Billionaire Alpha 2: (A Bad Boy Billionaire Novel) (16 page)

“There you are. We were starting to worry.” Her mother smiled.

Matt walked toward her and pulled her into a big bear hug as Damon rounded the corner and moved to open a bottle of wine. “There’s Sleeping Beauty. Damon and Dad working you too hard at the office?”

“They
are
slave drivers.” Bethany laughed and walked toward the large platter of crudité. She picked up a carrot and dipped it in the creamy ranch sauce as Erica responded.

“Man, I remember when I started working for these two years ago. I took more naps than I care to remember.” She smiled and Bethany returned the gesture. “I would honestly go home feeling like my brain was bruised.”

“That’s because you’re creative and they aren’t. Like trying to teach calculus to Michelangelo.” Matt joined in and moved to take the bottle of wine from Damon. “Give me that. Check on the steaks.”

“Are you guys cooking tonight?” Bethany asked, looking at Damon.

“We are. Be very scared. Dad gave everyone the night off. He does that from time to time. It’s healthy for them and us.” Damon nodded toward Kent, who had remained quiet until then.

“Yeah… That’s great. Let’s talk about the trip. The planner in me is crawling up the walls. I know we have the hotels and airlines booked, but are you guys wanting to have the ceremony at night on the beach or during the day in the hotel or what?”

“Let’s get the platter and wine and go out on the porch and talk. I’ll turn on the fans and bring the booze. You guys get the food.” Damon nodded toward them, winking at Bethany.

She grabbed the veggie tray and followed behind him, her eyes moving across his back and rear. The dark blue shirt he wore looked good on him, and his slacks hugged the beautiful swell of his ass. He was beyond gorgeous. Why he would waste his time with someone like her was still a mystery. His response in the bedroom about wanting to trust someone left her lost in thought. He was letting her in, of that she was sure. He didn’t have a choice from what he had said. Did that mean that he loved her too? Had to… Then why not tell her?

“I actually called the hotel last week and the ceremony is on Saturday afternoon at five or so. It’s when the sun is setting, so they will set everything up and have us in the hotel about an hour before sunset. As it begins they’ll usher us out there,” Matt spoke up, moving back to hold the door for everyone.

“You’re so good, Matt,” Erica responded as she moved just behind Bethany.

“I try.” Matt walked toward Bethany and reached for the tray as everyone started to set up the table, his cheeks colored pink. “Give me that, Sis.”

“She’s cute,” Bethany whispered and motioned toward Erica.

“She’s scary as fuck.” He laughed, his voice nothing more than a whisper as well.

“You and I are talking more about this in Jamaica.”

“Yeah, well Dad invited her to come with us.”

Bethany turned toward everyone, a little surprised by Matt’s words. “Who all is going with us to Jamaica?”

“All of us here actually.” Kent smiled and pulled Bethany’s mother in for a side hug, leaning down and kissing the top of her hair.

“Oh, nice. Erica you’re coming with us? I wasn’t sure Dad could convince you.” Damon moved toward Bethany, stopping just beside her.

“It was Matt who convinced me actually. You know, I’ve been after him to come and join me at the firm. We thought this would be a good time to go over his portfolio and for me to liquor him up enough to get him to say yes.” Erica smiled, shifting her eyes toward Matt. Bethany glanced at her almost stepbrother as he shrugged bashfully.

“I’ll watch the steaks.” He walked toward the grill as everyone chuckled. Matt was so different from Kent and Damon, and yet was every bit as handsome and attention grabbing. Bethany looked forward to getting him alone on the trip to find out more about the situation regarding him and Erica. The beginning of something was there, but what… She didn’t know.

“Well, before we get farther into the night… I have an announcement to make.” Damon spoke up and everyone turned toward him. Butterflies began to move in Bethany’s stomach at the authority in his voice. He glanced toward her and winked, confusing her a bit, but she was too intrigued by him to be concerned with it.

