A/N: No Piper and Stella for this story. XD

Will love win this time?

I'm so en-captured, got me wrapped up in your touch

Feel so enamored, hold me tight within your clutch

How do you do it? You got me losing every breath

What did you give me to make my heart bleed out my chest?

(Latch)

Chapter thirty-two: Starting Today

After our emotional conversation in our room, I could feel that somehow we have a deeper connection though I don't want to put my hopes up. The dinner with Fig and Ruby 2 weeks ago was uneventful except that Alex was back to being attentive and Fig seems to be really grateful in meeting me which puzzled me the most.

"Is Kim getting ready for the day?" Polly asks while drinking the coffee I prepared. Polly surprised me one week ago by visiting me here in New York. I was beyond ecstatic that my best friend came on the time that I needed her the most.

"No. She is drawing something that she doesn't want me to see yet. Alex is accompanying." I said while carefully spreading butter to the pancakes. To my amusement another thing that also changed after the said conversation, the two sisters won't eat pancakes that I didn't prepare.

"My, my, aren't you becoming a dutiful wife now?" Polly said then tried to get one of the pancakes but I slap her hand. She caresses her hand with a pouting look.

"I will make one for you if you want." I said to her. "Besides Alex told me do my responsibilities as her wife to compensate for what she paid." I said bitterly.

"Oh really?" Polly asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Somewhere between that and there." I said vaguely. I can't remember really what she said but it is enough to invoke enough pain inside of me.

"So you are saying that all of the things you are doing like preparing her work clothes and lunch and making sure that everything she needed for the day is taken care by you is because you are being paid?" Polly asked me with disbelief.

"Oh right? You started preparing her lunch when you heard from Nicky that she is not eating properly in the office. Is it also part of your duty?"

"Yes" I answered short. I don't want to give any more information to her because she knows me to well.

"Oh right." Polly said then drinks loudly her coffee. I just shrug my shoulders to her and continued what I'm doing.

"So what are you drawing, Kim?" I asked her curiously.

"Don't lo…look, please?" Kim said then tried to hide what she is doing with her arms.

"Okay." I said then tried to look at drawings that hang in here room. I smiled when I saw that it mostly compose of me and her with Piper but something caught my eye. It was a sketch of her going down the slide with Piper and me at the bottom of the slide but Piper is looking sad and bowing down a bit.

"Kim, can I ask you a question?" I ask her then get the drawing that caught my attention. Kim looked at me curiously.

"Why is Piper sad here?" I ask then point to her what I'm talking about.

"Be…because she was sad when we were at the park when we went there. I think she was wa…waiting for you be…because she kept looking at her phone." Kim answers then go back with her drawing. A lone tear feel to my eye and all I could think of is how cruel I am with Piper.

"And Lexie?" Kim said when she was finish with her drawing.

"Yes, my little sunshine?" I ask her curiously.

"I th…think she likes you." Kim said then pulled my arms out of her room. I wanted to ask what she meant by that but she already released my hand and run towards the kitchen with her drawing.

"Piper, do you like to see my new dra...drawing after breakfast?" Kim asked while cutting her pancakes into bite sizes.

"Sure, sweetie." I answered her then tried to help her in cutting her pancakes.

"Thank you." Kim said with a smile.

"Welcome. So what do you want to do today?" I asked while drinking coffee.

"I want to go to the park again, if…if that is okay with you?" she answered excitedly. I looked at Alex to ask her permission. She looks at me blankly and I am ready to be rejected but she smiled at Kim and nodded her head. I released the breathe that I didn't know I am holding.

"I have a better idea. Why don't we go to the beach? The sun is up and I think it is better for Kim to feel the sea breeze." Alex suggested while slicing her pancake. I put an egg and enough vegetable salad to her plate then I turn to Kim and hands her the glass of milk. Polly looks at me with teasing eyes but I just ignore her.

"Sea? As in li…like in Ariel?" Kim asks with wide eyes.

"Yes, sweetie." I said with a chuckle.

"Le…Lexie, thank you!" Kim said with a clap.

"Gina, can you get my phone?" Alex said then sips her coffee but do not take another sip again.

"Why are you not drinking your coffee, Alex?" Polly asks politely.

"I think I have enough coffee for the day." Alex answers shortly.

"Oh! I thought you know that I am the one who prepared your coffee." Polly said with mirth in her tone.

"And that too. It doesn't taste like the one that Piper is preparing for me." Alex said looking at me. I could feel my cheeks warming up but I chant my mantra lately to stop myself from what I'm feeling.

