Hi everyone! Thank you for the great reviews and PM's and also for the warm reception for my book. You guys are the best! I say it a lot, but its definitely true.

I know that many of you are headed to DragonCon next month and I have a few giveaways planned. One will be for a signed copy of my book, one for a signed hard copy of Adventures in Advertising and then a special something with TheLostFoodie-tbd.

So this is officially my longest fic, word wise. Go figure.

To guest reviewer "Grabby Paws" here's mooaaaarrrr fluff! And btw, I sincerely thank you, for everything.

Chapter 17

"Hey." I wrapped my arms around Bo's waist from behind and pulled her against me, carefully backing us under the warm spray of her enormous dual spray shower.

She giggled as I kissed my way up her neck. "If you don't stop we'll never leave the house today." The words flow out with a sigh, all the while craning her neck to give me more skin to tease.

"Well, if that happens," I mumbled between sucks and nips, "there's plenty of other days left. I rather like having you all to myself."

She spun in my arms, draping her own over my shoulders. A soft kiss reached my lips. Dark eyes met mine, glistening with love. "I rather like you having me all to yourself."

I tightened my hold and grinned like the lovesick fool that I was. "Sounds like its a win-win then."

She agreed and then stepping us to the side, shutting her eyes and leaning back into the spray to let the water cascade down her face.

So beautiful. I could stare at her all day, but I had a question and I'd curse myself later for disrupting the almost slow motion porno scene playing out before my eyes, but I needed to know. "Bo?"

"Hmm?" She tipped her head up, pulling her arms from me to wipe her face and squeeze out her hair.

"I was wondering..." Actually, I wished I could stop wondering.

"Yeah?"

"When we were...at the pool..."

With a wicked laugh she grabbed me by the hips and squeezed. "You mean, when I rocked your world?"

Boy did she ever. Even now the mere memory made my legs quake. Focus Lauren. "That you did. But what did you mean when you said that NOW I was all yours?"

"Oh um..." The steel grip on my hips weakened and her eyes fell to the floor.

"Bo..."

"Its silly. Don't worry about it." She attempted to flee the shower, but I was having none of it. My hand found her wrist, halting her mid-escape. "Bo, nothing is silly. Tell me. Please?"

She let out a hard sigh. Her head fell back and her shoulders dropped as she gave into my plea. Bo turned to face me again, an embarrassed tinge of pink graced her cheeks as her soft brown eyes drifted to the wall behind me.

What could possibly have her so nervous?

"I uh... well, we'd both forged this great relationship, you know? Admitting that neither of us had ever before been in it this deep before means something to me, Lauren. Its special to me to know that I have you in a way no one ever has."

I offered her an understanding smile, but in truth, I wasn't really following her line of thought. She had me, all of me, right from the start. Did she think otherwise? "You do, Bo. You have all of me and that means something to me too. You know that, right?"

She nodded, but there was something more. My confirmation of feelings did nothing to erase the placating smile on her face. "Okay, so?" I was still missing the underlying problem.

"I..." She shook her head and tried once more to escape, mumbling how silly she was and that she didn't want to ruin a good thing.

Again I held firm, never letting go of her wrist and tugged her back to me once more. "Bo, look at me."

Glassy brown eyes found mine with a look of vulnerability I'd never seen in the usually confident, sexy woman I loved so much. "No secrets. If something is important to you, then its important to me too. I promise, Bo. No judgement."

For a moment there was silence. The wheels turned as she searched for the words and debated running for a third time, but resignation fell across her face and she blurted out, "That was the one thing that someone else still had of you. That moment. That experience. I wanted all of you and I didn't have that, but now I do." Her eyes darted back to the floor and her weight shifted uncomfortably.

"Bo." I held her tighter to me, breast to breast, as the shower continued to pound against my back. One arm held her in place with possessive intent while the other offered two fingers to gently lift her chin until her eyes came back to mine. "You definitely do. You always have and you always will. Even before, no one could compare to you. Do you know why?"

Her throat rolled with the force of a hard swallow, but she kept held my gaze with her own questioning one. "Why?"

"Because I am insanely in love with you." I pecked her lips. "And no one can make me feel the way you do. With you its not just sex, Bo. It wasn't just a great orgasm because you found some silly spot. It was great, because it was you."

A shy smile tugged at her lips and her cheeks blushed.

"I'm sorry if that's been bothering you. I had no idea. But if it makes you feel better, you definitely made that hands down the best orgasm ever."

"That's what I like to hear." She smiled wide and delivered a deep, lingering kiss that left me dizzy.

When we parted, she reached behind me and turned off the water before pulling back to look at me. "So, you still up for that drive?"

"Absolutely."

