by Breah Elise
“In all fairness I didn’t make things easy for you. But now? I don’t just want you; I’m in love with you. I want to be with you and not just in bed – although that is still incredible. I want to spend time with you and get to know you; have a future with you. Do you think that you could possibly forgive me and give me a chance?”
Olivia sat up and looked at him, tears welling in her eyes. “Do you have any idea how wonderful that all sounds? I’m in love with you, too! That’s why it hurt so much when you didn’t trust me.”
“I do trust you, Liv. When I saw you that night at the club dancing with David, you looked so uncomfortable and then last night, every time he touched you, you cringed and I wanted to reach across the table and kill him.”
“I wish you would have. I can’t believe how I misjudged him too! He’s just a dog!”
Daniel chuckled. “He can be but if it weren’t for him behaving like such an ass, I might not have realized all that I was missing. I was too afraid to reach out to you. He got you here and for that, I can only thank him.”
“Well, I guess I can thank him, too, but I just wish he could have done it with a little less hands-on action.” Olivia leaned forward and kissed him. “The only hands I want on me are yours.”
Daniel smiled and teased her lips with his tongue. “Baby, I don’t think that’s going to be a problem.”
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“I can’t believe that it actually worked.”
“I told you, I am a master at manipulating a situation.”
“That really isn’t a good quality.”
“It worked, didn’t it?”
Tina sat drinking her coffee sitting across from David. “I thought Olivia was going to kill me. There is going to be hell to pay when she finally resurfaces from Daniel’s bed.
“By the time that happens, she’ll have forgotten all about it and be thanking you.”
“One can only hope.”
David took a sip of his drink and smiled. “Olivia’s lucky to have a friend like you.”
Tina smiled back. “Thanks. I have to admit that I didn’t think you’d be the one to get them back together. From what I hear, you’re quite the lying bastard.”
He laughed out loud. “Wow, you certainly say what’s on your mind, don’t you?” Tina nodded. “Well, it wasn’t until their whole relationship came to light that I realized just how poorly I had been behaving. I really want my brother to be happy and it was hard to deny that Olivia made him happy.”
“I never would have guessed it.”
“Neither did they.”
Tina took a sip of her own beverage and sighed. “Think they’ll last?”
David nodded. “Absolutely. The lucky bastards.”
Now it was her turn to laugh and then she held up her mug for a toast. “To the lucky bastards.”
He touched his mug to hers. “Who are probably on their fourth or fifth round of sex.”
Tina sighed again. “Yeah…lucky bastards.”
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine