Just as I stood, a police car pulled up in front of the house. The two officers who had come to Olivia’s office last week stepped out of the car. It made sense that they would dispatch the same officers, and that might explain the delay in them showing up. Didn’t make me feel any better about their late presence though.
“Next time, don’t open the door,” I told Olivia. “Someone could have placed the cat here in order to lure you outside, where they could attack you.”
She snorted her laughter, and I shot her a look.
“I’m not joking, Olivia. You need to take your safety more seriously.”
“I think you’re overreacting.”
“And I think you’re underreacting.”
The cops were reaching hearing distance.
“We’ll discuss this later,” I said, pausing any further arguments from her.
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Olivia
I didn’t know where Tommy got off on ordering me around. This was my life, my house, and my profession being targeted.
But I bit my tongue to keep from saying any more until after the police left.
I could tell they were less than impressed with the present that had been dropped off on my doorstep. This made me feel both satisfied that I knew Tommy was overreacting yet simultaneously worried that if something did happen to me, the police wouldn’t care.
At least they had taken the poor cat with them to the lab, and I wouldn’t have to dispose of it myself.
I shut the door and faced Tommy. “Let me make one thing clear. You are not the boss of me.”
He took a step back and frowned. “When did I ever say I was your boss?” He laughed. “I am very well aware that you are your own person. It’s one of the things I find sexy as hell about you.”
I crossed my arms over my chest. “You and I were fighting, and you decided when to cut the conversation short and that we would talk about it later.” I really hated that he’d had the last word. “Maybe I wasn’t done talking about it.”
A truly confused look crossed his face, and I swore the corners of his mouth twitched. If he was laughing at me, I wasn’t going to be held responsible for my actions.
It took several seconds for Tommy to speak. “Okay, first of all, we were having a discussion. We were not fighting. Secondly, I did not cut you off because I get to decide when and where we talk about things. I stopped the conversation because the officers were walking up to the front door. If we were fighting, as you put it, would you have really wanted them to hear us?”
I pursed my lips together because I didn’t want to answer. “No,” I reluctantly admitted.
“And when I said we would discuss it later, I was merely letting you know we could finish when we were alone again. That’s all I meant.”
Now, I felt like a fool for overreacting. Something I had just accused him of doing earlier. “Go ahead. Laugh.”
He shook his head. “I wouldn’t dare.” He stepped forward. “I really would like to kiss you though.”
“Then, what are you waiting for?”
Tommy hauled me into his arms, and I practically inhaled him when he put his lips on mine.
He carried me into the living room, and we fell onto the couch. His shirt went flying, and he attacked my pants. “I’m sorry, Liv. This is going to be a quick fuck. It’s only been a few days, but I need to be inside you.”
I had no complaints, and I went for his fly as soon as I was naked on the bottom.
Tommy’s shaft sprang out into my hand, but I barely got to touch it before he pushed my hands away and drove inside me.
I cried out in pleasure. Oh, yes.
If I had Tommy fucking me before bed every night, I had a feeling I would be a lot more ready to take on the day the next morning.
He lifted my ass and pounded into me. With every thrust, he dragged my clit over his pelvis, and it wasn’t long before I was panting and begging for him to make me come.
Two more lunges forward, and we both exploded. I bucked my hips as he held on and poured his seed into me.
After we both collapsed, I could still feel him twitching inside me.
I pushed his hair off his sweaty forehead. “I needed that. It’s been a long week.”
“Did you put the cat there yourself, so you could finally have an excuse for me to come here?”
I smacked his arm. “Bad joke.”
He smiled. “You’re right.” He kissed my chest over my breastbone even though we hadn’t bothered to take off my shirt. “Is you being busy why I barely heard from you?”
I replayed the words in my head. Could there be a chance he’d missed me, or was he just asking out of curiosity?
“Yes. I’ve been working on Tate’s case, plus helping a first-year associate with another. Our firm’s investigator is pretty much working full-time on a big-name client that we can’t afford to lose. She doesn’t have much time to do anything else even though I know she’d help me if I needed her to.”
“When is the big-name client’s case going to court, so your investigator can help you?”
They weren’t going to court. At least, not yet.
“They are starting negotiations next week. If things don’t work out there, court would be next. It’ll be a while. Court is always the last step because it costs the most money and time.”
“Is that what’s going to happen with Tate’s case?”
“Maybe.”
Tate and I were probably going to try to sit down with the Scotts and get them to dismiss the case, but I had a feeling we were going to have