She is just using you. She is just using you.

"Excuse me, I just need to make a call." I said after I finish the food in her plates.

"Sure. I will prepare the things that Kim needs for the beach." Piper said then the three of them stand and walks towards the stairs to go the room. I go to the garden to make sure that I will have a private conversation with Nicky.

"Hello, Nicky." I said when Nicky answered the call.

"Yes, Vause?" Nicky asked.

"I know I'm asking for too much from you but I really need your help. I will be in the beach today and I have an important meeting with Ms. Tasty today. The two documents she will be giving me is an important one. Can you please get it and bring it to my house when we arrive tomorrow?" I asked her.

"Is this the one we have talk about a few days ago?" Nicky said seriously.

"Yes." I said with a firm tone.

"But is one of the documents really necessary?" Nicky asked desperately.

"Yes. It is her choice to make." I answered not budging with my decision. I know it is too risky to do but I it is the risk I'm willing to make. It doesn't guarantee anything, heck, it may cause me things that I don't want but I'm willing to take this risk.

For Piper…

"You know what, Vause, this is stupid but admirable. I just hope everything will fall in its place." Nicky said with more respect than ever.

"I hope so." I said while looking blankly at the garden.

"So is it your first time to go to the beach, sweetie?" I ask Kim while she is coloring her drawing on top of the bed. I am putting the things she needed for the beach. I decided to put two cute one piece for Kim and some extra meds for Kim.

"No. Le…Lexie brought me to the beach when I was small. According to Dr. Rosa it is good for my health." Kim said then crawled towards me. She raised her drawing book towards my direction. I get it carefully from her hand and sit in the bed to carefully examine it. It is an everyday scene inside the house. We are having breakfast as usual with the pancakes in the middle but what caught my attention is I am putting pancake in Kim's plate while Alex is facing my direction as if looking at me.

"Piper, can I tell you a secret?" Kim whispered in my ears.

"Yes, sweetie, what is it?" I answered carefully.

"I thi…think she likes you." Kim said in a hush tone.

"Who are you referring to?" I asked her curiously.

"Lexie" Kim said with a nod.

"I don't think so." I said to her also in a hush tone.

"I'm ri…right." Kim said with conviction. I just smiled at her sweetly but said nothing.

"I do…don't think you believe me." Kim said with a sad tone.

'I do believe you, sweetie, after all she married me." I said to her trying to put some believable tone in it.

"No. It is not like that." Kim said a bit irritated and a frown.

"Then like what, sweetie?" I asked then hug her. She sits on my lap then gets her drawing from my hand. She started to draw something from Alex's image encircling us in a symbol. I look at it with wide eyes.

"It's all here." Kim said pointing in her eyes.

I look at her with disbelief and look at the heart symbol encircling mine and Alex's image. After a few minutes of making sure that I'm already fine to meet Alex, we go down silently.

"Are you all set?" Alex asks me and Kim when we go down from Kim's room. Kim nodded her head eagerly while I just look at her blankly. My head is still bug about what Kim said and her drawing.

"Does Kim know something you don't know?"

She is just a kid with wild imagination.

"Yeah keep telling yourself that."

"Are you okay?" she asks me with concern after she puts Kim in the back of the car properly.

"Yeah. A bit tired I guess." I answer her mildly.

"Are you sure?" she asks again then examines me while holding me closely to her. When she is satisfied with what she sees, she kisses me in my hair lightly. I feel that my body tense with the contact and I hear a soft curse from her.

"It's okay. I like it." I said with wide eyes.

Fuck me and my big mouth!

"Look I don't want to stop your sweet moment together and all but Kim is getting cranky because of the wait." Polly said with wide grin in the passenger side. Alex immediately released me from her hold and opens the car for me. I could hear Polly's giggles which makes my cheeks redder than ever.

"I'm sorry for making you wait this long, little sunshine." she said to Kim then kissed her forehead. Kim is sitting between me and Alex at the back seat.

"You know what I think I want to take a picture of you three at the back. Is that fine with you, Kim and Alex?" Polly asks the two politely.

"Oh sure." Alex said while Kim just nodded eagerly. Polly gets her phone and then takes some picture of us. She asks us to pose for some of the pictures which one contains the two of us kissing Kim in the cheeks. When the picture taking was done, the driver started the car and we travel in silence. After a few minutes, my phone chimes indicating that I have a new message.

It was the photos taken by Polly with a caption of "You look like a cute family." and lots of hearts sticker in the picture that we were kissing Kim.

"Polly!" I whine a little.

