Chapter Thirty-Five
Zack
Wednesday
My heart raced painfully in my chest as I started towards the front door. I hoped desperately that by some miracle Olivia had seen the article and was ready to forgive me. I didn’t want to get my hopes too high just to be let down…
But they were rocketing through the roof anyway.
“Coming.” I leaped up and swung the door open. The red-haired beauty in front of me made my heart skip a beat. Warm relief flooded me when I saw that she didn’t look like she wanted to hit me. I searched her face, desperately searching for answers, but I couldn’t get too much from her. “Oh, Olivia, you’re here. You… You’re…”
“Lark brought me the newspaper,” she shocked me by saying. I froze for a second; my limbs stiffened painfully. “I saw everything; it was just so…”
I tugged her inside and closed the door behind her. We stared at each other for a few seconds before the magnets pulled us back together and we rained kisses all over each other’s faces. We couldn’t keep away from each other – I wasn’t sure why we ever thought we could.
“I’m so sorry,” I told her in between kisses. “I didn’t mean to be such an asshole.”
“No,” she replied, barely taking her mouth off me. “I understand why you’d think it was me. I don’t blame you for going so crazy. I should’ve been more understanding.”
“You shouldn’t have been dragged into it-”
“I shouldn’t have let my fears get in the way-”
It was the silliest conversation ever. The kissing was enough for us to both understand how one another felt. We’d let external circumstances affect us, and I vowed to myself that I wouldn’t ever do that again. I had to work on my communication skills.
“Come here, sit down.” Eventually, we both crashed on the couch where we could talk a little bit more. “I’m glad that you read the article. I wasn’t sure that you would.”
“Well, Lark sure as hell made sure of that.” Tears balled up in the corners of her eyes. “And, the words you wrote were so touching.” Her breaths fell raggedly out of her mouth. “Did you mean what you said? The bit right at the end.”
I knew which part she meant, but I wanted to tease her for just a moment. “I meant all of it. Every word. Do you have something specific in mind?”
“I…” I smirked at the way her cheeks blushed brightly. She was adorable; every time her face turned red I wanted to wrap her up in my arms and hold her close to my chest forever more. “I read that you love me.”
I slid my fingers into hers and stared intensely into her eyes. “Olivia, I’ve loved you for a very long time. I’ve been falling ever since I first laid eyes on you.”
“Actually, if I remember the first conversation you had with me, you were very grumpy. I didn’t think you liked me at all.”
“Oh, well.” I shrugged, trying to play it down a bit. “That’s just because I was having a bad day with my leg and didn’t want to seem weak in front of you. I wanted to help you, but I couldn’t…”
She laughed and grabbed onto my cheeks and kissed my face hard. “Well, just so you know, I love you, too. I feel exactly the same as you do.”
I lifted her up and pulled her onto my lap. Now that everything felt much more out there between us, I wanted to kiss her all over; I wanted to solidify what we had physically – and judging by the way her hips were rolling into me, she felt exactly the same way.
“You’re not riling me up now just to leave me and go to work, are you?” I groaned loudly. “I might explode if you do.”
Olivia slipped off me, and for a moment, I actually thought she was about to run off, but then she slowly peeled her uniform down, revealing that soft, silky skin of hers that all I wanted to do was grab onto.
“Oh thank God,” I moaned. “Oh God, Olivia, you’re too much.”
She climbed back on me in just her underwear, causing me to stiffen painfully in my pants. I reached around her back to unhook her bra while she pulled my top up over my head. Then she pressed her hot, flushed skin up against me, and I could feel her rock hard nipples against my chest.
She was too damn much.
I flattened my palm on her stomach as we kissed some more and slowly slid it down into her panties. Before I even reached in to touch her, I could feel Olivia’s wetness pulsating against me. It hadn’t really been that long since we were last together, but because so much had happened, it felt like it’d been forever. I was utterly desperate to touch her.
“Oh, Zack.” As she groaned and tossed her head back, I plunged a finger into her. “Oh, that feels so good.”
I pushed her head further away from me and bit down lightly on her neck. Her skin tasted amazing, everything about her was perfect, and I felt fit to burst with the knowledge this was the woman for me.
I cupped my hands under her butt and lifted her up as if she weighed nothing. Then I dropped her onto the ground beneath me so I could take full control of her body. I watched her run her tongue seductively over her bottom lip as her fingers frantically tugged at my shorts, trying to pull them down. I kept myself raised above her using my strong arms.
Once my cock sprung free, she wrapped her fingers around me and rubbed my shaft in a way that felt fucking incredible. My body buzzed and vibrated with lust, and my arms wobbled a little under pressure to keep myself from falling.
