Page 96 of Always Been Yours

“What are you doing?” she asks with a cute little furrow in her brow.”How can you possibly be irritated with me right now?” I tease.

She rolls her eyes. With a faint blush she tells me, “I wanted to suck you off again.”

I chuckle and place a sweet, possessive kiss on her lips. “You really are a greedy girl.”

“Only with you.” The look in her eyes is so vulnerable. The most open she has been with me in years.

“Me too, love.” I lay kisses and nibbles along her breasts. “I’m going to clean you off then go get you breakfast.”

“And after breakfast?” She perks up and it’s so freaking adorable. I never want her to leave my bed.

“After I know you’re fed and fully satiated, then you can have my cock again.”

“Who knew you were so bossy?”

“Only with you,” I wink.

She flops back on the pillows. “I wish I could say the same… but I’m bossy with everyone.”

“It’s one of my favorite things about you. Don’t change.” She gives me a sweet smile and I respond with a cocky smirk, the one I know she can’t decide if she loves or hates. My head descends between her thighs, and we do it all over again.

Viv came on my face three times before she was begging me for a break. Not to stop, just a break. If anything, the last two rounds have made it clear how badly she wants my cock. Each orgasm came with the promise of how she was going to ride me so good, for hours.

I know Genevieve better than to ever doubt her when she’s determined to do something. But it’s cute that she thinks she’s going to be in control. I’m pretty sure I’ve made it clear that she owns me, except in the bedroom. The roles change there. And with what I have planned, she’s going to bebeggingme to take her for hours.

I’m lying on my back, in nothing but my briefs, while a very naked and very gorgeous Vivi is tangled up with my body. She draws soft shapes across my skin and lets out a deep, content sigh.

“What’s going on in your pretty brain?”

“Just…” She chuckles and I can see the rueful smile from where I’m lying. “Imagine if we’d been doing that since high school.”

I bark out a laugh, twisting her braid around my fingers. “I promise you; it would not have been like that in high school.”

“Really?” She looks up at me, a playful glint in her eye. “I’ve been a pro since my very first time. Practically a porn star.”

My chest shakes with a rumbly laugh. I pull her closer to me and lay a soft kiss on her head. “Yup, I’m sure, baby. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that you would have ruined me just as much then as you have now. I don’t think my dick could even get hard when it comes to someone else anymore.” It’s the truth. As pathetic as it may be.

She laughs and sets her chin on my chest, looking up at me. “You know, Grady… I’m kind of glad we didn’t date in high school.”

“I’m slightly offended, I think,” I chuckle. “But go on.”

She gives me a small, guilty smile. “No, it isn’t because of how the sex may have been. I just… even before we fought, I didn’t always really like myself when I was younger. I think that’s normal when you’re still figuring outwhoyou are. But I like who I am now. I’m mostly happy with myself.“ She shrugs a little, making me think that there’s still a little self-doubt there. I’ll spend however long it takes to ease all of her fears. “I’ve always liked you,” she admits, rolling her eyes at her confession, “but I like your daughters, and I like this black bedroom your mother hates, and I like watching you with my cats, and I like the man you’ve grown into. More than that, I like thisusthat we’ve grown into. I think it’s my favorite version of us.“ She tilts her head and bites her bottom lip.

That’s a big confession for her, and it makes me feel like the luckiest man in the entire world. Not only is Vivi starting to forgive and trust me again, but she’s deciding to take this chance on me.After years of her independence and nursing her past hurts, she’s decided that I’m worth the risk. I love her so goddamn much for it.

I’ve spent my life loving her in a lot of different ways. But this is different. This is a choice. And one I’ll be making every day for the rest of my life if she allows me to.

My hand slips to the back of her neck and I pull her up to kiss me. “This is my favorite version of us too. It’s only getting better this time around; do you understand me?”

She nods, her lips still a whisper on mine. “Yes, Grady. I understand. I want that with you.”

“Good girl. Because I want everything with you.” I want a happy marriage, more babies, and a house. Everything she’s alwaysdreamed of; I want to give to her. I want all of the good, bad, and boring that comes with that because all of it still looks so damn amazing with her by my side.

I deepen the kiss, about ready to ask her if we can get breakfast later, because right now I need to be inside of her. I’m ready to cross that line together, knowing that there’s no coming back from it.

But my phone starts ringing on the nightstand. I look at the clock but it’s only nine in the morning. Blake said she was going to take the kids to the aquarium before dropping them off for lunch. I decline the call without looking at the caller ID. “Ignore it,” I murmur against her lips. It immediately starts ringing again. Vivi sits up and I groan in pathetic frustration.

Snickering, she says, “Check your phone. It could be an emergency.”

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