XXX

Pacific Coast Highway was a road I'd always dreamed of driving, but first things first, we needed food. Bo called in an order to some little diner she loved that was on our way. We picked up the food, traveled a bit up the way and pulled over to eat at a small pull off that overlooked the ocean. She was right, they really did make a killer turkey avocado club, not that I tasted much as fast as I ate the damned thing. Our stop was brief. We were both anxious to explore the coast together, so we inhaled the sandwiches and hand cut fries within minutes.

Bo spoke of many things to see in Santa Barbara, but what most tempted me was the story of the best chocolate shake she'd ever had at a tiny soda fountain near the beach. That was a pretty bold statement because I'd had some amazing shakes, but I was always up for another challenger to the throne. We loaded back up and tore off down the road. Bo navigated the twisty turns to perfection as we rode in silence for the first twenty minutes or so wallowing in our greasy meat and potatoes meal.

Much the way I imagined it this morning, we were cruising along the Pacific Coast Highway towards Santa Barbara in the woodie with the windows down. Bo had that amazing smile that melted my heart stretching from ear to ear. One hand held the wheel, a pair of Gucci glasses kept the afternoon rays at bay and stray strands of dark hair flapped against her shoulder. Some random fifties beach song played on the radio. I didn't know the words, but it fit the moment to a tee. All I could do was smile and take in the moment from behind my aviators.

"So." Bo directed her smile at me as she pulled her eyes from the road for a quick glance. "Since we are all sharing today..." Her eyes darted back to the road and then back to me. "Care to share anything that might be on your mind about me?"

"Like what?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'm just the crazy one. Every couple has one." She laughed and focused back on the road.

I chuckled with her, my hand coming to rest on her lap. "No, you're not. We're both a little crazy and a whole lot in love."

"That we are."

"I do wonder about you. The old you," I spoke with caution.

"You mean the bitchy, party girl that lived in the headlines?" Her eyes twinkled as she threw me a glance.

"No. I read all about that girl already. I mean the one when she wasn't in the news. Like the story you shared about the house. You haven't spoken much about your youth."

Bo's focus on the road grew more intense and her fingers gripped the wheel a bit tighter. She cleared her throat. "I've uh... worked hard not to be that person anymore."

"I know." I wanted her to understand that I wasn't judging or prying. I just wanted to know the woman I loved more intimately. "And you've done so well for yourself. But there was a version of you before that and even then you had experiences, stories, things that were for you and not the media. Those are the little things I love to learn. The things that made you the woman you are today."

"You made me the woman I am today."

"That's sweet and true," I threw a teasing wink her way in response to her widening grin. "But there's so much more to you, Bo. You're determined, smart and savvy in business. How did you go from self-indulgent, billionaire, heiress playgirl to self-made, billionaire, business woman?"

"Oh it's been a long road. The thing that got me to look twice at myself was my sister. She was of the age where she could be out on her own and she went crazy. Well, pretty much like she does now. One day I saw a picture of her flipping the photographer a bird as a valet let her out of her car. It was front page, front and center, with several smaller stories noted along the side, like "Aliens killed James Dean." I actually opened the paper and read the article. I never had before. I didn't care. I had billions and it didn't matter what anyone else thought. That's what I told myself anyway, until I read them scathing words spattered across glossy paper. The trashy magazine left ink on my fingers and a mark on my pride. I was ashamed. I didn't leave the house for weeks. I read every piece of news I could find about me and when I was done, I wasn't very happy with the face in the mirror anymore. I may have been "the billionaire bombshell," but I was an ugly human being and that wasn't the real me. That wasn't me growing up or in school, despite my parental model, but there I damn sure was, assing it up everywhere I went the same way I despised in my parents. I sat down, made a plan, took some of my inheritance and went to work. From that day on my goal was to be better, but as you've witnessed, that behavior doesn't just go away overnight." When she finished her lips pulled into a tight line. There was no doubt she wasn't proud of her past behavior.

"Wow."

"Yeah." She let out a hard breath and shook her head. "I'm still a work n progress. Probably would have been longer if you hadn't come along."

"I can only imagine the interaction we would have had if we'd met back then." That would have been a pissing match for sure.

"You would have hated me. Never given me a second look."

"You're hard not to look at Bo, but you're right, I never would have been interested. But life is a journey and its all about timing. Here we are and the time is right. I'd say life has put us right where we needed to be. What about you?" I hoped to lighten the mood.

"I tend to agree, Confucius." She smiled finally. "Boy, all this sunshine vacation time has you spouting fortune cookie lingo. Lauren Lewis, auto baron and philosopher."

