After long moments of silence I needed to hear her voice, I needed to hear the words come from her mouth. “Vicky, say something,” I said, pulling my head back and wiping her tears away with my finger.
She looked into my eyes, her own eyes had turned bloodshot making the green look iridescent, I was scared she was breaking apart on me, and I wanted to mend her back together.
“Luc, I love you too,” she said, her voice cracking. That’s all I needed to hear before I possessed her mouth again. She was the first woman in my life to see me for me, and to love me for who I was, and not something I was trying to be, and it meant everything.
She pulled away laughing. “What is it?” I asked feeling confused. This moment wasn’t funny.
She cupped her hand over her nose. “My nose is running from crying and I am slobbering all over you,” she said, lifting from the bed while holding her nose and laughing.
“I didn’t mind your slobbering,” I admitted as she darted into the bathroom. A moment later she was blowing her nose. When she came back out she stood before me naked and perfect. I knew we both had a lot of issues from our past that haunted us, and we were both broken in our own way, but together we made sense. We felt right.
“Should we get ready for work?” she asked. A week ago I made room in my closet so she could leave a few things here. I liked the idea of her getting dressed up here rather than going down to her apartment half naked. Brad had been hanging around Nessa a lot lately, and although he was her cousin, I liked Vicky here with me. I liked knowing she was safe. I knew a part of how I felt was based on my past; on the fact that my family was dangerous, and I wanted to make sure she was safe. It was a part of me that was hard to let go.
“Yeah, I have a breakfast meeting so I won’t be in the office today,” I said, climbing out of bed.
Her bottom lip turned out, “Oh.”
She was so damned sexy and cute. “The Japanese are in town this week, Vicky, they have proposed a new battery for the car and we have a lot of people working on the deal. It’s going to be a busy week, I won’t be around much, but if their claims are true, this could be big news.”
“I hope it works out, but I will miss you around the office,” she said, walking into the bathroom and closing the door behind her.
After pulling on my pants and shirt, I chose a tie and knotted it up. I hoped the Japanese knew what they were doing. The preliminary reports were promising. I was close to achieving one of many dreams and having Vicky here reminded me that another dream was dangling in the wind. I just had to reach out and grab it: a wife, a family. I knew we weren’t at that point yet, but something deep down told me she was the one.
“What’s with the solemn look?” she asked, walking out of the bathroom and into the walk-in closet. She took a pair of pink panties out of the drawer and slipped them on. Then she put on the matching bra. I had gone shopping with her last week and convinced her that I would take care of the lingerie; it was a gift from me since it was for the benefit of my eyes only. The set she had on now was a pale pink lace and see through, so I could see her nipples through the material. I was getting hard again just watching her. She then put on a blush color blouse ending my show. If I didn’t have the breakfast meeting, I would take her right there in my closet.
“Would you stop gawking at me?” she said with her lip tugging up in the corner. Her tone was one of irritation, but I knew she liked my attention on her. She craved it, just like I craved her.
“You like it…” I grinned, turning away.
Once she was dressed, we walked down the stairs to the main level in my apartment. I had a local French bakery deliver croissants this morning and they were waiting at my door, fresh and hot.
“This is for you, I didn’t want you skipping breakfast. As it is, you don’t take time to eat lunch in the office. Your father will fire me for overworking you.” I smirked at her.
“Oh, you worked me real good last night, Luc,” she laughed, spinning the meaning of my words. “I think Bryce is suspicious that something is going on between us,” she said, grabbing her coat and purse. “Do you think we should tell him about us? He likes you, Luc, he will probably approve anyway.”
“Vicky, Bryce knows about my past, he may like me, but I don’t think I’m the kind of guy he wants for his daughter…” I trailed off. I didn’t think that he would consider an ex-mafionnaire to be good husband material.
Vicky walked over to me with a sad look on her face and placed her hand over my heart. “You are the perfect kind of guy, Luc. I wish you could see yourself through my eyes. I came to this city a mess, and it’s because of you that I was able to pull myself together. Please believe me when I say that I think we should tell him soon. I think he will be happy for us. I don’t see him often, but he came by my office yesterday and asked if there was someone special in my life. I got the sense that he knew something but wanted to hear it from me. He’s been kind to me, Luc, and I feel like I owe it to him to be honest,” she said, placing a soft kiss on my mouth. I love to feel her warmth against me. She was the only thing that made me feel whole. Lately, even when I had my dark moments, when I thought of my past and my family, it was the thought of her that pulled me back into the light.
“Okay, if you want to tell him then go ahead, I feel like maybe I owe him an explanation, but you are his daughter, if you want to tell him I can’t stop you.” I grinned, grasping her behind in the sexy blue skirt she was wearing, hugging every inch of her curves. I knew all the males at the office would be ogling her today, as they did every day. Only today I wouldn’t be there to give them my death stare in return. I inwardly cringed thinking how possessive I was of her, but I couldn’t help myself, she was mine.
As Vicky left my apartment, my cell phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out wondering if it was the Japanese canceling our breakfast, but when I saw the screen, I stumbled back. It couldn’t be. Not now. Not when everything was falling into place.
Chapter 22
Vicky
Leaving for work without Luc felt strange. I still stopped by my apartment to check on Nessa but her bed was empty. After sending her a quick text, she said she had crashed at Brad’s place. I was worried about those two. They had developed some sort of relationship that included going to sex parties and screwing other people. I wasn’t naïve and I understood that monogamy wasn’t for everyone, but deep down I felt like Nessa wanted more for herself. I had a feeling that Brad did too, but they were both too lost to realize it.
My thoughts quickly drifted to Luc and me. We are also two broken people, we are still living with our fears, despite the risk we took with each other but at least we were open to take the risk of falling in love, and so far we were happy.
Luc insisted his driver drop me at the front door of Tyson, since he refused to let me take a cab this morning, or allow Bryce’s driver to pick me up. I had to notify Bryce’s driver that I wouldn’t need him. It seemed like it was important to Luc for his driver to take me around now that we were together. It was the caveman in him; he felt the need to protect me all the time.