CH. 22

In the apartment together, alone.

Their world outside was in disarray.

But inside the apartment at that moment nothing felt wrong, out of place.

Together.

Olivia lay against the bed, her head pressed in to the luxurious cotton pillowcase.

Alex never took her eyes from Olivia, her dark hair, her dark eyes.

Olivia watched as Alex shimmied out of her jeans, watched the revelation of her long, silky legs.

Alex went slowly, her movements thoughtful as she knew Olivia enjoyed the show.

Though sex had never been and issue with Alex, she had never been one to slowly strip down as her partner watched her every move, take in every inch of her.

But letting Olivia see was different.

Undressing for Olivia was different.

It was sensual, it was sexy and God, it turned Alex on.

She pulled her shirt over her head and she saw Olivia bit her bottom lip.

The black strap of Alex's bra fell down her shoulder as her knee hit the bed next to Olivia.

Olivia reached for Alex, guiding her to hover over her.

"We have to be careful," Alex said as she leaned in to kiss Olivia's lips.

"I won't break."

"Liv…"

"Ok we'll be careful." Olivia said giving in as she once again found Alex's lips, but this time her hands settled on to her lacy hips.

"I can't get over how stunning you are," Olivia whispered before she drug the lobe of Alex's ear between her teeth.

Alex's breath told Olivia she had a grin on her face.

Alex hovered over her again.

"Can I undress you?" She asked, her eyes looking intently into Olivia's.

Olivia nodded giving permission and Alex sat back on her heels, looking at Olivia as if she were a package she was about to unwrap.

Alex slid her hands up and down Olivia's body methodically and then under Olivia's t-shirt, feeling her soft, flat stomach. Her thumb now circled Olivia's belly button.

Alex raised Olivia's shirt and then leaned in kissing where she had been touching Olivia's stomach.

Olivia moaned.

Alex moaned.

Alex then quickly locked her long fingers under the waistband of Olivia's leggings and pulled them slowly down her hips, her thighs until they were past her toes.

Alex took in Olivia's bare thighs, hips… her navy blue silk panties. She then helped Olivia sit up enough to get the t-shirt off of her, gentle as to try and not hurt her shoulder and to get the shirt past her cast.

She helped Olivia lay slowly back down and Alex began kissing Olivia's body.

Down her neck, to the peaks of her plentiful breasts.

"Your body is amazing… Do you know how long I've wanted to do this?" Alex said with a teasing grin on her face. "How long I've been obsessed with your body, your breasts?"

Olivia raised her brow to Alex.

Full of surprises.

"My breasts?" Olivia prodded.

Alex reached behind Olivia unlatching her bra, and quickly discarding it to the floor.

Her hands went immediately to Olivia's now bare breast, her hard nipples between her fingers.

"Tight sweaters, going to the gym with you to work out and seeing you run on the treadmill… God, I just wanted too… "

"Alexandra Cabot when you said you had feeling for me, I didn't know you were really having feelings for me." Olivia said giggling.

"So you've never thought about me?" Alex said poking her lips out.

"How could I not think about those legs? And I might have thought about having them wrapped around me." Olivia said with a grin. And maybe I've thought about what was under those expensive suits. I like knowing now that it's black and lacy…" Olivia said as she reached to cup Alex's breast in her hand. "I like knowing now the way your breast fit in my hand and how your skin tastes."

Alex couldn't stand it anymore. She hovered Olivia once again kissing her restlessly.

Alex's mouth then went to Olivia's breasts, her mouth devouring her skin, nipping gently at her erect nipples.

Olivia moaned again in pleasure at the feel of Alex's generous mouth on her sucking and licking.

Olivia with one hand undid Alex's bra, breaking kisses only to remove it from her body.

Olivia touched Alex, and Alex continued to devour her.

Alex kissed further down Olivia's body. She kissed her hips and Alex felt Olivia tense, but only found Olivia's eyes closed in what she thought was pleasure.

Alex kissed down Olivia's thighs, and then up the inside of her thighs.

Olivia squirmed.

One kiss closer and closer to Olivia's center, her arousal.

Alex sat up, Olivia's eyes still clinched shut.

Alex tugged at waist of Olivia's panties.

She wanted her, to taste her.

She pulled her panties down just an inch before felt Olivia's body tense again.

Olivia grabbed Alex's hand, stopping her.

"Baby?" Alex questioned looking again to Olivia, stopping, waiting for a response.

Her eyes clinched shut.

"Liv? Honey?"

Olivia was frozen.

"Liv?" Alex said a little more sternly.

Olivia suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Alex, looking at her hand holding Alex's.

Tears fell down the sides of Olivia's face.

Alex quickly let go if the waistband of Olivia's underwear, grabbing Olivia's hand in to hers.

"Baby? Baby are you ok? Did I?"

"No, no… I'm sorry I just, I can't, I can't do this… that ,I can't..."

Olivia suddenly was tying to catch her breath.

Lucas

Goddamn Lucas.

"It's ok, honey it's ok!' Alex said as she made her way beside Olivia, pulling her in to her arms.

"I'm so sorry."

"Please stop saying you're sorry. It's ok."

"No it's not. I don't want you to stop kissing me, touching me, please don't stop…" Olivia begged. "I just need time to just, I can't do that..."

Alex knew what she couldn't.

Couldn't take off her underwear, could let Alex go down on her, fuck her… She couldn't.

Goddamn Lucas.

Alex kissed Olivia's shoulder, her neck, and placed her hand back to Olivia's breast, but making sure it was what Olivia wanted.

"I want to touch you, and kiss you, and be with you in every sense of the word, but it's ok to tell me what you're ready for. It's ok if it takes time."

Olivia shook her head, tears still finding their way from her eyes.

"Say that you will tell me when you're ready or if you're not. Know that I have no intentions of doing anything you don't want to. I love you."

"I'll let you know… but please just kiss me, I want you to kiss me."

Alex locked her lips with Olivia's, finding her tongue twisting passionately, hungrily with Olivia's.

Alex didn't care if she was consoling Olivia or turning her on as long as she was there with her, kissing her.

Olivia turned in to Alex, her breast pressing against Alex's breast.

"I can't get through this without you. I'm only safe with you." Olivia confessed.

"You are safe with me, I'm here, and you'll never be without me again."

Olivia's casted arm rested in the curve of Alex's side as Alex gripped Olivia's hip against her.

They kissed, and touched, and confessed until the wee hours of the morning, until they slept in each other's arms.

AOAOAOAOAO

The bell rang startling both Olivia and Alex.

"The door, it's the door." Alex said gathering her thoughts. "I'll get it," she said getting out of bed, looking for her bathrobe.

"Yes?" Alex said standing at the door.

"It's Martin."

His voice urgent.

Alex quickly opened the door.

"Good morning, I'm sorry to interrupt. Where's Samantha?"

Samantha

He didn't say Kate.

"I'm here," Olivia said appearing from the bedroom, wrapped in her own bathrobe.

"We got him."

"What?" Alex and Olivia said almost in unison.

"We caught him getting on a private plane in Dublin. He was on his way to Paris. We have him. He's locked away, Lucas Quinn is locked away in Dublin."