Single Mom for the Billionaire (Alpha Billionaire Romance Book)

by Davis, Alexa

  “Talk to you soon!”

  As soon as I swung the front door open, I could hear voices drifting down from upstairs. I regretted my choice to come back to Mom’s if I would end up making small talk with one of her friends. Now that she was much better, it was time for me to go home permanently; she didn’t really need me anymore. If she was hanging out with her friends and getting back to her independent life, then I needed to get back to mine.

  I couldn’t leave now, though, they probably heard my key in the lock. It would be rude for me to turn back. With a deep sigh, I trudged up the steps slowly.

  “Hi, Mom,” I warned her I was coming. “All good?”

  “Everything is great.” She sounded much too happy. “Elle and I are just having a hot chocolate in the living room. Come in.”

  Elle? Did she say, Elle? My heart ricocheted in my rib cage at the mere mention of her name. Mom definitely said, Elle. I couldn’t think of any of her friends with any similar names. She had come to see me – that had to be the case. If she just wanted to see Mom, she would be gone by now. She knew what time I stopped working; she had stuck around to see me.

  Oh, my God. My slow steps turned into a race as I tore towards the living room. My eyes needed confirmation of what my brain just heard. There she was. Sure enough, as I peeked into the living room, I saw her on the couch next to Mom, smiling reproachfully at me. Her dark hair cascaded past her cheeks, and her eyes sparkled with emotion. I didn’t know what she was feeling yet, but the fact that she was there was enough to have me grinning from ear to ear.

  “Hi,” I said quietly, all of a sudden feeling like a schoolboy with a crush. I was pretty sure I was even blushing.

  “Hi,” she replied, just as shyly.

  The silence clung to the air for a moment as neither of us knew what to say. I shifted from foot to foot awkwardly as I racked my brain hard to try and find the next words. With Mom around, there just wasn’t any easy way to have this conversation.

  “I need to go,” Mom interrupted, not so tactfully. She got the message that we needed some time alone. Thank goodness. I didn’t want to be rude and kick her out of her own living room, so I was glad that she made that decision for me. “I have to go and sort some stuff out in my room.”

  She gave me a warning look as she left the room. Mom didn’t want me to screw this up just as much as I didn’t want to. I knew it was damn lucky that I was being given another chance. There was no way in hell that I wanted to make a mess of it.

  Once we were alone, I gave Elle an apologetic look. “I’m sorry,” I said right away. “I know I did wrong by meddling when you told me not to. I understand now that what I did was very wrong. I risked your case; I risked Delaney. You have every right to be mad at me.”

  She stood up and walked a little way towards me. The sway of her hips had me mesmerized. “I was mad that you threatened him.” She smiled and shrugged. “I want to grab him by the scruff of his neck and tell him that I want to kill him, too. Maybe I even want to kill him, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to actually do those things.”

  “No.” I hung my head in shame. “You’re right, I know.”

  “But even after me yelling at you, then ignoring you, you still meddled?” I glanced up at her. Did she know? I had told Ryan that under no circumstances could he tell Elle what I’d done, but there was always a chance that she’d figured it out. “Terran told me,” she eventually confirmed. “You went to see him and all of a sudden; everything had changed.”

  “I didn’t kill him,” I teased. “I just made him leave forever. He’ll be in another state by now, I imagine, spending all the money I gave him.”

  “How much did you give him?” she asked with furrowed eyebrows. “I don’t like the thought of him getting rich from you.”

  “He made all his staff rich, too, though, right? Or at least, well-off enough to survive out of work for a while?” That was one of my stipulations, and I desperately hoped that he had stuck to it.

  “Yes, but still, he’s wealthy, too. It doesn’t seem right. You shouldn’t have to pay out because of him .”

  “But it wasn’t because of him ,” I told her with an open smile. “I don’t care about him or the money I gave him. It was worth every penny to keep Delaney by your side where she belongs. He will soon learn that money isn’t everything, but now he’s bound under oath never to come and speak to you again, so by the time he realizes, it’ll be too late.”