"Auto baron. You're funny. I just believe that life gives you what you need at the time, good or bad, it makes you who you are. The only thing you control is how you respond and whether or not you're open to what's handed to you. For so many years I'd slammed the door shut on relationships, but along comes Bo Dennis and you blow the doors in. I could have ran away, but instead I ran to you."

"I'm glad you did too. I'll admit that after the first meeting, my spite was on a rampage and I wished I'd had a way to buy that dealership out from under you after you bought that other Vantage. Dammed if I didn't love your spark though, the challenge in the gesture and those damned soft brown eyes that could burn a hole through me, yet make me follow like a puppy. I was a goner."

"Oh believe me, there were pitchforks shooting out of your eyes when I left you. You were still sexy as hell, even when you tore out of there leaving marks on my new pavement."

"Our whole relationship since that meeting has been so easy though. Well, except for one little hiccup. If someone were writing this story people would think it was boring. All happy and lovey, very little drama."

"Please, they'd be jealous it wasn't their life. I don't like a lot of drama. I find it exhausting. That's another reason I avoided relationships. Anyway, we would have one thing going for us though."

"What's that?"

"Sex," I said with a huge smile. "Our story would have lots of sex. Sex sells."

"You're so right and I am sure I can come up with a few more scenes to keep that book entertaining."

"You sound pretty sure of yourself."

"I am pretty good in that department. Do you care to argue that point? I mean, after the other day I'd have to say you have very little ground to stand on there."

"Wow, okay counselor. Cocky lawyer Bo is pretty hot."

"Most every Bo is hot."

I laughed and shook my head.

She cocked a brow. "Rebuttal?"

"None. I have none. You're absolutely correct. See? No drama. All cheese."

"Cheese is awesome. I love cheese and I am so happy I get to cheese it up with you."

"Okay, now I'm getting nauseous. Are we there yet?"

She swatted my arm and laughed. "Almost."

XXX

Thirty minutes later we arrived in Santa Barbara. Bo found us a nice parking spot near the beach. We both exited the car and met at the front as we headed north up the street. Just like second nature, her hand slid into mine and we walked together like any regular couple would do, looking in the windows of little shops and commenting on things we liked or joking about the ridiculous. We happened upon an old tee shirt shop with retro designs. Metallica and Bon Jovi designs made me simultaneously laugh and blush at the memory of my most embarrassing moment.

"What? What's up with you right now," Bo asked, amused at my outburst.

"Nothing." I waved her off. "Just a stroll down memory lane at the sight of those shirts."

"Lauren, remember? Its sharing day." She smirked and gave my shoulder a push.

"Oh god, really?"

"Yup. I shared. Your turn."

"Okay fine. When I was seventeen, I wanted to impress my first girlfriend, so on our first date I borrowed my father's brand new Corvette. She was wearing a Metallica shirt and Bon Jovi was blasting on the radio."

"I take it that daddy didn't approve of that field trip."

"Nope. He called the cops. In the middle of a hot and heavy make out session in the passenger seat my father flanked by two of Las Vegas' finest knocked on the window."

"Oh that's just awesome." She doubled over in laughter. "First base? Second?"

"If you must know, I froze mid-kiss with my hand under her shirt groping her breast while I stared at the three of them."

"Grounded?"

"Mortified and grounded. Yeah, so that's that."

"I love sharing day," Bo chanted happily as she clapped her hands together.

I shook my head and walked back out to the street, turning to see her happy, smiling face. "I think I'm ready for that shake you've been bragging about now."

"You've earned it," she said and slipped her hand back into mine.

Bo was really enjoying herself and I couldn't help but feel for her and how many times in life she's been denied this simple pleasure. I also realized that we really hadn't done this, even in Vegas. We always stay in or go to one of her properties, but we never just stroll anywhere. It was nice, relaxing, normal. We walked for a god knows how long talking about nothing, stopping for the famed milkshake, which really did compete with my top three ever and then took a seat on the beach to watch the sunset behind the surfers.

Yes, a well deserved, perfectly domestic day for a woman who has craved that very thing for most of her life. I was beyond happy that she got to enjoy it with me. We were truly filling the voids in one another's lives. I slurped the last of my shake through the straw with a giggling Bo making fun of me. Nothing was as beautiful as Bo when she was light and free. I loved that I could make her that radiant and there was no other place else in the world I was supposed to be than right here by her side.

XXX

Bo opened the large glass wall in the living room that faced the beach and walked to the kitchen. The rush of salty air and ocean noise flooded the room sending a wash of relaxation through me like never before. Beach living was amazing. Would it ever get old? Probably, but not anytime soon. It was day four of nowhere to be and nothing specific to do. Yesterday was a perfect day. Very little clothing, plenty of sun, booze and Bo by the pool, followed by an evening much the same on the beach as we ran toward the ocean buck naked and giggling like we just snuck out of our parents house.

