All Chapters of On My Knees for my Best Friend's Daddy : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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Walking into a trap

IVY Knox carefully places me on top of his desk, his fingers trace lazy circles on my bare thigh while I struggle to catch my breath. He seems perfectly fine. If I didn’t know better, I’d have thought I was the one blowing my own back out. It pays to be really fit, I guess. His eyes are glued on my skin, almost like he can’t bear to look anywhere else. My face burns with heat, and I find myself doing everything to keep my eyes off him, including looking around. There are scattered across the floor. My sundress is wrinkled beyond repair, and I'm pretty sure I left scratch marks on his desk. It’ll be worth it. "I really hate to say this, baby, but you need to go," he murmurs, placing a kiss on my knee. "Before people start waking up." "I know." His arms tighten around me, pulling me close until I’m off the table and seated on his lap. I can feel his heartbeat. "I don't want to let you go." "You don’t have to." "Ivy." His voice is soft. Warning. "If

A girl’s day out

IVY Victoria drives a white Porsche. Of course she does. Sierra and I are seated at the back. She’s quiet for most of the time, which I understand. But it leaves me in a weird position where I have to sit in awkward silence as she steals glances at me through the rearview mirror. The shopping district in Pristine is everything I expected from a city full of old money. Designer boutiques line the streets. Women in heels and oversized sunglasses float past with shopping bags dangling from their wrists. Everything is pristine. Pun intended. “Let’s start with Valentino,” Victoria announces as she parks the car. “I need a new dress for dinner with Daddy tomorrow.” Daddy. She calls her father Daddy. I call Knox daddy too, but in a very different context. The thought almost makes me laugh. We step into the boutique and Victoria transforms into someone else entirely. She’s charming with the sales associates, gracious and warm, a contrast from the total bitch she wa

A wife or an enemy?

KNOXOnce we’re seated in the living room, Victoria lets go of my hand and crosses her right leg over her left. She inhales and exhales, twice for good measure, then leans further back into the couch and closes her eyes. The back of her palm caresses her forehead, and she pouts. “Goodness, today drained me.”I raise a brow. “As expected,” I chime in. “I wonder how you were able to keep the act on for so long.”She doesn’t open her eyes, but her head tilts in my direction. “What act? What are you talking about?”“Your nice lady act. I’ve known you for almost a decade, Victoria. You do not do anything for nothing. What’s the price for Ivy and Sierra’s dresses? Their heads?”She bursts into laughter as her hand falls to her side. It clutches her stomach as she laughs. “You are something else, Morty. What do you mean by that?”Unfortunately, I do not share in her joke. “Whatever it is you’re up to, Victoria, it’s not going to work. I must let you know right now, that it’s a terrible

Something is wrong

IVY Sierra’s vow of silence is once again broken after she storms into my room and jumps into my bed. I’m standing in front of the mirror checking out some of the dresses Victoria picked out for me, when Sierra bursts into tears. She hasn’t stopped crying since then.30 solid minutes ago. I’m sitting beside her on the bed, rubbing her back while she hiccups into a pillow.“That silly man said she doesn’t want to see me,” Sierra whispers. “My own mother doesn’t want to see me until the holidays are over.”“Maybe she just wants you to enjoy yourself here. She probably doesn’t want you to spend the holidays in a hospital room.” I try to soothe her. Sierra lifts her head, her eyes red and puffy, she sniffs. “Maybe she knows she’s dying and she doesn’t want me to watch.”“Now, Sierra…”“I have this feeling, Ivy. This horrible feeling I can’t shake. Something keeps telling me she won’t make it to the end of January. And when I’m back home by February, she’ll be gone.”My chest tight

Get out

IVY The evening takes its very sweet time to finally arrive. Not that I was looking forward to it. I hadn’t seen much of Knox or Victoria. Seems like they were both knee deep in trying to plan everything that was needed for the dinner. Sierra and I spend some time looking over our wardrobe, before I finally settle on the dress Victoria got me. We had looked Victoria’s father up on the internet, and he turned out to be a bigger deal than we thought. Victoria smiles when she sees me come down the stairs.“Perfect choice,” her lashes nearly jingle as she blinks rapidly. It makes me feel she doesn’t really mean what she’s saying. “It really does bring out your eyes.”I don’t respond.Sierra appears behind me minutes later, and Victoria leads us to the car.The car ride is suffocating. Victoria is seated in the front passenger seat, her hand resting on Knox’s thigh the entire drive. Sierra and I are in the back. Sierra scrolls through her phone. I haven’t tried to reach him sinc