  “But what if he doesn’t listen?”

  “Let’s just say I gave him a taste of his own medicine.” I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket with a bright grin on my face. “I recorded him saying some terrible things. If he ever comes back, I’ll use it against him. I also won’t be dumb enough just to keep one copy.” I glanced downwards while I shoved my phone away. I didn’t want Elle to feel embarrassed while I told her this part. “The tape he had is gone, by the way, so you don’t ever have to worry about that surfacing again.”

  Her entire body visibly relaxed as she accepted all of this information. The troubles that had been plaguing her for far too long were done now; the stress that she’d been carrying through her body for the last few weeks was finally over. I was very confident that Mark would never be seen again, and after speaking with me, Elle seemed to believe that, too.

  “How much did you give him?” she pressed. “I just want to know how much I was worth to him.”

  “Actually, I didn’t give him an option to negotiate. It was take it or leave it.” I didn’t want to tell her how much. I knew how excessive it was. “The amount doesn’t matter – all that matters is he’s gone, and you’re free to do whatever you want to do.”

  She nodded slowly as if she was trying to work out just what that was. “I see. Whatever I want.” She cocked her head to one side. “I just don’t know what to do with that information...especially as your mother no longer needs me to work for her.”

  A flash of anger ran through me. I wondered what Mom was doing, but then it hit me. She was paving the way, making it easier for Elle and me to be together without any difficulties getting in our way. If Elle still worked for me, things could get weird. Now we had no obstacles; it was time for us just to be.

  “So you’re on the job hunt, too,” I replied with a thin smile. “Well, don’t forget to get your final check from me before you leave.”

  “Just like that, huh?” She cocked an eyebrow playfully at me. “I’m out the door now, never to be seen again.”

  I moved closer to her, my eyes zoning in on those plump, amazing lips of hers. “Oh no, it isn’t like that at all,” I said softly. “First, I want something from you.”

  “You do?” she murmured while tilting her head up to look at me. With her smile and her happy gaze, I felt my chest expand and heat up with joy. This woman was not the person I had ever expected to fall for, but here I was, head over heels for her. “And what’s that, might I ask?”

  I tucked my finger under her chin and brought her close to my lips. She was so tantalizingly near me that I could practically feel her kiss already, but not yet. I would get my mouth on those incredible lips of hers soon enough – but not before I said the three words that were bursting to come free from me. They’d been there for ages, threatening to get out, but I’d stuffed them down.

  Until now. Now, I couldn’t see any point in holding back any longer. If this whole crazy experience had taught me anything, it was that lack of communication was pointless. We only lived once, and I needed to just go for it.

  “As a matter of fact, Miss Blanton, I do.”

  She moved closer to me, molding her body into mine. I admired the way she fit me so perfectly as if she had been designed just for me. She rose up onto her tiptoes to close the gap completely, though still not touching. Her breath tickled me, drawing me in, but still, I held back.

  “Put me out of my misery,” she joked. “You’re killing me here.”

  I nodded and parted my lips, but waited for just one more s
econd. There was something so adorable about watching her work herself up into a frenzy.

  “I...” I pressed my lips against hers gently, giving her a single chaste kiss. “Love...” I kissed the edge of her mouth, her cheek, and her neck. “You.”

  “You love me?” she gasped, tossing her head back in ecstasy. “You really love me?”

  “I really do. I’ve been falling for you from the very first moment I lay eyes on you.”

  Never had I spoken a truer statement. This woman had been making an impression on me from the start. “Come on.” I laced my fingers through hers and tugged her towards the bedroom with a cheeky smile playing on my lips. “Let’s go somewhere a bit more private. There are things I want to do with you that I cannot do in here.”

  As we bounded towards my room, I felt happier than I ever had. Here I was, getting my second chance with the woman of my dreams, the woman that I loved, and hopefully this time to get it right!

  I loved Elle, more than I ever thought possible, and I wanted to be the best person for her forever more if she’d let me.

