~Chapter Nine~

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Forrester Creations

Brooke and RJ are still in Eric's office, everyone else having left to give the two some privacy.

"Mom, this has to stop! I saw how you were looking at dad, and there is something you need to know. Before we came home, dad asked Taylor to be his wife. They are going to get married."

"Sweetie, I am sure that give some time your dad will see that we are destined to be together, he always has..." she trails of dreamily.

"What about Bill? You tore his family apart because you love him, now you are going to drop him to get in between another couple? When will you stop this madness mom! Just leave them alone, they love each other and always have." RJ yells at Brooke before storming out of the office.

"But he has always loved me more and soon everyone will know that." the blonde says to herself before turning and walking out of the office herself.

Quinn Artisan Jewelers Warehouse

Ally is working on a design for Hope's line when Wyatt quietly walks up behind her."Hey you." he says, catching the young blonde off guard.

"Jeez Wyatt, you just scared the crap out of me." Ally replies, slightly breathless from the scare.

" I am sorry, I didn't mean to. What are you working on?" he asks as he looks over her shoulder to see the sketch in front of her. "This is really great Ally."

"Thanks, I just hope your mom agrees. Hey, did you know that our parents went on a date last night?" the young blonde asks.

"She mentioned she was going out, but didn't say who she was going with." After a moment of thought, he continues "Well, at least from what I have learned, your dad is a nice guy." Wyatt says, smiling.

"I would like to think so. I love my dad, he is all I have." she tells him, a hint of sadness in her voice.

"I am sorry, I know how that is. Until recently, I didn't know my dad was around or who he is. Though I almost wish I still didn't with what he has been up to lately with Brooke." he replies with with a grimace.

"Yeah, that is really messed up what Brooke and Bill are up to. I mean they are still legally in-laws." Ally says with a shiver of disgust.

"Enough about them, what do you say you join me for dinner?" he says, hope showing in his eyes.

Paris

"Then prove it to me Liam. Prove to me here in Paris that I am the one that you want." she says as she leans over to her husband and kisses him with all the love and passion she feels for him.

Liam kisses his wife back with all the feelings that he has been holding back since she left him what felt like forever ago. He brings his hands up to cradle her face as he pulls back with a sigh of complete happiness that he has this wonderful woman back in his arms. He brings his lips back to hers in another searing kiss as she starts to pull the hem of his shirt from his pants. Not having to be asked twice he helps her rid himself of his shirt before beginning to undo the buttons on her top. He then slowly starts to remove her top, occasionally breaking just long enough to gulp in a lungful of air. He scoops up the beautiful woman in front of him and silently asks which way to her room and if she really wants this. After nodding in the direction of her room, Steffy locks her lips back onto Liam's.

Once in her room, he gently lays her on the bed and looks down at her, noticing how much weight she has lost from her already tiny frame. He frowns, overcome by guilt knowing her sadness over the loss of their child and ultimately the marriage that meant everything to her, is the reason she appears thinner than ever before.

"Steffy..." he begins, only to be cut off when she kisses him again.

"No Liam, we can talk later. Right now I just need to feel close to you." she tells him. He decides to just let it go for now, but he knows that eventually they will have to talk about it. He leans back over the woman that owns his heart, kissing her again. She brings her hands up to run them through his hair.

Steffy can feel him hard against thigh, and needing him as she she she withdrew her hands from his hair so she could start to undo his pants. After they are undone, she begins to push them down over his hips. Getting her hint, Liam finishes pushing his pants from his legs and then his hands go to the waistband of her leggings. He gets them as far off of her as he can in his position before he begins to slide down her body, kissing his way down her flat stomach and thighs, down her calves to her ankles, as they are bared from the pants that had just enclosed them.

Now that they are both naked, he crawls back up her body, centering himself between her legs. He can hear her sigh as he slowly enters her, he can almost feel it in his bones. He smiles, knowing he is home.

Elsewhere in Paris, Hope is finally settled into a taxi cab and on her way to Steffy's flat. She was glad that she had looked for the information when Liam was sending the divorce and then annulment papers to Steffy. She had a feeling that Liam would be there. "But I know that he will be coming home with me"

"What was that Miss?" the cab driver asks.

"Nothing, just please hurry and get me to my sister's flat? I am really excited to see her." the blonde chokes out. "Soon Liam, you will be mine again..." she whispers to herself.

Forrester Creations

Thomas is in his office, thrilled to have his own line again. He smiles when he sees Maya enter his office, having changed out of the gown she had been wearing earlier.

"Thank you again so much for this incredible opportunity Thomas. I am so excited to be working here. I have seen your gowns in the papers and magazines, and now I will be wearing them." she says excitedly.

"Thank you for doing an awesome job in front of my family. They were all saying how stunning you looked." he replies.

"Well, I guess I better be going then." she says, uncertainly laced in her voice.

"Hey Maya, I was wondering if you might want to join me for dinner?"

"But I don't have anything to wear, unless maybe we can go to Dayzee's."

"That would be fine. Do you want me to pick you up?

"Actually, I live above Dayzee's, so I can just meet you there."

"That would be great Maya. How about we meet at say 6 o'clock?" Thomas asks.

"Sounds like a date then." Maya says before she realizes what she has said. When she does, she starts to stammer, "I meant... uh..."

"I was kind of hoping that it would be a date honestly." he says, with a hint of shyness.

"Okay then, a date it is. I will see you later." she says before placing a soft kiss to his cheek and then rushing out the door.

Thomas is left standing there, gently touching the place where he can still feel the slight warmth of her lips.

Paris

"Thank you so much." Hope says as she pays the driver. She grabs her bag and exits the car. Looking up at the building she can feel her anger flair. "This ends tonight." she says to herself before walking up the door of the building.

Inside the building, Steffy and Liam are wrapped in each other's arms, basking in the joy of being in the other's arms.

"Thank you for giving me this chance, you won't regret it." Liam says, smiling down at his wife.

"I hope not." she replies, suddenly getting a feeling that things were not going to be as easy as Liam seemed to think. Just then, she hears a persistent knocking on her front door.

"Who in hell could that be?" Liam asks.

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