Olivia lifted herself up, and she pressed her lips against my ear. Something about the sensation has a shiver racing up and down my spine. “What are you waiting for?” she whispered seductively. “I want you to fuck me.”
Her hips bucked, she writhed beneath me, and fuck me, I couldn’t resist. I knew how phenomenal it felt to be inside her – she was fucking incredible.
She fisted the rug beneath her as I slid my length into her. Her muscles constricted around me, and she fit me so tightly that I almost fucking lost it right away. I couldn’t keep hovering anymore. I collapsed to the ground and smashed my lips into Olivia’s, losing myself in the passion. I thrust harder and faster as it all became too much for me, my brain flew out the window, and I buried my face into Olivia, inhaling her sweet, feminine scent.
Knowing that I loved this woman, knowing that she loved me, too, it made this all feel so much better. We both deserved this happiness, and now it felt like we were finally grabbing onto it with both hands.
“Oh fuck, Zack,” Olivia gasped as her body bucks back violently. Her muscles clenched around me as she clung to me as if I was the only thing keeping her to the Earth. “Oh God, I love you.”
Fucking hell… Those words caused the hot bliss to explode from me harder and faster than I expected. I shuddered, I clenched, and everything heated me up and escaped me all at once.
“I love you, too, Olivia,” I panted breathlessly. “Fucking hell, I love you so much.”
Once we collapsed on the rug next to one another, deflated but very happy, I clasped my hand around hers once more. I’d hoped that the article would work, but I didn’t totally expect it to. The fact that it had brought Olivia back to me in such an epic way was amazing.
I couldn’t stop looking at Olivia, seeing her was like finding the most amazing future I could ever hope for.
“You do know you’re phone’s beeping, don’t you?” she asked me with a giggle. “It’s been going off for ages.”
“It has?” I grabbed it and stared at the screen. “Oh, it’s Lark. He wants to know if we are interested in going out for breakfast. Apparently, Meghan’s starving and wrapping him tightly around his little finger.”
“Oh God, is she?” Olivia rolled her eyes and pushed herself upright. “Shall we? I mean, I’ve canceled going in to work now, so we might as well.”
“Yeah, sounds good. What will this be, our second date? Third?”
“I think we’re beyond all of that now,” she laughed. “I honestly have no idea.”
She threw her clothes back on quickly and did her best to smooth down her hair. Her post-sex hair, her make-up free face, and her sweet natural smile made her look absolutely amazing. She was even more beautiful with no effort than she was all done up.
“I’m going to go back and change out of my uniform. Come over if you want?”
I followed Olivia across to her apartment and gave Lark a thumbs up as we went inside. I’d tell him later how grateful I was for his intervention; it truly sped things up. Olivia and I were so clearly meant to be, we would’ve found our way back together eventually, but I still loved him for making it happen quickly.
“Are we going out?” Meghan asked excitedly. “I’m so hungry.”
“Yes, we are.” I gave her a loving smile. The fact that Olivia still allowed me in her daughter’s life after everything was the most touching thing of them all. “Are you excited?”
“I am. Can I put on my Batman costume?”
“Of course, you can,” I chuckled. “That sounds awesome. I would love to see your Batman costume.”
Olivia raced into her bedroom to get dressed, leaving me with Drea and Lark. Luckily, they’d already spent some time together, so it wasn’t too awkward because they had a lot to say to one another. Also luckily, Olivia didn’t take long. She didn’t fuss with her hair and face, she simply slipped into something a little more comfortable for the day, and she looked incredible for it.
As we walked down the stairs, Olivia slipped her hand into mine. Now we were truly going public, which felt amazing. Meghan didn’t question anything, but she remained a little way behind us, wrapped up in conversation with Lark about Batman.
Unfortunately, the happiness was zapped from my body as we stepped out into the world to find a flash of cameras pointed our way.
“Oh my God,” I gasped, squeezing her hand gently. “They must have found out where I live. I’m so, so sorry. I didn’t think this would happen.”
I thought she’d let go and run, but she didn’t. Instead, she laughed and cocked her head towards me. “I guess that’s what you get for dating a man richer than some small countries, isn’t it?”
I almost leaned down and kissed her for that super sweet answer, but I didn’t want that in the papers. What Olivia and I had was just for us. I’d made some of it public by declaring my love, but I had control of this. I wasn’t going to hand the power back, not a chance in hell.
“Come on, let’s get going. They’ll likely follow us and leave Meghan alone.”
We ran away, giggling like teenagers, and just like I predicted, the photographers followed us. Once we ducked around a corner, though, they seemingly lost interest and went off to harass someone else. Hopefully someone more interesting that would keep their focus for longer.