"What? It's true." Polly said full of mischief. I could feel that Alex is looking at us curiously but is not asking any question. I don't want to show her the pictures because she might get other impression about it. "I think Alex is curious what we are talking about and I don't want to be rude. Care to show it to her, babes?" Polly added in a sing song voice then look at me in the rear view mirror.

"Wha!" I said unbelievably to Polly.

"You can't even form a proper sentence. You're so…" Polly said but I cut it by handing my phone to Alex. I look at her to see her expression and I am shock to see that her cheeks are getting red from looking at the pictures. She gives me back the phone and look away in the scenery. I don't want to ask her what she thinks of the pictures because I might not like the answer. After a few minutes of awkwardness and silence, Alex turns towards Kim who is sleeping already and kisses her forehead.

"By the way, Polly, thanks for thinking that we are a cute family." Alex said to Polly then closes her eyes.

I found myself gaping at what Alex said.

We arrived at my private beach house a bit before the sun really is high on its place. Kim is already jumping up and down in my lap and can't stop talking about how Ariel swam to save Eric. Yep, she loves Disney princess story.

"Piper, can we ple…please, please go to the beach already?" Kim asks while pulling Piper towards the beach front.

"Yes but we must put some sun screen on you and I need to change." Piper answers her.

"But I wa…want to go now.' Kim said with a stamp.

"Hey, little sunshine. We talk already about that behavior. What did Dr. Rosa told you about that temper?" I said then kneeled in front of Kim.

"I sho…should control it for my health." Kim said apologetically. "I'm so…sorry, Piper." Kim added then lifts her arms towards Piper.

"It's okay, sweetie. I don't want you to burn that is why I need to put sunscreen on you." Piper said to Kim then kisses her cheeks. "Then I promise we will go to the beach after." She added softly.

"If you want, I will be the one putting sun screen to Kim so you can change already." I suggested then gets Kim from Piper's arms.

"How about you? Aren't you going to change for swimming?"" Piper asks politely.

"My swimsuit is actually under these clothes already. All just need to do is shed them." I answer her with a wink.

Fuck Alex! Stop winking!

"Uhhmm…Okay. I won't be long." Piper said then walks towards the house. Gina is already waiting inside, so she will be the one showing Piper her room. For this trip, I choose to have a separate room with Piper. I want to give her space and a breathing room but I know that I will have a hard time sleeping because I'm so used with her presence when I am sleeping. I heard Piper asks Polly to come but Polly declines and told her that she will accompany us in going to the beach front. We walk first to the umbrella prepared by some of my staffs that is taking care of the house to put some of Kim's thing and apply sunscreen to Kim.

"I know this is a long overdue talk but I want to know you from your own story." Polly said with a playful tone.

"I think I'm an open book. You can easily search things about me in the internet." I said with the same playful tone she has.

"Oh if I want gossip I will definitely search for it in the net but kidding aside, I want to know the person that my best friend married." Polly said with a bit of seriousness.

"I want to make a sand castle, Le..lexie." Kim said then pulls one of my arms towards the sand.

"Can we do that there, Polly?" I ask her courteously.

"Sure. We can do the talking while doing the sand castle." Polly said then walks towards where I point.

"So what do you want to know about me, aside from I forced her to be married to me." I said with a defensive tone.

"Well aside from you are one loaded lady, how do you find Piper as a wife?" Polly asks without beating around the bush.

"I could not ask for more." I answer briefly. I could see her eyes go wide but there is a twinkle on it.

"How about as a person?" Polly asks again.

"I can't really find a proper adjective to her but I would settle with wonderful and beautiful." I said after a few seconds of looking for proper words to describe Piper.

"Do you find her attractive?" Polly said then urged me to look behind me.

"Yeah. Very. Uhmmm…I mean yes." I answer tripping on my word. Piper is walking towards us in a black and white two piece swim suit. It accentuated her curves perfectly. I try to pretend to look at the sand castle we are making. I snatch another look at Piper and I fall backwards because I am meet with endless, white legs.

"I think your part is a bit shaky." Piper said to me then bows down to my part. If I look up I would see a vast, creamy cleavage. I could literally feel my drool dripping.

"She can't really make a sa...sand castle but she still he…helps me make one." Kim said with a toothy grin. "And you look pretty.' Kim said standing, walks towards Piper then hugs her legs.

"At least the little sister has the guts to say what the big sister cannot say." Polly said in a sing song way.

"What?" Piper asks looking curiously at Polly.

