Chapter 4

I roll over to my side only to lay on someone's chest. I scrunch up my face and open my eyes a little to see it was Dex. I picked up my hand from his chest and sit up. I look around the room and sighed. "Lay back down and get some more sleep." I hear a husky voice say. I look at Dex and shake my head. 

"No, I'm up now." He smiles and pulls me back down to him. I fall on him and groan. I look up at him. He smiles. 

"I want more sleep." I roll my eyes. 

"Don't you have to go to work?" He shakes his head. 

"Not unless I want to. It's nice to be the boss." A knock comes from his door and he groans. "Go away, Luca!" He yells. The door opens and Luca walks in. 

"I wish I could but Olivia is here and Grant." I look at Luca. He looks at me with a smile. "Good morning sunshine." I smile back at him. 

"Good morning, Luca." Dex groans again causing me to look at him. He looks at me and stops. 

"You have to get up." He shakes his head. 

"No, Luca can deal with them." I shake my head and try to sit up. 

"No, you have to get up." He holds me tighter and I giggle. I bring my hand to his waist and start tickling him and he moves a bit. I do it again and he jolts to the edge of the bed. 

"Stop that." I grin. He points his finger. "No," 

"Are you going to get up?" He narrows his eyes. 

"Grace," He warns. I start tickling him and he jolts his body and he lands on the ground with a lump. I giggle and sit up. He groans again. "You little devil." He breathes. I look at Luca who was smiling. 

"He is going to get dressed and be out there." He nods. 

"Thank you beautiful." I nod as he turns towards the door and walks out while closing it. Dex stands up and looks at me. I smile at him. He chuckles. He climbs on the bed and hovers over me causing my back to hit the bed. I look at him nervously. He looks at me calmly. 

"I can get used to this." I give him a confused look. "Walking up next to you." I give him a small smile. 

"It's not that bad." He chuckles. 

"Olivia used to be my ex so don't be surprised if it comes up." I nod. 

"Okay," He takes a deep breath. 

"Well, she actually used to be my fiance." I give him a confused look. 

"So you were going to marry her?" He nods. "Why didn't you?" 

"Because I didn't want her. I wanted something more than what she had." I look away from him for a second. 

"What does that even mean?" He places his hands on my side causing a shiver to run through my body. 

"When I went shopping with her for a ring I saw something that caught my eye. Well, it was actually someone. I saw you with your father. You were walking out of a building while your father yelled at someone on the phone. You turned your head my way and gave me a small smile." I search his eyes as I smile without trying. I had almost forgotten about that. He sucks in a breath and smiles. "I knew who your father was because he came to be prior to this with a contract. I turned him down because of Olivia and because I had not met you at the time. Let's just say you caught my eyes after that." 

"But that was a few months ago? Why am I just now getting here?" He chuckles. 

"Because I had to get the details with Grant figured out while figuring out some details with your father." 

"So you turned Olivia away for me?" He nods. 

"And I don't regret my decision." I roll my eyes. I push on his chest. 

"You are procrastinating." He chuckles as he moves. He gets off the bed and walks to his closet. 

"You are not what I expected." I sit up and watch him as he goes through his clothes. 

"Is that a bad thing?" His head turns to me and he had a smile plastered on his face.

"No," I nod slowly. I stand up and stretch. I look back at him to see him watching me with a smirk. "My shirt looks better on you," I let out a small laugh and walk over to my closet. 

"As if that isn't the oldest pick-up line ever," I mumble. I look through my closet and sigh. There were way too many outfits to choose from. 

"Would you like me to find you something to wear?" I hear him in my ear. I smirk and look at him. 

"No, because knowing you, you are going to pick the lingerie." He hums. 

"Tempting but then I won't be leaving the room." I giggle. He places his hand on my side and glances in the closet. "Here," He reached in the closet and grabbed the outfit closet to the door. I look at it to see a dark grey pencil skirt and a black blouse. I take it from him and set it on the bed. "Don't like my taste?" I look at him. 

"If I didn't like your taste I wouldn't wear the clothes. I need a shower." He smiles. 

"It just so happens so do I." I let out a dry laugh. 

"I will take one in the other room then." He grabs my hand. 

"We are getting married, Grace. You should just get used to me seeing you naked." I look down with a smile. 

"As you wish," He leads us to the bathroom and I undress quickly as he starts the shower. His eyes roam my body carelessly. I get in the shower as he gets undressed. I let the water run down my back and I hum. Lips go against my neck and I lean back to his chest. 

"If I didn't know any better I would say you are getting comfortable." 

"Well, you told me to try and allow myself to love you. Consider this, me trying." His hands go on my waist. 

"I don't want your body, Grace. I want you to love me for other reasons than sex." I look up at him. 

"So you don't want me in that way?" He smiles as he kisses my forehead. 

