure, sure.”
“Hi,”the woman who’djustappeared out of nowhere said as sheloitered awkwardly by our table.“Me and my friends were wondering if you two would like to join us, you both look like you could do with cheering up.”
I downed the rest of my beer before looking over at Nash who wasmuttering a curse.“Want to get out of here?”
“Fuck yes,”he replied, sliding out of the booth.
I followed quickly, neither of us looking back at the woman whoseface had contorted as if she’d bitten into a lemon at us ignoring her.
Making our way out of the bar, we took the path leading back to thehotel, the two of us quiet as the sun began to set in the distance. This time tomorrow, I’d be waiting at the altar. Waiting for the best thingthathad ever happened to me to walk down the aisle so we could make our vows.
I couldn’t fucking wait.
We were having a small wedding. In fact, until earlier today, theonly guests we were having were Nash and Sav, but I was damn happythatCora had asked her grandparents to come to the wedding as well. She deserved to have her family there, and who knew, maybe one day she’d have her brother in her life too.
I smiled to myself as the tide crashed against the shore. Thefirst few weeks after Freddy had tried to sell Cora a second time had been hard for her, and there were times I worried she wouldn’t ever be able to get over what Freddy had put her through. But I should have given my girl more credit. She was far moreresilient than what anyone, including myself, had thought. Over the last few months, her confidence had bloomed, and with every passing day, it continued to grow.
Gone was the girl who was once upon a time scared of her ownshadow, replaced by a woman who wasn’t afraid to stand up for herself. A woman who knew what she wanted, and wasn’t afraid to go and get it.
The best part about watching Cora’s confidence grow wasthatshewas no longer embarrassed to ask for what she wanted. It had taken time, but now, there wasn’teventhe slightest hint of a blush when Cora confidently asked for what she wanted when it came to sex.
We’d experimented together over the past few months, the two of uslearning what she liked, and what she didn’t. Like me, she wasn’t a fan of anal. We’d tried it twice, but it wasn’t for her.
She did enjoy having her ass spanked though, and while I could positively sayIdidn’t like to be spanked, I was more than happy to spank Cora’s perfect ass before making her scream my name.
“You want to grab a beer at the hotel bar?”Nash said, ruining theimage my brain had conjured up of the night I first spanked her, my palm leaving behind a stunning red blush on her ass cheeks as I made her come on my fingers.