"I said I think the water is inviting and I will go for a dip." Polly answers Piper mischievously. "How about you, Alex, would you like to take a dip?" Polly added in a teasing way. I could see the face of Piper scrunching up when I dared to look at her face.

"No. I think I will try to help Kim make this sand castle." I said then try to put enough sand to the part that is shaky.

"I wa…want to go with you." Kim said then left the buckets she is using to make the sand castle.

"I think I would go with them. Polly can you put a sun screen on my back?" Piper asks Polly.

"Oh I think Alex would like to do it. Besides Kim really wants to play in the sea already." Polly said then let herself be pulled to the sea by Kim. Without a word, Piper handed me the bottle and laid in the pool chair near us. I gulp down the nervousness I'm feeling. I could feel my hands are shaking, so I take a deep breathe again and try to calm myself. With a tense hand, I apply the sun screen at her back. Her body tenses a little bit but after a few careful strokes, she relaxes to my touch.

"Hmmm…" Piper purr when I am applying the lotion on the back of her thighs.

"So soft." I can't stop myself from commenting then to my horror I lean down to place a soft kiss on her nape.

"Ha…" Piper whisper softly.

"I…I'm so…" I try to apologize but Piper sits abruptly and holds my wrist.

"It's fine." Piper said then smiles at me. "I think I will dip now to the water. Are you coming?" she added.

"Maybe later." I said then choose to lie down beside the pool chair piper is using.

I'm a mess!

I close my eyes and place my arms to my head but I could still feel the buzzing of my hands that touch her.

"And…Polly is already engaged to Pete." Piper said before walking towards to where Polly and Kim is playing with the waves.

I open my eyes and look at her retreating form to the beach with puzzled expression.

My body is still buzzing with the way Alex puts the sun screen in my body but I won't admit it even to myself that I miss her touch. My cheeks are still red too because I can't stop humming when she particularly touch a ticklish spot in my thigh.

"Hey, sweetie." I said when I am near enough to hold Kim's hand.

"Hey" Kim said then hugs me again.

"So are you enjoying the sea?" I ask Kim. Kim nodded her hand eagerly and tries to get me wet by splashing water to me.

"How about you? Did you enjoy your little touchy feely time with Alex?" Polly asks playfully.

"Did you enjoy flirting with my wife?" I ask a bit irritated. I know Polly is just being playful but I can't stop myself from the pinching feeling inside me. Why that Polly can easily create a conversation with my wife while I thread the thin line just to hear her voice?

"Whoa! Someone is jealous today." Polly said with a chuckle. I just scoff at her.

Fuck! She is my best friend and she is as straight as a ruler could be!

"Don't worry, babes, though I find your wife sexy and alluring, she is all yours." Polly said then playfully tugs me to her.

"Hey!" I shout when I feel that she is taking me down to the water. We good-humoredly try to drown each other while Kim just looks at us laughing at the shore while being hit by the wave.

"Oh I think you want to see this one. Look up." Polly said then tilted my head upward.

Oh my…

Even my train of thoughts cannot complete its sentence with what I see coming towards us.

She is definitely one gorgeous woman. Isn't it illegal to be downing a black skimpy two piece swim suit in a very tempting way?

I don't know where to look at, her vast cleavage or the long, white legs she has.

"Do you like what you are seeing?" Polly asks whispering in my ears. I nodded a bit daze and drunk with what I'm seeing. Alex swims to the platform then stand on it and dive gracefully to the water. After a few minutes of floating, she swims back to us and all I could do is gulp down while looking at her powerful strokes.

Oh I know how those powerful arms can bring me to the height of pleasure.

"Hey, little sunshine. Do you want to swim with me?" I heard Alex asks Kim.

"Yeah. Can the…they come too?" Kim asks cutely. Alex nodded then Kim claps her hand.

We swim and play in the sand until the heat permits us.

"So did you enjoy the day, little sunshine?" I ask Kim who is already nodding her head off with sleep in my shoulder. We are going back to the house after eating in a nearby restaurant.

"Yeah. Thank you, Le…Lexie." Kim said then tries to kiss me in the cheeks but it just landed on my head.

"You know, you can sleep now sweetie." Piper said then caresses Kim's back, making her near me and my heat surging up.

Well you have been holding up for more than you can control yourself around her.

We arrive at Kim's room the same time that she is sleeping soundly in my shoulder. I place her carefully in the bed then Piper tucks her with her favorite blanket. We kiss her in the cheeks and quietly go out of her room.

"Care to have a coffee with me?" I ask Piper. I expect her to refuse but she nodded and we go to the kitchen.

