Page 59 of Grace

Compared to last time, it’s too slow, too meaningful. I whimper and fight my eyelids as they try to close.

“How do I feel, darling?”

“Perfect… more. Please, more,” I whimper.

His grip on my hips tightens almost painfully, and then he slams into me, rocking me against the railing until I feel dizzy enough to fall over. I’m right there, right on the edge until Daniel squeezes my breast and kisses my pulse.

I fall over the edge, shuddering and panting out soft moans as my pussy tightens and I tremble slightly.

A door slams, and I look down, finding some woman who looks almost familiar standing there, and Daniel stills.

“Of fucking course,” he hisses.

“Daniel?” I ask softly.

“You’re a good girl, you’ve done nothing wrong,” he promises, kissing my forehead as he slides out of me and smooths my skirt back down. “I have to take care of this.”

“Okay,” I breathe as my thighs stick together.

Daniel glances down, pauses, then kisses me softly. “I’m happy to be back with you.”

He hurries down the stairs as I stay up here. It’s not like I can run down there and say something. People might realize we were up here alone together. So, all I can do is watch as Daniel approaches the woman.

Sebastian tries to step in, but Daniel points at him. I hurry to a room I see, so I’m out of the way, which means that I hear everything once Daniel gets the woman up here.

“Victoria, what’s the meaning of this? You knew I had organized a party here tonight and—”

“And that’s why I had to come. You never want to see me,” she hisses.

“Because you’re myex-wife. The only thing we have in common is our son. I told you I’d handle things,” Daniel snarls.

“Oh, yeah, I see how you handle them. Insist on a party here where you force my sweet boy to see his ex-girlfriend? The same ex-girlfriend who just berated him and called him a cheater?” Victoria hisses.

“Grace isn’t the topic of conversation at hand. You’re upset because I’m holding firm. Sebastian needs to learn how to be an adult, and that means moving out and taking care of himself. I lined up the job. I even lined up a new place for him. I won’t do itall. He has to learn to be an adult!” Daniel snarls.

“Grace is the issue here. You hired that no-good brat to help Sebastian, so fire her. He’ll take the job and you’ll get everything you want. It’s not like she’s actually good for anything. She never saw Sebastian as he is. She never understood how lucky she was to have him and wasneverwilling to do anything for his sake alone,” Victoria insists.

I turn away from the doorway, sucking my bottom lip. Is that how people see it? It’s how Isawit right after the breakup, buthe wasn’t happy with me. I did plenty. The only problem was sex. Even Sebastian said that so—

“She’s excellent at work. She does more than most of my employees and has caught problems before they could become disasters. Our son is plenty of things and hesaysplenty of things. Our job is to make sure that he’s a good man, not a coddled little boy,” Daniel snarls. “I’m not going to talk about his dating life, and you should stay out of it too.”

“Don’t tell me how to deal with this. You never even met her,” Victoria snarls.

“This isn’t a conversation, Victoria. Leave,” Daniel grits out.

“Don’t you know I still own thirty percent of the company stocks? I should be celebrating along with everyone else. Maybe I can see something in this girl that you so clearly do,” Victoria snarls. “Although, I’m assuming she’s hiding or late, or embarrassed to be seen in public.”

They keep talking, obviously heading somewhere else, but all I can do is stand there. I cover my mouth with my hand and close my eyes.

What the hell am I getting into? Drama just walked into Daniel’s house. I started some, maybe, but I didn’t tell Sebastian anything he didn’t already know. Now his mom, Daniel’s ex, is involved, and… and there’s absolutely no way I can handle this.

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Whispers climb on my skin, tightening their hold on me as foul words come from Victoria. I’m useless and stupid and have to be led with a firm hand, how I never deserved Sebastian and that he’s the single reason I got my place at his father’s company.

Her words cut deep as they hold some truth. I would never be here if it weren’t for Bash. I would never have met and fallen for his dad, my boss, if it weren’t for Bash. I don’t want to give him any credit for how my life has turned out… but I have to as he showed me what Idon’twant in a relationship, how he made me feel the exact emotions I hope I never experience again, especially from the one I care about most.

I’m not worthless, cheap, and stupid.

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