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“I never went to school. I was homeschooled,” I tell Adrian and Brittany, after he tells me about the man claiming to be an old classmate of mine. “That’s what I said. Dude left soon after that.”“You didn’t get his name?” Brittany asked.Adrian shook his head, “No. He told me not to worry about it and left. He was driving some junky green Saturn with California license plates. Said he was heading to Oregon, but drove in the opposite direction.”“That’s weird,” Brittany said, picking Pickles up off the ground, cuddling the kitten in her lap. “Very few people from back home know I live here. My lawyer and a handful of my parents' nosy friends. I mean, it was a small town so everyone knows everything about everybody. I never posted anything about moving on social media, though. I’m sure people still think that I’m in San Francisco. Everyone except my lawyer, who helps manage my parent’s estate.”“Would your lawyer tell anyone?”I thought for a few seconds, “I don’t think he would. He’
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Adrian POVI had no idea that Missy was that well off. I mean, I know she was well off in a sense, but not that she was a stinking Scrooge McDuck well off. Investing and buying houses out right is like another world to me. I’m struggling to pull enough money together to pay off Hailey’s mom so I can keep my daughter. If buying and installing a jetted bathtub after spending nearly 70 grand on repairs is not a big deal to Missy, I can’t even comprehend how much money she must have.It kind of makes me uneasy. I’ve got so much baggage coming into this relationship, and Missy, who is already perfect and amazing as it is, is filthy rich. What do I have to bring to this relationship? Shit, I had better stay on my toes. She can afford to run to the other side of the country from me if she wants to, and there would be nothing I could do to stop her. If I marry her, like I sure as hell am planning on doing one day, if she keeps cooking for me the way she is, I’m going to have to sign a prenu
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Missy POV“What’s wrong with that?”Adrian groans, pressing his erection into my butt again, making me giggle. It’s so empowering to see how his body reacts to me. “You’re a lot of trouble for a midget,” he grunts. His hips keep on involuntarily thrusting up, his muscles rippling against my skin. “Aren’t you sore?”I am, but that doesn’t change the fact I have this burning ache for him right now. There is something about this man that puts me at ease and lights a fire inside of me at the same time. I trust him and know whatever happens, he will take care of me. He is already showing how considerate he is, and how much he puts my needs above his. I’m sure any other guy would have jumped at the chance to start thrusting into me. He is hesitating, not for his sake, but for mine. He doesn’t want to hurt me, and that makes me want him even more. “I’m aching for you,” I told him breathlessly, pushing my chest against his, wrapping my arms more tightly around his neck. “Mmh, who taught y
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Adrian POVI love her. I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. I love Missy. Her trust and adoration for me is evident every time we are together. Coming together like this just feels so right. It’s like she was made for me. Just me. She’s all mine. Every part of her.I slid her sleeping frame up my body, sliding out of her. She whimpers, but stays asleep. It’s adorable, the way she cuddles against my chest, her mouth slightly slack, her warm breath blowing softly over my peck. Burying my nose in her silky hair, I pepper tender kisses all over her head, hugging her closer to me. “I love you,” I whispered, knowing she was too asleep now to hear me. It’s too early to say. I know it is, but I can’t help myself. I know I love her. There is a pressing need to let it out. To claim her. To somehow mark her as mine. Enjoying the moment of my girl lying naked in my arms a bit longer, I think about all the ways she has shown me just today how perfect she is. Her cooking….Damn. My w
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Missy POV“What are you doing?” Adrian is staring up at me like a deer caught in headlights, then he grumbles, “Oh, now you wake up.”Of course, I woke up. I thought I was having a dream of someone tickling me all over. My feet, my stomach, my butt. I didn’t expect to open my eyes and see Adrian writing all over me with a marker. “What are you writing on me?” I sat up slightly, looking down at my body. Adrian still has the sharpie pressed to my breast. “Property of Adrian?” my voice rose as my sleepy mind finally comprehended what he was doing. “How old are you?”Adrian pouts, the stupid marker is still pressed against my breast and the way his eyes are flickering down to it, I know he is debating on trying to finish what he started before I blew up on him. “You better not. Why on earth are you writing your name all over me?”“That’s what you do when you don’t want anyone else to steal what’s yours,” he muses, the tip of the marker bleeding out on my skin, the coolness of it makin
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Adrian scarfed down most of the biscuits and then went off to the bathroom to get ready first while I worked on cleaning up our breakfast mess and folding the clothes he washed. I contemplate putting his clothes in my room, but decide to just leave them on the couch in a neat pile so he can take them out to his car later. His moaning and groaning in the shower leads me to believe that he’s having a harder time getting the marker off his face than I did to mine. He came out in just a towel after a few minutes, a deep scowl on his goofy-looking face. “How the heck did you get this shit off?” The marks are rubbed red and raw, but still very much in place. I giggle at his frustration. “Here, come on. I’ll do it.” I grabbed his hand and led him back into the bathroom, grabbed the make-up removing wipes, and the baby oil, set him on the closed toilet and got to work ridding him of my artwork. He gets a little handsy while I work, but I try my best to ignore him. Adrian undoes my bathro
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Adrian POVMissy’s attitude this morning while she was drinking her coffee, moving around her kitchen, keeps coming to mind as I drive home from her house. Maybe it’s my own anxiety making me feel uneasy about something that isn’t there, but it almost looked like Missy was uncomfortable with me this morning. Like she felt out of place talking to me about keeping clothes at her house. It made me so happy to hear her ask that; to know she was open to sharing her home and her drawer space with me. I don’t know how staying over at her place will work once Hailey lives with me, but I’m glad she is thinking about the long term just like I am. Eventually, I hope the three of us will live together. If Missy is willing to let me stay over every night, surely she is thinking the same. I have so many anxieties about Hailey and the adoption right now. I just have two more days and it should be final, and I keep waiting for Monica to do something to fuck everything up. She wouldn’t go back on h
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Missy POVI wore the dress I wore last Sunday, pairing it with a jean jacket and some booties. I don’t know where he’s taking me, but I feel like this outfit is good for anything except maybe a high-class, 5 star restaurant, and I doubt we are going to find one of those in our small town. Excitement is beating in my chest. I love staying at home with Adrian, but the change of going out is making me giddy. I thought he was trying to avoid others seeing us together, so rumors didn’t get back to Monica. Brittany told me that she was a piece of work and how she would react if she knew Adrian was moving on with me. It’s one thing to flirt with me in front of the men he works with in my own home, it’s another thing entirely to take me out where Lauren or anyone else still communicating with Adrian’s ex can see us together, then spread the news to her directly. I don’t feel so much like a hidden girlfriend or third wheel with him willing to take me out on an actual date. I don’t want to g
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