The CEO's Contractual Wife

Chapter 116

Olivia

“Nothing important. Just tired,” I replied, twirling pasta around my fork. “This smells amazing.” I took a bite and closed my eyes in appreciation. “Perfect.”

Alexander leaned against the counter, watching me eat with an intensity that made me self–conscious.

“What?” I asked, dabbing my mouth with a napkin.

“Just admiring my wife,” he said simply.

“While she inhales pasta like she hasn’t eaten in days?”

“Precisely that.”

We fell into comfortable silence as I finished eating.

Alexander cleared my plate when I was done, rinsing it and placing it in the dishwasher with surprising domesticity.

“So,” I said, stifling a yawn, “back to work tomorrow?”

Alexander nodded. “Unfortunately. I’ve got about fifteen meetings that were postponed because of the honeymoon.” He grimaced, leaning against the kitchen counter. “Not to mention the Westwood account needs immediate attention, and there’s the quarterly board meeting on Friday that I need to prepare for.”

“Wow, sounds like you’ve got a full calendar,” I said, watching his face carefully. “Almost like you regret taking time off for our honeymoon.”

Alexander’s head snapped up, his eyes meeting mine. “What? No. That’s not what I meant at all.”

“Really? Because it sounded like you were listing all the inconveniences our honeymoon caused,” I crossed my arms over my chest.

“Liv, come on.” He moved closer, placing his hands on my shoulders. “The honeymoon was amazing. Perfect. Worth postponing a hundred meetings for.” His thumbs traced small circles on my skin. “I’m just thinking out loud about tomorrow’s schedule. Bad habit.”

“You have a lot of those,” I teased, my momentary irritation fading.

“And you love every one of them,” he countered with a smirk.

“Debatable.” I suppressed another yawn. “God, I’m exhausted.”

“Let’s get to bed,” Alexander suggested, taking my hand. “We both have early mornings.”

stripped down to his boxers. The casual intimacy of our nighttime

impossibly soft mattress. Alexander switched off the lights and joined me, his

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made no move to

“Do I need to motivate my lazy

jet–lagged,” I corrected, eyes

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so?” The bed dipped as Alexander sat beside me. His hand

you need some encouragement.”

eye open. “You’re dressed for

undressed.” His fingers trailed higher, brushing

pushed his hand away. “Nice try. You’re all ready for the day. I’m not messing

his lips close to my ear.

do. You look

the next thirty seconds, I’m going to make you

a threat or a

kiss me, hard and demanding. My body responded instantly, a rush of heat flooding between my legs as his tongue swept into my mouth. I moaned against

stay in bed?” he murmured, trailing kisses down my

“Maybe…”

top, fingers skimming over my ribs to cup my breast. “You sure

touch, my nipple hardening against his

never do.” He pinched my nipple, making me gasp. “Get up, or I’ll make you come so hard

straight.”

motivate me to leave the

the deal. If you get up now,

fingers dipping beneath the waistband of my shorts. “But if you stay in bed, I’ll

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