Picking Up The Pieces: Book 1 of the Broken Series

by Sienna Grant

  CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

  ALEXIA

  Once we’d picked up Grady, we spent the rest of the day like a normal family. Blake played with Grady for a while sat on the floor with him then when it was time for his bath. We did it together, he even lay on Blake’s lap when he was getting sleepy, he still has a bottle of milk to go to sleep with, he won’t sleep with anything else.

  Grady lay in Blake’s arm drinking his bottle, every now and then looking up to see if I was there. I stood at the doorway, and I watched them together, it was wonderful and in that moment Blake Davids gained another chunk of my heart. I was weary about him spending too much time with Grady. I could see from that first morning that Grady liked Blake and I was scared that if we didn’t work out, Grady would get hurt, and that’s not fair. He’s been through enough, he’s not half as much withdrawn as he was when I first left Paul.

  I’m happy too though so maybe that rubs off on him. Blake was going to stay the night seeing as Max had someone to look after him, but the reason as to why Olivia was back from Spain so suddenly was playing on his mind, so he grumpily went home and told me he’ll pick me up from work tomorrow night. I know there’s a man involved; there has to be! I must admit when I saw a woman hanging off his neck I thought it may have been his ex until he actually told me it was his sister, then I could relax a little.

  Blake really got on with Mason too, which I thought they would, they are very much alike in their ways but knowing they do put me at rest a little more. I think of Mason as the brother I never had so I value his opinion especially since I had such bad judgement in the first place.

  Four weeks have passed in no time, Olivia is still at Blake’s house and still no further from telling him why she came home - just says it didn’t work out. She’s met Grady too, and she loves him to bits. We also took him around to his dad’s house so we could meet him. Harry is such a lovely man, I couldn’t imagine losing the love of my life, he takes it one day at a time, but you can see the sadness in his eyes when he talks about her.

  He bonded with Grady right away and Grady with him, he just accepted him, kids are so resilient. Over time Blake and I have gotten closer, it’s like he’s always been there, he’s also been hinting at getting me out of this pokey-hole flat, his words not mine! I’m not ready to take that leap yet, my insecurities are getting better, and my self-confidence isn’t quite as bad as it was, but I think that could take forever; if it ever gets better.

  One day at a time, I’m slowly picking up the pieces of my heart and my life and taking back control of me. When I’m down, Blake makes me laugh, he tells me how much he loves me and when I cry he holds me close and tells me he loves me. Grady looks forward to seeing him too. Finally, it seems like my life has taken a turn for the better. I’ve also been thinking about applying for a divorce from Paul, end that chapter of my life for good.

  It's Monday night I’m getting ready for work, I hear the key in the door, and I know that it’ Lisa coming to take care of Grady for me. “Hey honey, you okay? I did dinner early today so it’s in the oven for you,”

  “Okay, thank you, I know I’m a bit later today, I got stuck back at college,” she slumps on the sofa, she looks exhausted, I hope she’s okay.

  “Well I’m going to have to get going, I’ll see you later just after eleven, Blake’s picking me up.” She pops a hand up from the sofa, “Oh if someone rings the buzzer see who it is first because someone keeps ringing the buzzer but when I look to see who it is there’s no one there.” She looks over the arm over the arm of the sofa,

  “okay no problem. See you later.”

  The restaurant is relatively quiet tonight so we manage to get out earlier, I’ve rang Blake and told him I’ve finished early. I walk out of the restaurant and stand outside and flick through my phone while I’m waiting, it rings with an unknown number while it’s in my hand, I touch the reject button and slip my phone back into my bag.

  A few minutes later Blake pulls up on the car park and gets in the car, “Hey Princess, were you out here on your own?” I guiltily look across so I lean over to peck him on the lips.

  “It was only a few minutes, I was fine.” We make the journey home in relative silence, just the music from the radio in the background.

  We walk in the flat, I wake Lisa from the sofa and send her home, after I’ve made sure she’s okay, Blake sees her out and locks up. I’m in the kitchen making tea when he circles his arms around me from behind, he kisses my neck and rests his chin on my shoulder.