"I want you in every way but I want you to love me because I gave you a reason. And I don't want sex to be that reason."

"And you don't me in that way until?" 

"Until you ask me." I stand up and hum. 

"A sexless relationship? I wonder how I will live." He chuckles. 

"I can take you now." 

"No, you have people waiting on you." 

"And they can wait as long as I want them to." I wash my hair and my body then get out. I wrap a towel around my body and walk into the room. 

"Dex I-." Luca started as he walks in. I look at him as he looks at me. He clears his throat. "I should have knocked." I nod. 

"Yes, you should have." He smirks. 

"I do not regret my decision." I shake my head. 

"He will be out there in a moment." He hums as his eyes roam what skin the towel couldn't hide. 

"Luca!" Dex said calmly. Luca and I look at him and he held a smirk of amusement. 

"I didn't knock," Luca said honestly. It was almost like he didn't care the Dex caught him checking me out. Dex nods.

"I see that. Are you going to stand there the time or are you going to walk out and shut my door?" 

"Well, I wouldn't exactly mind staying." He said with a smirk. Dex smirked. 

"I am going to drop my towel in 5 seconds." Luca was out the door in three. I giggled causing Dex to look at me. "Funny how his mind changes." I shake my head at him.

I walk over to my dresser to grab out a pair of underwear and a bra. I walk back over to the bed and glance at Dex as he searched for his clothes. I drop my towel and slide on my underwear. I put on my bra and go to clip it but hands went over mine. I drop my hands as Dex clips it himself. He kisses my shoulder and goes back to his dresser. I finish getting dressed before he even had his outfit ready. I sit on the bed fixing my hair while watching him. 

"You really don't want to go out there and deal with them, do you?" He chuckles as he walks back over to the bed. 

"Not really." He drops his towel and I regretted looking at him instantly. I gulped as I stared at his shaft. He glances at me and smiles while he slides on his boxers. "Enjoying the view?" 

"Yes," I blurted. I look up at him and cleared my throat. "I mean I didn't mind looking." He shakes his head and puts on his jeans. I noticed his outfit was different than his usual rich clothing. He dressed more normally. Jeans and a t-shirt. I stand up and walk out of the room and start walking down the hall. 

"Luca I do not have the time nor the patience to wait on him all day." I hear a man say. I walk down the steps catching all of their attentions. Luca smiled as he saw me. I look at the guy. 

"I apologize for the wait. Dex is on his way down." The guy looked me up and down with a smirk. 

"Thank you, darling." I nod and walk over to Luca. He slides his arm around my waist and I look at him with narrow eyes. 

"You may call her by her name," Dex said as he took the stairs two at a time. He gets to the bottom step with his head in his phone. "Luca please remove your arm from Grace's waist." Luca dropped his arm. 

"Way to take the fun out of it," Luca mumbled. Dex looked up at him with a smile. 

"Oh, you can have your fun with someone else who isn't my girl." 

"But where is the fun in that? I like competing with you for her attention." Dex shook his head and walked into the living room. He sits down on the big couch in the middle and motions for the guy to sit in the chair. 

"Take a seat Grant." The guy moves and sits down. Luca stayed next to me as if he were worried about something. 

"I have been waiting over two hours, Dex." Dex tilted his head at Grant. 

"Last time I checked you came to my house at six in the morning without an invitation. You don't have the right to complain about my timing." Grant let out a long sigh. 

"We have some business we need to discuss." Dex sat back. 

"I'm still waiting." Grant looked at me. Dex turned his head to me and let out a dry laugh. "Grant, you know me well enough to know that I'm not expecting her to go anywhere while I discuss my business. She is free to do as she pleases in my house." 

"I heard you got yourself a new girl but I didn't know it was William's girl. Suddenly I'm understanding why Olivia wasn't good enough for you. She's a beauty." I glanced at the girl who hasn't taken her eyes off of me since I came down. 

"Don't do that." I look at Dex as he looked at Grant. He sat up. "Don't downgrade Olivia in front of me to try and make me feel better about my decisions. I am fully aware of Olivia's beauty. Olivia just isn't what I wanted and that isn't her fault. Why don't you do yourself a favor and do not stare at my fiance like she is a snack." Grant looked at him and nodded slowly. 

"And this is only a sliver of his anger," Luca mumbled. I look at him. I let out a breath of air.

"Grace Davis?" I hear. I look at Olivia as she mumbles. 

"Leave it alone, Olivia." She looks at Luca with a smile. 

"Bite me." Her eyes went back on mine. "So what makes you better than me?" I fold my arms and give her a confused look. 

"I'm not really sure." 

"Grace, don't feed into her anger," Luca whispered into my ear. Olivia smirked. 

"Are you sleeping with them both? Does Dex know?" I open my mouth to reply. 

"Grace?" Dex calls.