It's more than enough to have me coming, and I orgasm blindingly hard, filling up my precious princess with everything I have.
"Yes!" She clings to me, her head thrown back, and we ride the waves until we both collapse back down to the couch, her head resting on my chest.
Everything slows down, and when I catch my breath, I make sure she knows I'm serious about her staying.
"Lila, you can stay with me forever. I'm more than happy to help you leave your family behind. Which, speaking of, I'm sure you know that your father will suffer from all this. How's that make you feel?"
She pauses but nods, her head bobbing on my shoulder. "Not amazing. But he made his own bed. Now he has to lie in it. Also...I think I need to make one last trip to the family home. But I'd really like you there with me. I'll also need some real clothes for that."
I crane my neck to look down at her, stroking her cheek. "Anything you need, princess. I got you."
***
When morning comes, Lila and I get dressed—the clothes she ordered before her cards get cancelled arrived a few minutes ago—and we make a quick stop at the station before heading over to her family home one last time. I can sense her nerves, and I hold her hand through the entire drive and walk up to the door.
We're greeted by the butler, and I glower at him as we stand in the foyer, waiting for her father to come down.
"Lila! Oh, thank god you're home!" Reginald does his best to rush down the stairs, and I have to fight a smirk when I see his arm in a sling. "This is so wonderful. We can get right back to?—"
"We can get back to nothing," Lila cuts in. "I'm not staying. In fact, I've only come because I wanted to do what I knew you never would. End things amicably."
"What? Darling, you can't be serious." Reggie takes a step closer to Lila, but she pulls back, keeping the distance. "Honey, what is this? I'm your father."
"Yeah, which makes it that much worse that you gave me to a man like Cilento. That you were going to force me to marry Kyle, who's a raging asshole. A real chip off the CEO's block."
I can't stop the brief cut of laughter that sneaks out.That was brutal, babe. Well done.
"Lila—"
"No. You don't get to 'Lila' me. I'm not playing your games anymore. I'm leaving. I'm going to be living with Marcus, and you and everyone else in this 'family' aren't to contact me ever again. There will be consequences if you do."
Reginald reels back, scoffing as his hand flies to his chest. If he had pearls, he'd be clutching them.
"Is that athreat?"
I watch as Lila turns down the corners of her mouth, humor dressing her expression. "Take it however you want, Reginald. But it is certainly your formal command to leave me alone."
Lila presents the restraining order I helped her swing with my contacts at the station. Reginald is utterly floored, but Lila just turns on her heel and smiles at me.
I take her hand, grinning back, and we exit out the front door without another word.
"How you feeling now?" I cock a brow at her.
"Free. I feelfree."
Epilogue
Lila
A year later
"I'm home!"
I call out into the house, admiring the newest addition to the living room. The old couch really did have to go, even if it was the first place Marcus and I had sex here.
"Be right down!"
Marcus is clearly upstairs. I take off my jacket and shoes, leaving them by the front door. It's a bit chilly outside today, another summer bleeding into fall.