“I know this might not go over well, but I don’t care. You guys know me and the one thing I hate is secrets or lies.” He paused and everyone’s expression softened. Bethany let her eyes move around the crowd as she crossed her arms over her chest.

What was he doing?

Damon moved toward Bethany, pulling her into a side hug and smiling down at her before looking toward his father and her mother. “I know the two of you have found something special in each other and I’m thrilled. My father deserves a good woman and I have no doubt that he’s found the best one for him. We will be a family at the end of this weekend, but I need to be very transparent with both of you, and with you, Matt. Bethany and I have been seeing each other for the last little while and I’m in love with her. I haven’t ever been in love before and I know this is a bit of an off situation, but I’m asking you, as my family, to accept it. If you’re not willing to… Then count me out of whatever the future holds.”

Damon looked down at Bethany as she choked on both fear and pride that he would step up in front of their family and claim her as his. “I’m not willing to choose a future that she’s not my better half in.”

He turned back to look at his father. “Do you understand?”

Chapter 5

“We already knew,” Bethany’s mom responded softly. “We fully support what’s happening between the two of you and have seen changes in each of you that leave us breathless. We can’t speak for Matt, but we knew this moment was coming.”

Bethany tucked herself into Damon’s side, some part of her wanting to disappear as tears began to streak down her face.

“I love you both and you know that. I figured something was up the night you treated me like the fucking pool boy and sent me to fetch shit left and right so you could make out while I was gone.” Matt laughed loudly, everyone else joining in but Bethany.

“Are you sure you’re not disappointed?” Bethany spoke up, her voice broken with emotion.

“No, baby. I couldn’t be more proud of the woman you’re becoming. Damon is family by marriage, and the way you two look at each other thrills me as your mom.”

Bethany moved away from Damon and walked to her mom, slipping into the warmth of her hug and letting herself cry a little. Kent patted her back and pulled her into a warm hug too.

“We are going to have to change your title from intern though. The uprising has begun at work thanks to the lovely upgrade you got.” Kent laughed and Bethany joined him.

“There has been a uprising since day one. Damon has every female in that place in fits, especially the interns.” Bethany moved back to Damon’s side, slipping back into his arms as Erica spoke up.

“Yeah, but it doesn’t matter who wants his attention. It’s you who has it.”

“You’re the only woman that has it, now and forever.” He kissed the tip of her nose and looked back toward the crowd. “Okay… Let’s plan this trip out and get to looking at ads. I love all this sharing-shit, but making money and drinking Mai-tai’s is a close second.”

“Did you mean what you said tonight?” Bethany moved through the water to stand in front of Damon, her fingers sliding across the silky skin of his chest. His eyes captivated her, the hunger and need, the lust and desire burning her.

“Come here.” He reached out and pulled her flush against him. “I know you’ve been through a lot lately and I’m proud of you. At your age I would have put my hand through a wall and given up on everything.”

“No you wouldn’t have.” Bethany smiled, but the expression faded as Damon pinned her with truth.

“I have a lot of healing to do because of what happened with my mother. I’ll share all of it with you on the trip, when we’re away from all these familiar things.” He glanced back at the house. The strong muscles of his chest and neck flexed, the reminder of his strength sending tendrils of pleasure through the center of her. “I grew up in this house. I found her cheating on Dad here.”

“I know, baby.” Bethany reached up and touched his cheek, turning him back toward her. “We can talk about it when you’re ready. I’m here no matter how long it takes you to heal.”

He took her hand in his, turning to kiss her palm sensually. “I know you are. I can feel it for the first time in my life. Scares the shit out of me, but I’m ready.”

She moved closer, lifting her legs and wrapping them around his waist. “We’ll take it slow.”

“No… Let’s dive in deep. It’s not our style to tiptoe into anything. Let’s lay ourselves bare and trust without reservation. Jump off that cliff with me and let’s work together to hold each other above the waves as they come. I’ll support you in anything you want to do, just don’t ever lie to me. If you get tired of me or need something emotionally or sexually that I’m not giving you… You come to me. I’m your man and I want to know what you need. Promise me that you’ll talk to me if something comes up.”