  “I just worry about you that’s all, I don’t like the thought of you in a dark car park, anything could happen, okay?” I turn my head towards him and kiss him on the lips, I smile and agree with him.

  Once I’ve made the cups of tea I put them on the table, and we sit down, he takes my hand, “What’s wrong,” he says frowning, “Have I upset you?”

  “No, not at all,” I sigh heavily, “I’ve been thinking. I want to divorce Paul.”

  His eyes widen, “Right okay, well, have you got a solicitor?” I shake my head, “Nope, I’ll have to see if I can find one tomorrow.” He’s looking into is mug, deep in thought.

  “I thought you’d be happy,” I take my hand from his and cup my hands around my mug, “Hey don’t do that. I am happy, I’ve wanted you to get a divorce ever since you told me you were still married to that piece of shit, I’m worried about you. You’re just starting to work on your insecurities, and this may set you back, especially if he contests and it goes to court,” he takes my hand back and pulls me from the chair and sets me on his lap so I can straddle his legs.

  I rest my hands on his shoulders, “babe I am happy, I want you to myself, and that fucker out of the picture for good.” He kisses me and stands while I’m still in his arms. I wrap my arms around his neck, and he carries me to the bedroom, he lowers me to the bed, strips me and himself, then spends the next hour worshipping my body, telling me how much he loves me and makes love to me slowly and passionately, to prove to me just how happy he is – twice.

  Blake wakes me with soft sweet kisses at the back of my neck the next morning. His hand is caressing my leg, moving up my thigh and running it tenderly over my hip bone. Blake slowly works his way down my tummy, slips it beneath my knickers. I can feel his dick poking into my back, he moves and readjusts it so it sits just underneath my opening, I’m so wet.

  “Open up for me baby,” I curve my backside towards him and move my leg to open up a bit, then I hear it…

  “Mummmy!” I sigh and put my face into the pillow as Blake rests his forehead on my shoulder, “Ahhhh, no way,” I snigger and bite my lip to stop myself, but it doesn’t work, “Welcome to parenthood, babe.” He pulls me onto my back and kisses me fiercely, “To be continued, Princess.”

  I laugh at him and get out of bed and slip my shorts back on, “Good morning baby boy.” I lift him from the cot and place him on the bed, before I’ve left the room he’s sat on Blake and bouncing on his stomach, all I can hear as I walk away is ‘Arrrrggghhh Grady no.’

  I’m making us tea and got the bread in the toaster when Blake walks into the kitchen with Grady on his one hip holding him and his phone in the other hand, he pulls his highchair out, I take him from Blake and sit him in it. He kisses my cheek, and I finish the toast while he finishes his call in the other room.

  BLAKE

  “No, I need one today actually,” I tell the solicitors secretary. “The sooner, the better,” I listen to the rude woman on the other end of the line. She tells me there’s one for three o’clock, so I take it. I put the phone down and go back into the kitchen. I sit at the table with Lex and Grady and eat my breakfast.

  I type out a text to Liv to ask her to babysit later and wait for her reply. Lex is looking at me intently, patiently waiting for me to speak.

  “Is three o’clock today, is that okay for you, to see a solicitor?” she widens her eyes in question.

  “Um yeah, but I don’t really want to take Grady.”


  “That should be fine, I’ve text Liv to have him, she’s only moping around the house anyway, it won’t kill her to do something.”

  “Okay then, that’s fine by me.” Once I’ve drunk my coffee, I shower and dress ready for work.

  I enter the kitchen and see Lex bending over, she’s picking up the toast bits from the floor that Grady threw, I walk up behind her and take her by the hips and pull her back towards to my dick that’s straining against my zip.

  “That… Princess is not the best position to be in because one day, I’m gonna bend you over this table.” I whisper in her ear.

  I can see her smiling as she raises up, she stands fully and drops the bits on the table, so as she can turn in my arms, “is that right?” her eyes have gone a deep chocolate colour.

  “Yes, that’s right! But, right now, I have to go to work,” I kiss her deep until she’s panting and I have to break myself away from her.

