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He kept reading. “And into the owner’s bedroom?”
She nodded.
Confused, but hopeful, he asked, “I don’t understand Olivia.”
“I want to bemarriedmarried to you, Pete.”
Her attorney stood and said to Larry, “Maybe we need to give these two a minute.”
Larry remained seated but turned to Maverick.
“Mav?”
“Yeah. Let me talk to my wife in private, please.”
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Olivia
Once the lawyers left the room, he came around the table and grabbed her hand.
“You want to bemarriedmarried? To me?”
“You are my husband.”
“But I’ve been your husband for almost three months. Why now?”
She answered his question with a question.
“Do you love me? Not as the mother of your children, like you do Patricia. But as your wife—someone you want to fall asleep next to—naked—every night, and wake up next to every day for the rest of your life?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
“No, Mav, it’s not.”
He cupped her face in his hands and stared into her eyes.
“I am so in love with you, Olivia Lacroix, it makes my chest ache. Your beauty, your brains, your body… what an amazing mother you are—what an amazingwomanyou are. All of it.”
Her heart was racing so fast she felt dizzy.
“Why didn’t you ever say anything?”
“You’re in love with someone else. I thought if I showed you, maybe you’d grow to love me, but…”
She interrupted him, blurting out, “I love you, Pete Mitchell.”
He searched her eyes. “You do?”
She nodded her head, whispering, “So much.”
He stared at her for another beat before capturing her lips with his. He kissed her like she was his oxygen supply while she clung to his shirt.
All the pain and sadness she’d been harboring suddenly vanished as his tongue explored her mouth, demanding her submission, which she eagerly gave him. He made her feel desired and safe.
Maverick pushed her skirt to her waist and lifted her onto the end of the table, his mouth never leaving hers as he slid her panties to the side and ran a finger down her slit. She knew she was wet—her deprived pussy needed to be filled.
Reaching for his cock, she found him hard as a rock under his pants.
