Free Forever Ours (The Billionaire Next Door Book 8) by Violette Paradis Page A

endless kissing and slumped down against me, his head between my
breasts.
    Jason’s work schedule always seemed to find a
way of cutting into ours.
    “Why does this always happen?” He sighed.
    I let out a short chuckle, running my hands
through his hair. My body was still pulsing with desire but I knew never to get
too excited when being intimate with Jason Powers. Sooner or later we’d be
interrupted.
    Jason pushed himself up onto his elbows and
smiled at me, giving me one last kiss before getting up and walking to the
phone. As he walked away, he adjusted his boxer briefs which were having a hard
time holding in his (ahem) excitement. I watched, biting my lip again.
How my lip wasn’t bleeding, I wasn’t sure. Pulling the sheets up, I crossed my
legs against each other, exacerbating the pulsing sensation between.
    As Jason made his way to the washroom to take
a shower, I crawled out of bed and slunk towards the dresser. Opening the
dresser drawer where I once saw a jewelry box destined for myself, I saw a
different jewelry box. I reached in and took it out.
    My New Year’s gift to Jason , I thought.
    Unable to hide my smile, I tucked the box back
into the back of my drawer, hiding it just before Jason, naked and dripping
water, stepped out of the bathroom. He stood in the doorway, drying his hair
with a towel.
    He smirked at me. “What is it?”
    “What is what?”
    “You’re smiling. I can tell when you’re hiding
something from me.”
    I bit my lips. “It’s nothing.” I walked up to
him. “I was just thinking about how much I love you.”
    He raised his eyebrow. “It’s nothing, but also
you were thinking about how much you love me?”
    I nodded sheepishly. Don’t give yourself
away, Sophia!
    “Hmm.” He stared at me with an incredulous expression on his face. Stepping
towards me, he took the towel in one hand and threw it to the side and pulled
me against his clean, naked body. His soft skin warmed me. I breathed in,
taking in the delicious scent of fresh spring soap. “I think you’re keeping something
from me.” A thrill traveled through my body.
    I gave him a small smile. “It’s just a small
surprise.”
    With his fingers tugging at the material of my
skirt, pulling my hips against his, Jason leaned in and kissed me. His lips,
soft from the steam of the shower, teased mine.
    I savored the kiss with Jason, but in the back
of my mind I wondered whether he knew my secret. Jason pulled me in, deepening
our kiss and making sure I could taste him. His kiss and his clean, naked body
against mine caused me to forget all about my secret and the jewelry box hidden
in the back of the dresser drawer.
    RING-RING-RING
    RING-RING-RING
    Jason pulled back. There was a frustrated and
bewildered look on his face. “I hate that phone!”

 
 

~Chapter 2~
    After continually being interrupted, Jason finally
pulled away to tend to his work emergencies while I focused on my work. A
clinic across town needed my assistance and I headed over to check it out.
Afterward, I noticed I was near the Jacksonville
mall and decided to go inside. As I walked by Ellie’s dress shop I peeked in.
    “So this is what you do all day,” I said.
Ellie was in the front of the store fitting a dress onto a mannequin. Two pins
hung out of her mouth. Her face lit up upon seeing me.
    “Sophia!” Ellie managed to yell out without
dropping the pins. She pulled the pins from between her lips and stuck them
mercilessly into the mannequin before getting up and giving me a friendly hug.
    “Hi Ellie.” I hugged her back. “I figured I’d come by and see how you were doing.”
I handed her a brown paper bag. “Pretzel?”
    She smiled. “Oh honey, aren’t you sweet? But
with the way the holidays were and the dress I have to squeeze into for New
Years, I really shouldn’t.” Without saying another word, she grabbed the
pretzel out of my hand and took a big bite.
    I giggled. “How have things been?” I looked
past her into her