“Nothing is going to come up. You leave me feeling like my soul is on fire and my panties are a torrential waste.” She laughed and pulled up, brushing her lips across his.

“That’s today, baby. I’m asking for forever. Ten years from now you might not feel that way. I want you to promise me here, tonight, that you’ll speak up. I don’t want to invest my whole heart and be left broken years from now.” He touched the side of her face softly, the man staring at her a new layer to him.

“I promise you that I will always be straightforward and honest. If something comes up or I’m feeling lonely, angry, upset… Whatever, I’ll talk to you. I want us to work. I know that without a doubt. I need you in my life, Damon.” She rolled her hips, the thick press of his erection sparking to life just how much she needed him. “I want you inside of me.”

“I need to be inside of you, baby.” He pressed his lips to the side of her neck, his teeth digging in slightly as she groaned. Everyone had gone home or to bed and it was just the two of them. The moonlight cast a blue shadow across the pool, making everything feel so much more dramatic.

Damon tugged at her bottoms, forcing Bethany to move back a little until he pulled them off. He worked his shorts over his hips, letting them float to the surface behind him as he pulled her against him again. His fingers tripped tightly onto her ass and he tugged her down, his body filling hers with a few hard thrusts.

“Oh god,” she groaned, her lips finding his as he pressed himself deeper inside of her warmth. He kissed and licked at her mouth as he rolled his hips, his rhythm slow and deep. She dug her fingers into the strong muscles of his back and lifted up to foster the wicked hot friction he worked into her. He broke the kiss and pulled her hair back a little with one hand as he forced her to look up at him.

“I need you too. I want you more than I imagined possible. Tell me you’ll be mine, Beth. Tell me forever sounds good to you, baby.” He drove back into her, tightening his hand in her hair. The pleasure pain forced her near the edge of exploding as she panted softly.

“Forever. Anything less isn’t enough.”

“Forever isn’t enough for me.” He licked her throat, sucking softly on the curve of her chin as he slid his hand from cupping her ass to press against the tightness of her opening. “I want to taste you and touch you everywhere. I want to take you to new heights mentally, emotionally, physically. I don’t want there to be a place on you that isn’t branded by me.”

“Yes… Fuck yes, I need that, Damon.” She pressed back, letting his finger slip into her as he began to fuck her faster. She screamed as the orgasm rolled through her, arching her back and taking in every sweet sensation he caused to pulse through her.

“That’s it baby girl. Ride all of it. Fuck yourself against me. Anything you want, Beth. All yours, baby.” He worked her fast and hard, his own orgasm lifting a loud sexy sound off his lips as he pumped into her a few more times.

“God you’re so good… So wicked hot.” Bethany reached up and touched his face as he slid his finger out of her, but kept her locked around his waist, still buried deep inside of her.

“You haven’t seen anything yet.” He winked and chuckled.

“Keeping the goods hidden?”

“Yep. Making sure you were the one.” He leaned in and brushed his lips across hers, nipping at her mouth carefully.

“I assume you’ve come to that conclusion?” She smiled and held on to the beautiful man in front of her tightly.

“I love you. I’m sorry I couldn’t say it before. It scared me and I’m not used to feeling so fucking exposed, but I won’t deny you the words that I hope my actions scream. I love you, baby.” He leaned in and kissed her with fiery passion. She matched it, rolling her hips and bleeding into the kiss all of the worry and fear, the need and desire that he caused over the last few weeks. He pulled back. His soft panting was so far beyond hot that she moaned at the sound of it, tightening her body around his.

“You want more, sexy girl?” He wagged his eyebrows and rolled his hips, pressing deeper into her.

“Always… I need more of you.”

“You love me?” he asked, and squeezed her ass tightly before beginning his next assault.

“Forever.”

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