"Let me." Piper said when I try to make our coffee. I step out and let her because she knows it better than me.

"Thank you." I said when Piper gives me my cup. We drink our coffee in silence for a few minutes when Piper chuckles silently. I look at her with confused look.

"I just remember something." Piper said mysteriously. I wanted to talk her more but I don't know what to say.

"Thank you. Thank you very much for making Kim happy." I said when we finish drinking our coffee.

"No. I should be the one thanking you for letting me know about Kim." Piper said then walks towards my direction and to my amazement; she kisses me lightly in the cheeks. Without even knowing it, my hands have their mind of its own. I grab Piper arms and make her sit to my lap. She is towering above me but I could still feel I'm in control of the situation.

"Do you want this, Piper?" I ask when I feel that our lips are only a thread away. Piper nodded her head and that is all it took for me to attack her lips. We tasted each other first as if worshipping something. I snake my right arm to the back of her head and the other to her waist while she opted to put her arms to my neck. It is as if even air is not permitted to pass through between us. I could feel her perfect bosoms against my chest and it is making us more aggressive. When I feel no resistance with Piper, I lowered my right arm to one of her chest and squeeze it hard. Piper releases my lips to moan.

"I waaahh…want you." I said in a low tone. Piper nodded then stands from my lap. She looks at me waiting for my next move. I stand near her then without a warning kiss her hungrily again and pushing her in the kitchen wall. After battling for dominance, I encircle one of Piper legs to my waist signaling for her wrap her legs to my waist.

"I'm heavy." Piper said with concern.

"I don't care." I said then urge her again to do what I ask. She carefully encircle her legs to my waist and to our surprise the nearness of our body right now is causing more electricity between us. I immediately walk us to the room I should occupy and I toss her to the bed.

"Undress me." I said then stand in the foot of the bed. She slowly go near me and then slowly unbutton the button down floral long sleeve I wear then she unhooks my bra. After a few minutes of staring, she pulls down my shorts together with my undies.

"You are so beautiful." She said then kiss me again hungrily in the mouth. I push her to lay down then I top her again, this time with the intention of undressing her too but in a slow way. I kiss her eyelids and nose softly then aggressively kiss her lips. While we are both in a daze, my hands slowly travel down to Piper's body. When I am sure that I am holding the hem of her dress, I urge Piper to arch her cak so I could remove the dress.

"Do you know it is illegal to be this stunning?" I said huskily.

"Same sentiments I have." Piper remark hoarsely.

"Huh?" I said with confusion but Piper kiss me hard in the lips. I hold her wrists above her head and then captured her nipples to my lips.

"Fuck, Alex!" Piper moaned. I map her upper body with my lips and making sure that every skin and curves of her upper body is tasted by my lips. I release her wrists from my grasp and I continue kissing her down. I leave bite marks in her inner thighs.

"Please." Piper moaned when I kiss lightly her pussy. Her sweet scent of arousal is making my world spin in a very good way. I am being magnetized to her, so after a few minutes of looking at her pussy, I lick hard the line of pussy from bottom to top.

"Oh my!" Piper said then buck her hips to my face and grab a fistful of my hair. When I am sure that she is comfortable with the position, I started licking her hard from the top to bottom then making my tongue play with her entrance in a swirling motion a bit faster.

"Ahhh…" Piper moaned again. When I am sure that she is ready for me, I suck a bit hard her clitoris then enter her with my two fingers slowly.

"Ahhh…Hmmm…" Piper moaned and buck her hips more when I pull my fingers outside. I try again the slow motion for several times when suddenly Piper sit up.

"I want to cum together." Piper said then pulls me upward to kiss me hard. She grab both of my chest and rub its nipple as if it is a delicate piece. She doesn't need to help me to get ready for her because I'm already wet from anticipation of tasting her. When we are comfortable in our sitting position, we try a few times to enter each other when we finally find a rhythm that brigs pleasure to us.

"Faster." Piper moaned and I feel her walls clenching into my fingers and I could feel myself nearing too. I adhere to her command.

"Piper" I moaned softly.

"Alex" she moaned the same time I moaned her name. With one final thrust we crushing cum in each other hands.

The sunlight is just peeking out of the curtains when I wake up from a night of sweating and begging. A smile form in my lips when I feel Alex arms around me and she has a contended, peaceful smile on her face. I brush her hair to the side to look at her beautiful face and then it hit me like a train.

I like waking up first thing in the morning with Alex in my side.

"Because?"

It makes me feel complete and everything will be alright for the day.

"And"

I love her.

And I could feel my heart thumping and beating more than ever.