Amberleigh decided to give Grayson some time to process though his face betrayed none of his feelings. It seemed the billionaire had turned to stone again. At least Amber would have believed that if not for the hard bob of his Adam’s Apple and his hand still clasped onto Leo’s. Cori had showed seemingly more emotion than Grayson by sucking in a deep breath and covering her mouth with her hand. Doc was also a more hardened soul when it came to facing bad news. After a couple minutes of silence had passed, Amber decided she needed to say something. She made a lame attempt at comforting Grayson by patting his forearm. But what could she really say? I’m sorry your bitch wife hated your guts and wanted you to die a slow and painful death so she could steal your fortune? “I’m sorry. I can imagine this must be hard for you Grayson. I know you loved her once. But it’s all about the money to those people.” “How did you pull this off? That picture looks real.”
Amberleigh should have known that even after getting shot and nearly bleeding to death, Leo’s first concern would be for others. As tears slipped down her cheeks, Leo’s hand tightened even more around hers. And his first words were to try and sooth her distress. “Don’t…cry Love,” he rasped out. His voice was barely above a hoarse whisper, but Amber heard its message loud and clear. She only cried harder, but now her tears fell down over her smile. “It’s happy tears Leo. I’m so glad you came back to us. I love you so much Leo.” “I… love you too…”Amber brought his hand, still entwined in hers, up to her lips and kissed it. Leo’s fingers opened up to wipe away her tears. And naturally it only touched her heart even more. It certainly didn’t help stop her waterworks or snot. “You scared the hell out of us man. Don’t ever fucking do anything like that again!” said Grayson. His tone started out
Cori was kind enough to not only supply Leo with some sponges to moisten his mouth, but also a box of tissues. There was not a dry eye in that basement and the med student also took one for herself. After their tears had abated for the time being, though unlikely to be the last shed, Leo popped one of the small sponges on a stick into his mouth and sucked on it. “Yummy. Just like Mom makes,” he joked, “do you have these in another flavor?” Cori chuckled, “Sorry only cardboard flavored. Be sure to leave your complaints to management. Has the pain meds helped?” “Yes, thank you. I can’t wait until I get to eat Jello and broth. Delicious.” “Leo, you’re supposed to be letting your voice rest,” reminded Grayson, “and I hate to be the one to break it to you buddy, but you’re going to have to lay off the booze for a while. The Doc had to take out some of your liver to stop the bleeding.” But Leo didn’t seem too di
Amberleigh knew it was in bad taste to fantasize about a three-way involving the father of your child and his best friend/your current boyfriend, especially while both of them were in the room with you engaged in playful banter back and forth from around your boyfriend’s sick bed. Real classy right there. But the guilt of it still couldn’t make those naughty images leave her head. Between her legs growing rather wetter by the minute as that delicious fantasy played out in her mind. Leo would be the one more open to trying new things, going with the love making flow, while Grayson would be the dominant one. The billionaire would be in command, claiming her pussy for himself. Leo would be up for experimentation, taking her up the ass if she asked him too, or taking something up his no doubt. He hadn’t shied away from their anal play in the past. He’d gotten off on it, while she had never repeated that route on Grayson. The billionaire clearly hadn’t liked
Grayson said nothing to Amberleigh and avoided eye contact when she left the bathroom a short while later. On outside appearances, one would think a man who could have any woman in the city he wanted, and probably had fucked well into the double digits if not higher, wouldn’t blush over stories about measuring dicks or catching a woman masturbating. But Amber knew looks could be deceiving and doubted the billionaire’s count was very high actually.First of all, he’d been faithfully engaged to Courtney Van Tessin from the ages of twenty to twenty-two and had started dating her at the age of eighteen. From the way Leo had described Grayson in their youth, he was more a nerdy, late bloomer. He may not have even lost his virginity to a girl before he started dating that cunt. Then there was that surrogate in Manhattan which came the year before Amber and ended badly. So who knew what other women came after Courtney and until Amber?Leo had told Amber without shame he’d lost his V Card at
Amberleigh watched Leo and Grayson going back and forth for another minute or two in their argument. She took a deep breath and tried to mentally prepare herself, to figure out the right words to say. Cori was like a fly on the wall, sinking into the background, cleaning up the area, and trying to stay out of the way. But if Giovanni Costa trusted her and her family to keep secrets, then so did Amber. Besides it was a little too fucking late to worry about that now anyway.Amber cleared her throat, “I need to tell you both something. I think you should sit down for this Grayson. It’s not easy to say.”Her eyes were already burning. Both men turned to look at her, though Leo’s expression was less hostile than the scowl on the billionaire’s face. Even Grayson’s body language interpretated he wasn’t open to listening to her. But she would not be intimidated or back down.“The decision has already been made. You are not moving back into the penthouse under any circumstances so there’s no
Amberleigh wasn’t above using the baby card as Grayson had done over and over lately. It did seem to soften him like butter in her hands. She could see the way his throat bobbed with the force of his swallow and hear the way his words came out softer.“All the more reason to keep you, Leo, and baby far away from this fucked up mess. You’ve seen what these people are capable of Amber.”“All the more reason for us to stick together Grayson. United we stand, divided we fall. Keep your enemies close right?”“I’m not going to agree to this. I won’t allow you to put yourself and our baby in harm’s way. No, I’ll return to Courtney. Feed her some story about the kidnappers letting me go in the park. I’ll upgrade the security system in the penthouse. And I’ll watch her like a fucking hawk. She’s bound to slip up sometime, especially since she’ll think the kidnappers fucked her and Hugo over. Desperate and angry people make mistakes. And it may just help me get to the bottom of this business a
Amberleigh wouldn’t say that Leo was a pushover exactly, but the chef had a problem telling her no and was often easy to convince of things that she suggested. Just like with Grayson, Leo certainly didn’t like the idea of her moving back into the penthouse. But he also knew Amber well enough by now, that she wouldn’t change her mind. Arguing with her would be a waste of time. He just accepted it as a fact as soon as she told him their plans to return to Grayson’s high-rise under the guise of a fucked over kidnapping and post an emergency appendectomy. Grayson insisted that Leo take it slow as the chef was immediately ready to get dressed and get the hell out of dodge. But first things first, Leo would need to get up for the first time since his surgery without falling and Amber and Grayson needed a learning session with Cori on how to take care of L-Dawg. Because the home health nurse or the Doc wouldn’t be able to care for Leo 24/7, so it would fall to his penthouse