She drew in a breath.
“I’ll need to talk to Del. He understood why I came here to spend the weekend, but he wasn’t happy about it. Obviously, he’ll be against this idea. I’ll talk to him, though. He and I both want this to be settled as soon as possible.”
Liam frowned. “And if he demands you don’t go?”
She pursed her lips. “I’ll tell him how important it is to me.”
* * *
“I can’t believe Liam agreed to let me come along,” Del said as he settled into the town car Liam had sent to meet them at the airport. “But I still don’t like it.”
The thought of Abi in bed with Liam for the next three weeks … touching her … making love to her … drove him crazy.
But it was the only way to end this thing.
When she’d told him about Liam’s proposition, he’d tried to talk her out of it, but she was highly stressed and just wanted this to be over. The fact Liam had promised he’d sign the divorce papers if she did this was huge.
So Del had agreed. On one condition.
That he came along, too.
Not that he wanted to be in the next room knowing Abi was in Liam’s bed. It was a horribly awkward and gut-wrenching situation. But if he was there, Abi wouldn’t sink totally into a fantasy world and forget what they shared. He knew Abi loved him and he planned to be there to remind her of that every day.
“I know you don’t.” She snuggled against him and he tucked his arm around her. “But after this is over, we’ll be free to get married and we’ll have a lifetime of happiness together.”
“Abi, you don’t know how much I want that.”
She gazed up at him and smiled. When she rested her soft hand on his cheek and stroked, his heart swelled with joy.
“Yes, I do. As much as I want it. And that’s saying a lot.”
He couldn’t help himself. He dipped down and kissed her. Her soft lips moved against his, and he tightened his arm around her, pulling her into a deeper kiss. He plundered her mouth with his tongue, driving deep. Exploring. She tasted so sweet.
Her soft sigh drove his need for her higher. She cupped his cheeks as she glided her tongue into his mouth, then her hands glided down his chest. When he felt her hand continue down his stomach, then over his growing cock, he grasped her hand.
“Sweetheart, we can’t do this here,” he whispered against her ear.
She bit her lip, then nodded, her cheeks blossoming red. He didn’t know if it was embarrassment or lingering excitement.
The hormones from the pregnancy seemed to be making her easily aroused.
Liam had suggested they come to the resort a few days after him since he would be tied up in meetings a lot at first. After that, he only had intermittent meetings over the rest of the trip as the business of buying the resort chain progressed. That had given Abi time to tell her family she was going away on vacation for a few weeks, and for both of them to pack. During those few days, her hormones had kicked into high gear and she’d been all over him.
He’d enjoyed every minute of their lovemaking. In bed. On the kitchen table. In the shower. On the stairs. Even in the car.
She’d been insatiable. Which had thrilled him.
Not so much now, though, as they drove to her husband’s resort villa where she’d stay in his bed for the next three weeks.
And here he was getting her aroused right before he delivered her to Liam.
She snuggled against him, then gazed out the window.
The car was gliding along a road skirting the ocean, with a beautiful view of palm trees on one side, white sands and aqua-blue ocean on the other.
It was late afternoon and the sun would be setting soon. So Liam would probably offer her a sumptuous dinner in his undoubtedly luxurious villa overlooking the ocean, with a fabulous view of the sunset reflecting on the water. And Del would be sitting in his room, probably on the other side of the resort, going crazy thinking of Liam seducing her into his bed.
Not that he actually had to seduce her, since she’d agreed to sleep with him. And once she was in bed with him, Del had no doubt of what would happen between them.
The driver turned and followed a winding road lined with palm trees. They arrived at a gate and the driver texted something on his phone and the gate opened. After several minutes continuing along the road, now lined with thick flowering bushes, they arrived at a beautiful cleared area with a large white villa set amidst beautiful landscaping of tropical plants with brightly colored, exotic flowers. Large windows overlooked the ocean view and there were large balconies on the second level.
The driver pulled up to the entrance and opened the passenger door. Del followed Abi out of the car while the driver retrieved the luggage from the trunk. As they walked toward the front door, it opened and Liam stepped out into the warm sunshine.
“Welcome,” he said with a big smile. “Did you have a nice flight?”
The driver disappeared into the house with the suitcases.
“It was very nice,” Abi said. “I’ve never been on a private jet. Your staff treated us very well.”
“Good.”
He held out his hand to Del.
Del hesitated briefly, considering ignoring it and heading into the house, but this situation was awkward enough without him being peevish. He wanted to make this as easy on Abi as he could.
He shook Liam’s hand with a firm grip.
Then Liam turned and took Abi’s hand and drew her in for a kiss. It was a light casual kiss, but it still made Del want to drag him away from her. Especially knowing the effect it was probably having on her, given her natural attraction to Liam, augmented by her pregnancy hormones.
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