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  Elle

  Friday

  He loves me; I thought excitedly with a skip in my step as we walked towards the bedroom. I can’t believe it; I’m the luckiest woman alive!

  As soon as we got into the room and Alex shut the door behind us, the entire atmosphere changed completely. My stomach jolted with pure unadulterated excitement as he gave me a deep hooded look utterly filled with desire.

  I wanted to tell him that I loved him, too, the words were on the tip of my tongue... But I didn’t quite manage to get them out.

  Alex had his arms wrapped around me and his mouth on mine before I could even part my lips to get any words out. He kissed me, darting his tongue into my mouth, and my heart hammered quickly. I couldn’t believe that I’d almost given this up. I almost walked away from all of this in a state of panic. If I’d gone with my initial instinct, I would be in another state with Delaney, and Mark would probably still be after us. How quickly things had changed.

  “You’re so beautiful,” Alex murmured as he walked me back towards the bed. “So damn beautiful.”

  I fell to the bed rapidly and smirked happily as he climbed over me. His thick, muscular arms gave my belly a deep flutter, as did the wetness of his lips.

  He’s mine, I told myself with glee. My knight in shining armor is mine.

  Every time we’d been together before, even in Florida, nothing was set in stone. Now I truly felt like we had a foundation underneath us. A delicious buzzing raced through my whole body and bolted all the way to my core at the thought.

  I rolled my hips into Alex as I hooked my arms around his neck. The blissful heat was intense and incredible, but there was a desperate edge there. I wanted him and bad.

  “Ooh, you,” he muttered while pressing his lips into my neck. “What am I going to do with you?”

  I couldn’t control myself any longer; I felt like I was going insane. With a burst of energy, I pushed myself upright and flipped Alex over, causing his eyes to widen in shock. I sat across him, straddling him with my thighs and giving him a wicked smile. I shrugged his suit jacket off rapidly and slowly unbuttoned his shirt. I kept my eyes on him the whole time, hoping that he could see just how turned on I was by the way that I was staring so intently at him.

  Then, once a few of his buttons were undone, I moved my head downwards to press kisses all over his smooth, strong chest. I ran my lips and tongue all over his muscles, his nipples, his abs...

  Then his shirt was off. As Alex pulled the sleeves from his body, I fiddled with his belt buckle. My trembling, excitable fingers struggled with the intricate workings of his belt – mostly because I was too turned on to focus properly – but eventually, I managed it. I curled my two fingers around his zip, and I tugged it down while running my tongue over my lips. My mouth watered, desperate for a taste of him, and I couldn’t wait to get that finally.

  I could see his erection through his boxer shorts. It bulged and pressed desperately against the material that he was trapped in. He wanted me to free him, and my God, I wanted to comply. With my hands hooked underneath his butt, I lifted him upwards with some help from him, and I pulled the pants down, bringing his underwear with it.

  “Oh God,” he groaned as he sprang to attention. I watched his eyes fall closed, and his arms fall above his head. “Oh, Elle.”

  I moved my head down until my lips were just on his cock. I breathed in deep, inhaling the wonderful masculine scent of him. He could feel the air from my mouth upon him, making his thighs twitch and stiffen as the tension and anticipation filled his veins.

  I moved my mouth in closer and lightly ran my tongue all the way from his base to his tip. As I circled the top of him, his hands knotted up in my hair, and he groaned loudly. This was his sweet spot. I remained there for a few moments just circling him and flicking my hot, wet tongue all over him. Then, just as his moans were about at boiling point, I wrapped my lips around him and took him right down to the back of my throat. He stretched my mouth, filled my throat, and I freaking loved it.

  “Oh shit!” he cried out. I hoped it wasn’t too loud – I didn’t want to disturb his mother. This was a little bit like two teenagers hooking up...it was crazy considering we were both in our thirties. “Oh God, I can’t take it. Come here.”

  He tucked his hands underneath my armpits and pulled me upwards to meet his mouth. I missed having my lips around him, but at the same time, I couldn’t wait to kiss him again. Alex bit down on my bottom lip, sending an excitable flurry of pleasure and pain racing through my system, and he growled.

