TWENTY
OLLIE

I sit up and look down at the beautiful woman that lies beneath me. She looks up at me with vulnerable eyes and I smile gently, stroking her soft cheek.

She is so fucking beautiful— I can't get enough of her.

"You're okay." I coo gently as her eyes begin to water. "You're okay."

I wipe away the lone tear that begins to slide down her face.

"Don't cry, my love." I whisper, tilting my head and her lip trembles.

I saw the look in her eyes and I'm more than positive that I had the same look.

It's love and I couldn't be any happier because this woman is mine as much as I am hers. Yes, she might be in a marriage but I'm going to make sure that it soon comes to end.

Not only is it Dale that I will be taking down, but his whole fucking family. I heard the way they spoke to my Lilah in the restaurant and it disgusted me — I was ready there and then to take her away from them.

But I'm proud of her because she held her ground.

My Lilah is strong but I know there's only so long you can be like that before it gets too much and you start breaking down and if I don't get her out of this marriage I'm afraid it might end up being too late.

"I'm just feeling a little emotional. I'm sorry, I've definitely ruined the mood." She sniffles, releasing a small laugh that makes my whole body warm.

"Tell me what you need." I say and her face softens.

"Just a hug." She shrugs and I wrap my arms around her and pull her on top of me.

She rests her head on my chest and I begin to stroke her back.

"You mean everything to me, you know that right?" I whisper, staring up at the ceiling.

"Yes. You mean a lot to me too." She whispers back and I can't hold back the smile that etches onto my face.

"My baby." I turn my head into the crook of her neck and then place a soft kiss on her smooth skin.

"You make me feel so safe. When I'm with you I feel like nothing can hurt me."

I feel her relax more against me and it fills me with pride that I'm her safe haven — that I make her feel safe.

That's all I ever want when she's with me.

"You're my safe haven." I whisper.

After around fifteen minutes of comfortable silence, I finally start to get uncomfortable.

"Lilah?"

"Hmm."

"I need to take this condom off." I chuckle lightly and she sits up and looks down at me with a smile.

"Sorry." She climbs off of me and I discard the condom and then get back into bed.

"You are staying with me tonight?" I question, beginning to play with my hands.

Why am I so nervous all of a sudden?

Lilah sits up against the headboard and smirks down at me.

"Well you did say you'd give me a night I'd never forget." She winks and just like that I find myself getting hard all over again.

"You wanna take a ride?"

•••

The next morning I stand in front of the mirror as I adjust my tie. A feeling of content fills my body when I feel Lilah step up behind me and wrap her arms around my waist.

She looks around me and smiles at me through the mirror.

"Hi." She whispers.

"Hi, baby." I greet with a huge smile on my face. "I've got to go to the office for a few hours, are you staying here?" I question hopefully, wanting her to stay here for as long as possible.

"I have to get back home." She pouts and my smile falls.

Back to that piece of shit.

This is her home!

I turn around to face her and reach forward to stroke her cheek. "I'm going to be honest, I don't feel good about you going back to him, Lilah." Not having her with me and knowing that she'll be under the same roof as that scumbag puts me on edge.

"You know I'd love to stay but I don't really want to be explaining to Dale where I've been." She sighs and I clench my jaw. "He'll be at work anyway, so you don't have to worry about him hurting me."

"I am going to worry, Lilah. He'll have to go back home eventually!" I throw my arms in the air. "I don't have a good feeling about you going back, beautiful."

"Ollie, I'll be okay." She reaches up and holds my face in her hands. I lean in closer to her touch and place a small kiss on the palm of her hand.

She looks up at me like how she did last night and my stomach begins to fill with butterflies.

Fuck, this woman is making me go crazy!

"Stay, please baby." I find myself pleading with her. "Please, Lilah."

"Ollie baby, you know I can't." A frustrated grunt leaves my mouth and I step back, running my fingers through my hair. "I have to go back home or Dale will start to question things and he will use it against me."

"Why do you care so much about what he thinks?! Fuck him!" I can't help but shout.

"Ollie, I'm stuck in this contract. You have no idea what could happen to me if Dale found out about us!" She exclaims and my body freezes.

"What are you saying to me?"

"They've threatened me already. There was one time when Dale's mother told me that if I ever betrayed her son she'd be able to get rid of me —" ,she clicks her fingers ",— just like that."

My jaw clenches.

"They're not going to harm you." I say in confidence.

They won't harm a hair on my girl's head because if they do, I'll watch their last breath leave their mouth.

"They will kill me, Ollie."

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