The wall disappears, replaced by Asher’s curious face. “Other things like what?” Asher reiterates.“Like what you just did,” Olivia says but doesn’t expand.It’s enough for Asher however, as it often is, and the mob boss confirms it with a graze of his mouth on Olivia’s nape. “This?”“Mhm,” Olivia smiles.“What else?”Olivia shuffles on her back and Asher reclines in response. Olivia pushes the hem of her sweater to display her marked hip. She takes Asher’s wrist, guiding the fingers that eagerly spread on her waist. “That too.”“What else?” Asher says again and his palm coddles Olivia’s side in a measured, supple caress, goosebumps erupting in its wake.Olivia feels quite confident, however, she’s not bold enough to slide Asher’s hand under the rim of her pants, a compromising gesture one can make at 5 a.m. that Olivia refuses to indulge into. For now. She opts instead to place Asher’s other hand on her thigh above the pajama.“This,” Olivia says, playing with her tongue piercing to

Asher wraps his other arm around Olivia’s midsection, keeping her pressed flush against his chest in a warm embrace.He supports his chin on Olivia’s shoulder while his fingers draw haphazard patterns on the ribs, and the warmth that resides somewhere next to Olivia’s heart is rekindled at every graze of Asher’s nails, every touch of his fingertips ebbing at the itch.A lull elapses and the silver necklace is quick to find, one of two thin, cable chains with a third added one that is thicker and closer to the neck.The golden necklace for Olivia’s daily wear is just as easy to stumble on, similar to the silver one.The wall Olivia and Asher hit happens during their pursuit of the most crucial jewelry.Olivia doesn’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth when Asher is being kind and giving, however, her hunt for the necklace to wear when she’s soft and in Asher’s presence is annoyingly unsuccessful.“Sorry,” Olivia mumbles and drops the pencil on the blanket, removing her hands from A

When Olivia wakes up a few hours later, it’s to an empty bed, Asher’s side on the mattress tidied up, the phone and iPad on the nightstand gone.It doesn’t take long for Olivia to figure out where the mob boss went when, and after relieving herself in the restroom, she climbs down the stairs to make her way to the dining room.Asher is seated at the end of the table installed in the corner of the bay windows and Olivia trudges up to the mob boss.Hands shoved in her pants pockets, Olivia knocks her foot on the leg of the chair Adam is occupying, the one directly on Asher’s left.“Move,” Olivia orders when Adam does not budge.Adam swivels around. “Say that again, GaintDog?”“That’s my seat. Move.”“How about you f*ck off before I shoot you in the knee?” Adam snaps when Olivia kicks the chair again. “It’s no one’s seat, however right now it’s mine because my a*s is on it.”“Adam, come on,” Walter intervenes from where he’s lounged further down the table, Mia by his sides. “They’re in t

Olivia: Are you being an a*shole or genuinely asking?Ash: The latterOlivia: Because I like the idea of us having matching pics and contact nameAsh: Why is that?Olivia: Because It's hmmOlivia: It's comforting?Olivia: And it's a little intimate and just usOlivia: Which I like a lotAsh: [Picture attached]Ash: Like that?Olivia: ...Olivia: I'm okay it's making me feel weird to actually see itAsh: Do you like it?Olivia: I doAsh: How do you feel seeing it?Olivia: HappyOlivia: Very happyOlivia: And then it is ticking inside my chestOlivia: [Picture attached]Olivia: How do you feel?Ash: The same as you, I like it a lotOlivia: Me too but we can barely see the heart because of the dark mode :(Olivia: AnywayOlivia: I suppose you have work to doAsh: I'll be busy until later tonightAsh: You've nothing planned today?Olivia: Nothing at allAsh: MC will also be freeOlivia: What about her?Ash: It's time to talk about the tournament and it'll happen tonightAsh: Everyone wil

Oly: What bad blood?Mia: I don’t know and Walter doesn’t know eitherOly: That’s weirdMia: A little yesMia: Plus he seems to really antagonize me for some reasonsOly: I seeMia: You’re starting to speak like himOly: Who?Mia: Ash -.-Oly: That’s because we’re rubbing off on each other :(Oly: I like him so much Mia he’s amazingOly: He has trouble understanding feelings and emotions and human relationships but he tries to despite everything he went throughOly: He could have given up, you know?Oly: If I were in his place I would have and I wouldn’t care about understandingMia: He’s an intelligent manOly: He isOly: I really like him a lotMia: Have you been testing the waters?Oly: A little? I don’t know how to do thatOly: I don’t flirt MiaOly: But maybeMia: Maybe?Oly: Maybe he likes me tooOly: MaybeOly: We’ll seeMia: That’s progress it’s okayMia: Anyway, I have to studyOly: Yes, yes, good luck and/or have funMia: Bye, will talk to you later* * * * * * * * * * * *A