  “I want you standing up,” he announced breathlessly. “I want to take you standing up.”

  I didn’t need to be told twice; I leaped up off the bed like I’d been electrocuted, pulling him up with me as I went. Once he was standing, I tugged off my top and threw it on the floor beside me. My fingers unhooked my bra, and we both watched as it fluttered to the ground like a butterfly. Then, with a bright smile on my mouth, I yanked him towards me to kiss him hard. He walked me backward, and I went willingly until my back the cold wall behind me.

  “Ooh,” I gasped as the strange new sensation. However, the cool did nothing to dampen the heat of my flesh. I was on fire, and nothing was going to change that.

  “Turn around.”

  I did as Alex commanded and pressed my hands up against the wall to keep me steady. Alex ran kisses all over my neck and back, only pausing to lick off some of the perspiration as he went. His fingers reached around my front; he pulled my jeans down to the ground. All that stood between us were my lace panties.

  Alex didn’t remove them right away. Instead, he rubbed me, feeling my wet heat and brushing against my highly sensitive nub. I threw my head back, my hair cascaded down my back, and my eyes fell closed as the pleasure claimed me. I was hot, steamy, foggy with desire. My heart raced, my throat pulsed, and I could feel my walls contracting with bliss already.

  “Stop teasing,” I begged as my fingers clawed at the wall. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything to hold onto. “I need you. Now.”

  My panties fell away, just as I needed them to, and his fingers returned. He plunged them into me, moaning loudly as he could feel how badly I needed him, before returning to my clit which was on the verge of exploding at any given moment.

  “Holy fuck.” I pushed my ass backward, rolling my hips forward. Alex’s skin was hotter than mine, and he was just as needy as me. I wanted to beg him to fuck me, but he had my head spinning so wildly that I couldn’t find the words. There was a pressure building, a boiling hot pool forming in my stomach, any minute now I was going to lose it...

  I heard something that grabbed my attention and made me spin around. It was a ripping sound, and luckily, what I spotted was him tearing open a condom with his teeth. I kept my hands on the wall, and my head turned while I watched him roll the latex down over his length in a way that was someho
w so seductive that it should have been on some sort of porn. I had to bite down on my bottom lip just to keep the craziness I felt inside from watching him do that.

  How the fuck did I get so lucky? I asked myself as I waited impatiently. How did I end up with the best man in the world?

  It made leaving Mark even more worth it. There was a time when I didn’t think it was going to be possible. I couldn’t muster up the energy and the strength. Now, I was so glad that I had. To be here, with this incredible Adonis behind me, loving me with everything he had...it made all the struggles that I’d been through worth it.

  I need to tell him that I love him – why have I not done that yet?

  “Oh, fuck.”

  Not the words I intended to say, but he slammed into me, leaving me no choice. His cock filled me; it gave me the sensation that I craved so badly. As he moved in and out of me at a wonderful pace, grabbing onto my hips as if they were the only thing centering him to the planet, I felt myself falling...tumbling...falling into the abyss. I balanced on the knife edge for far too long, and now Alex had pushed me, making me fall headfirst.

  “Alex!” I yelled proudly as he gave me an earthquake of an orgasm. I loved the way his name rolled off my tongue. It felt so right to say, like it was a word that always should have been in my mouth. “Oh, Alex.”

  I was breathless, I barely knew where I was, and my head was spinning. I buckled, I cracked and crumbled, the pressure consuming me entirely. It was the most intense, incredible pleasure that I’d ever experienced. I never wanted it to end. If I could keep Alex in my life forever, then maybe it never would.

  Just as I felt myself about to fall to my knees, he pulled out of me and twisted me around. With his mouth on mine and his arms around my neck, he slipped into me from that angle. He thrust slower and more carefully, bringing himself to a slow and satisfying orgasm, his cock brushing past my clit somehow prolonged my pleasure, too.