“Iamso white right now,” he winks and my desire to do dirty things to him returns, but I cannot ignore how good the food smells.
He puts me down and my body tingles at the memory for everything we’ve done in his kitchen. After we make our plates, getting small samples of everything, we eat in silence until Axel speaks.
“Change of plans. I think we should wait to make the announcement.”
My heart dips at his words. Oh, no. Those asshole losers have Axel weary to announce the whole reason he summoned me to Malibu. My nod is shallow, but I want to keep a straight face. I know he was mad at them earlier, but my drama doesn’t help him sell his company.
Axel puts down his fork and grabs my hand.
“Heaven, I haven’t changed my mind.” He rubs his thumb across my fingers. “Look at me.”
My gaze moves from our interlocked hands to his deep blue eyes. They’re sweet and honest.
“Darling. Nothing has changed. I just have some things in motion after my phone calls. Once that is over, we’ll make it official.”
“Are you going to tell me about the things you have in motion?”
Axel takes a bite of the smothered chicken, moans at the flavor, then shakes his head.
“Nope.”
“Why?” I question around a bite of yams. The flavor is amazing.
“I told you I’ll handle it. No point in you worrying about the details.”
“Excuse me! Mr. ‘I Got It.’”
The light picks up flecks of blonde in his beard as he laughs.
“It’s because it’s true. I’ll give you more details as needed.
Heaven
Aside from brief chats between my friends and parents, Axel had me in complete radio silence all weekend. I haven’t gotten anywhere near social media since the haters’ interview. Part of me wants to know what’s going on and the other part is happy with the silence. I don’t know if I look guilty or above it, but with the way Axel has been distracting me, I don’t care. I want to fight him right now, though.
Now that it’s Monday, I’d partially expected him to have gone to work. Instead, he’s working remotely for the week. I think it’s his way of torturing me.
“You want me to do what?” I repeat the question with my hands on my bikini-clad hips. “Shouldn’t you be at work or making deals or something?”
“Get your sexy yet scary ass in the water,” he replies with a pat to my ass that ends in a light squeeze while aptly ignoring my work comment.
“I’d rather be doing more of that?” I deflect with a wiggle.
Desire flashes in his eyes, but he crosses his arms over his naked chest.
“How about no lesson, no dick?”
I stare at him in utter disbelief. “First of all, threaten me with something believable. You’re hornier than I am.”
“True,” he confirms with a smirk as he pulls me into a kiss that’s rough and consuming. He grabs my ass pulling me close until my legs are wrapped around his waist. Axel teases me with his tongue, not giving it all to me like he knows I want. I pull his ponytail in frustration causing him to make a noise between a laugh and a grunt.
“You’ll pay for that,” he warns me as he roughly grinds me against his hard dick.
My ass is wet and cold before I can respond. I grip his shoulders while I glare at the big asshole.
“Now that we’re in the pool. We can begin the first lesson.”
“How about no pussy unless you get me out of the pool?”