Won’t let him hurt you

IVY Theodore scoffs. I can’t even believe I’m looking at him right now. After everything I endured to make sure I never see him again, he just turns around and shows up here?! His eyes dart between Knox and me one last time. "I'll see you around, Ivy Lane." He makes sure he says it at a considerable distance between himself and Knox’s hands. Then, turns and walks away, disappearing into the night. I watch him go, but I can't feel relieved. I can't feel anything except the violent trembling that has taken over my entire body. My knees buckle, unable to keep me standing for one moment longer. "It's too much," I shake my head. “It’s all too much.” The tears come fast and hot, streaming down my cheeks before I can stop them. My chest is heaving. I can't breathe. I can't think. Everything is closing in on me at once. Sierra reaches for me, but Knox steps forward. He places a hand on his daughter’s shoulder. "Sierra, I need you to go inside and get my

I need you

KNOX Great. Seems I can’t get two minutes with Ivy alone. "Is everything alright?" Victoria's eyes scan the scene, moving from Ivy's face to the space between us.There’s a sudden urge to look away and shake my head. She must have been told I needed my phone outside and couldn’t sit down. "Yes." I cut in, walking towards them. "We can go back inside now."Ivy flashes a faint smile at Victoria. They pause, and Ivy moves to stand beside Sierra. She flashes Victoria a stunted smile, and turns her back to leave. Sierra follows her behind. Meanwhile, Victoria takes my hand and leads me back toward the restaurant. "That was quite rude of you, Morty. Leaving the table in the middle of Daddy's joke.""I'm sure your father will tell the joke a hundred more times."She scoffs. "What was so important that you had to leave anyway?"I don't have an answer for that.Ivy didn't look alright when she left. Something in my gut told me to follow her, and no matter how hard I tried to ignore it,

Here we go

IVY I know, alright? I know I'm making a terrible mistake.This is reckless, especially with Sierra down the hall, and it’s also really stupid. And yes, I promised myself over and over again that I was never going to end up in his bedroom again. But there’s no one else in the world who can soothe the ache that’s dug a really large hole in my chest. So, here I am. At the door of the one man in the world I’m supposed to avoid at all cost. Knox steps aside and lets me in. I move past him quickly, my heart pounding so hard I can feel it in my throat.The door clicks shut behind me.He turns around.I see it in his eyes; the worry and hesitation. He wants to ask me what I’m doing here, tell me it’s a bad idea, or talk me out of whatever he believes I have planned. I must not give him the opportunity to speak any form of reason into me. I launch myself at him, wrapping my arms around his neck and crashing my lips against his. My kiss is desperate, messy, filled with every ounce of

I want to know you

IVY "Go ahead.""Your family." He shifts so he can look at my face. "Tell me about them."I blink. Okay. That's not what I was expecting."Why do you want to know?""You’re my daughter’s best friend, shouldn’t I know?"My throat tightens. "There's not much to tell.""I doubt that."I stare at the ceiling for a long moment, trying to figure out where to start. I am not ready to earn his pity, or start looking like some damaged twenty year old with both mummy and daddy issues. On the other hand., maybe I am damaged. That would explain the many choices I have made in my life. "My mother died when I was ten. She…she had an STD." The words come out quieter than I intended. "She was an artist, a really talented one. She never got famous or anything, but she could have been. She should have been."Knox's hand stills on my shoulder. "I'm sorry.""After she died, I went to live with my aunt and uncle. My mother's brother." I let out a bitter laugh. "They never wanted me. I was just a burd

It's over

KNOX"Morty? Are you awake?"Victoria's voice cuts through the door, and my blood turns to ice.I look at Ivy. Her eyes are wide with panic, her naked body still pressed against mine, her scent still all over my skin."Hide.”She doesn't hesitate. She slips out of the bed silently, takes her clothes and disappears somewhere in the darkness of my room. I don't see where she goes. I don't have time to check.I grab my boxers from the floor and pull them on as I make my way to the door. I run a hand through my hair. I crack the door open just enough to see Victoria standing in the hallway. "Victoria. I thought you were staying at your father's lakehouse.""I changed my mind." She pushes the door open wider and steps inside before I can stop her. "I missed you."This woman. It was all a trap, wasn’t it? She never intended to spend the night at her father’s lakehouse. I stay still at the foot of the door, making no move toward her. "I told you I have a meeting in the morning. I was tryi

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