  “I’m going, I’ll be back about 2 pm,” she nods and touches her lips, I walk out of the door feeling happier than ever.

  I reach the office and fill Jack in on the details and tell him I have to leave early today. “Hey Jack, I’ve been thinking,” he raises his head from the computer.

  “What’s that, I don’t like it when you think, Blake,” I raise my middle finger at him, “you know we still need a PA, how about we have Liv work here for a bit, she’s done admin before.

  It’ll give us some free time too, especially with the baby coming and me now with Lex,” he’s nodding his head while I’m talking.

  “Yeah can do, have you asked her yet?” I shake my head at him,

  “I wanted to run it by you first before I asked her. At least it’ll stop her from being grumpy! She doing my head in, she’ll be going back to dad’s if she keeps it up!”

  “Do you not know what happened yet then?”

  “Nope, but some little dickhead is gonna get his head kicked in for upsetting her. Lex reckons it’s a man that’s done this.” I tap Jack’s desk twice, “I’ll tell her later she’s having Grady while we go to the solicitors, she can start to tomorrow.” Jack doesn’t reply as I stalk out of his office to get some work done.

  Two o’clock quickly rolls around, I shout into Jack’s office that I’m leaving and head back home to pick up Liv. I walk in the house and see Liv lying on the sofa with earphones in her ears and Max lying on her.

  “Max, get down,” I stand over Liv and knock her foot to get her attention, I pick up her legs so I can sit down next to her and put her legs on me.

  “What’s up sis, do you want to talk about it?” She shakes her head and carries on scrolling through her phone.

  I hate seeing her this miserable she’s fun and outgoing and loves life, she doesn’t seem any happier now than she was before she left, and she was grieving then too, maybe that’s it too; being back here.

  “Come on up, we need to get to Lex’,” I pull an earbud from her ear and give her a stern look.

  “It’s not playing, you doofus, I heard every word you said,” I push her legs to the side so I can get up, “hurry up squirt, we need to go.”

  We get in the car and make the drive to Lex’ place, I tell her about the job at the office, and she can start tomorrow, which seems to perk her up a little bit. Liv has been subdued and quiet ever since she came back, I may get Lex to talk to her, see what she can find out.

  Lex opens the door once she’s let us in through the main door, “Hey princess,” I give her a short, sweet kiss on the lips and go into the lounge and straight to Grady.

  “Hey little monster,” as soon as he hears my voice he crawls over to me and puts his arms up for me to pick him up. I lift him, his arms go straight around my neck, Lex is talking to Liv while I’m having a cuddle with the little man, I’m throwing him up in the air, and he’s chuckling.

  “Blake, please be careful with him.”

  “Lex, he’s a boy, he’s needs toughening up a little,” Lex looks on disapprovingly. I stop what I’m doing I know that look, I’m not that daft.

  “Come on monster down you go,” Grady goes to his Mummy, she gives him kisses and says bye to Liv. “We shouldn’t be too long Liv.” Lex grabs her bag, and we head out.

  Once in the car, I can see she’s nervous, so I grab her hand and entwine our fingers. I lift her hand to my lips and kiss it, “It’ll be fine, don’t worry,” she nods her head.

  “I know,” she gives me a small smile and looks out of the window.

  We pull outside Roberts & Partners Solicitors, we’re seeing Mr Roberts himself because he’s the best, I was told, and well, only the best will do for my girl.

  Before we enter I stand in front of her and rub her arms up and down to soothe her nerves, “You ready for this baby,” she nods. I kiss her lips tenderly, “you can do this, don’t be nervous,” she nods her head again.

  “Okay, let’s go.” We walk into the reception and go up to the desk.

  “Hi, erm, I’m here to see Mr Roberts, my name’s Alexia Williams,” the receptionist glances up at her, “take a seat please, he’ll be a few minutes.” I wrap my arm around Lex’ shoulder and walk her towards the chairs, sit down and we wait to be called.

  CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

  ALEXIA

  We’re sat in Mr Roberts’ office I’ve recounted the domestic violence to him, and he’s told me that’s enough to get a quicker divorce based on unreasonable grounds, I’ve also told him I had to escape for the sake of Grady and myself. He told me he’d petition the divorce summons to his house as soon as possible, but we’ve used Blake’s address as a base address, I don’t want him knowing where I live and coming to my place to harass me, I don’t want to see him at all if I can help it.

  I moved away for a reason, and that was so I didn’t have to bump into him! Considering I was nervous earlier, I’m fine now, while I was retelling some of the details to Mr Roberts, my hands shook, and I cried - but mainly with anger, that I’d even let him treat me that.

  He sat there, waited patiently for me to pull myself together, then I’d start again. Blake held my hand all the way through, my tower of strength, never wavering.

  We finished up with Mr Roberts with him telling us he’ll be in touch soon. Our relationship has really progressed over the last four weeks, and we’re even closer now, I’ve opened up a little more too, he can read me so well.

  “Come on princess, we’ll go and get a coffee before we go back to Grady, you can’t go back like that, not yet,” I nod my head in agreement.

  “Okay,” he takes me in his arms and places a soft tender kiss on my forehead, every time he does that he makes feel loved, cherished.

  We walk to the nearest Costa, and he orders me a large hot chocolate with all the trimmings and Blake orders his customary Americano with an extra shot, and we sit down.

  “So, how do you feel now princess?” Blake takes my hands across the table and stares into my eyes, I swear that man can see right into my soul. I admire his features, his dark blue eyes, long eyelashes, strong jawline, those fully kissable lips, shit I need to stop, I bite my lip to stop myself but it doesn’t stop the thoughts I’m having right at this moment, I’d love him strip me naked and fuck me…

  “Lex,” I snap out of my trance, “what were you thinking about?” Blake smirks at me, he knows, “How about we drink up, go back to my house and we can do exactly what you were thinking about. Whatever it was that made you blush and bite that sexy lip of yours, I need to know,” Oh my gosh, I nod my head quickly and drink the rest of my hot chocolate, Blake grabs my hand and leads me from Costa to the car in no time.

  As soon as Blake has opened the front door, we slam through it, kissing, biting, licking, trying to get each other’s clothes off “So baby, tell me what it was you were thinking about and getting yourself hot like that?!”

  My confidence starts to falter, and I slow down, “Hey, come on tell me what you want from me,” I gaze into his eyes, there’s so much love in his eyes, shining bright
, just for me.

  “I wanted you to strip me naked and fuck me,” I murmur. Lowering my chin, I say it and cringe,

  “say it again, but louder this time,” he places my hand over his erection, gasping at the hardness, I’m full of want and desire, Blake’s dick is like steel too which gives me the confidence to say it again.

  I look him in the eye and say it again, “I want you to strip me naked and fuck me – right here, over that table.” I say as confidently as I can, I break our connection and look away.

  “Look at me Princess,” I look back at him, he kisses me, he holds my head in place and takes control of the kiss, he lifts my top, then slowly unbuttons my jeans and peels them from my legs, then my underwear, he strips himself a lot quicker.

  He’s kissing me again, he runs sweet, small kisses around my neck, across my shoulder to the back of my neck.

  “Put your hands flat on the table baby,” I do as he asks. Blake runs his hand down my back gently, teasing, over my bum and down towards my opening he inserts two fingers and starts to thrust them upwards, he pulls them out and spreads the moisture around my clit and then further back until he’s touching my anus, I moan loudly.

  “Ah Blake,” he places kisses down my spine,

  “I know baby I love you” I nod my agreement to let him know I’ve heard him. Blake enters me slowly so I push back against him to let him know I want it harder. He thrusts inside me harder, quicker until my whole body is tingling and on fire for him, he thrusts so deep, his hands are on my hips and I’m pushing back on every thrust, I can feel the crest of my orgasm peaking.

  “Baby I’m gonna come,” he says breathlessly.

  I gasp, “me too,” two more thrusts, my orgasm peaks, my walls grip him tight and I feel him release inside me, we’re both panting.