I moved a chair to the open window and sat staring at the water. Nothing crossed my mind. Nothing until Bo appeared with coffee in her hand wearing nothing but a half-buttoned, white linen blouse that barely covered her ass.

She smiled as she handed me the coffee. "Enjoying your morning?"

"Yeah. More so now," I answered through a sly grin.

"Oh?" She pretended not to notice, but her smirk never lied. "Why is that?"

"My two favorite things. Coffee and you."

"I see coffee was listed first."

"Baby, coffee ain't got nothing on you in that shirt." I bit my lip as she blushed, setting her cup on the small table beside me as a distraction.

Before she could sit, my hand found her wrist, tugging her gently to me. I positioned her in front, blocking the wall of beach so she was the only thing in view. "I'll admit the view of the ocean is pretty amazing, but this is the only view I want to see every morning."

"Aren't you just all compliments this morning?" She straddled my lap, lifting my arms over her shoulders as hers draped around my neck. She leaned in close enough to tease me with the swell of her breasts falling out of the shirt.

I made no move to avoid my gaze, only licked my lips as I thought about how amazing those full breasts would taste for breakfast. "That's another view I rather enjoy. I do love mountains too."

"Oh my god Lauren" she giggled and rested her forehead against mine. "Its nice to see you enjoying vacation. I wondered if you would worry about work."

"I did too, but no, it hasn't crossed my mind since the karaoke bar. How about you?" I finally tore my eyes away and let them travel along her neck, jaw and cheek bones on their way to her warm brown eyes that were smiling at me.

"Nope." She shook her head with a ten mile grin. "Nothing even remotely work related. You're not tired of me yet?"

My face scrunched in deep thought as I let me gaze drift to the ceiling. "Surprisingly no." I laughed and she pinched my arm with a wicked grin. "You tired of me?"

"No and its a wonder with a charm like that."

"But you love it." My arms worked their way down and locked tight around her waist.

"Mmm, yeah," she made a sour face and shrugged. " I kinda do. Lucky you."

She started to remove herself from my lap, but I wasn't done just yet. My hands slid down, placing themselves firmly on both ass cheeks and gave them a squeeze.

Bo growled and bit her lip. "Is there something else you need, Mistress Lauren."

"Just one thing before you go."

"I am at your service."

I lunged up, nipping her bottom lip between my teeth before thrusting my tongue inside and devouring her mouth like my life depended on it. Bo whimpered. Her hands tangled through my hair and her hips ground uncontrollably into my mine.

Delicious.

Her lips tasted like the sweetest fruit, the finest chocolate or the most savory of foods that I could never indulge in enough. It wasn't meant to be so aggressive, yet once I started, I couldn't stop. You'd think we'd be tired out by now, but my desire for her, and apparently her for me, never dies.

The furious pace slowed. Bo pulled away, but not without my lip between her bottom teeth and a playful giggle. I gripped her ass tighter and went in for one more quick kiss before leaning back in my chair to just look at her. She was glowing, sitting there on my lap with sparkling eyes pulled into a squint from the enormous smile on her face.

"Mmmm," she licked her lips savoring our kiss," thank you for that."

"Anytime. Especially if you're wearing that."

"This old thing," she asked not so innocently as she smoothed down the collar to the one button holding the shirt closed across her breasts.

"Mhm. You in just that shirt...I think could solve the world's problems. We'd have world peace."

"I highly doubt that, but my only concern is you and I," she replied. We may have been joking, but her sincerity rang loud and clear.

"Well, I would most certainly do whatever you asked."

"I will definitely wear it more often then. Damn, I should wear this to the adult store." Her words held humor.

She'd hinted at the store before. She wasn't comfortable enough to ask me to go with her, but there was no doubt we'd be heading there soon. Part of me feared she would wear only that shirt just to drive me insane. That would be trouble. Bo is just a cheek length blouse with those toned thighs and to die for breasts...I shivered at the image of her and I in a room full of sex toys. I prided myself on restraint, but Bo had a way of breaking that down. "Please don't. We'd be arrested."

"Why would that be?"

"Are you kidding," I asked with a sharp huff of disbelief that I would admit I was so weak. "I'd be tearing open packages like a kid at Christmas to having my wicked way with you in the aisle."

Bo grabbed my hand and jumped off my lap. "That's it, we're going right now," she smirked and pulled at my arm.

I pulled her back harder, making her stumble into me as we both laughed like crazy. "Too late. Besides I really don't want anyone else to see you in that."

"But what about world peace," she asked with an innocent pout.

"Fuck world peace. They can figure it out for themselves."

"Wha-" Bo covered her heart with her hands and feigned a look of utter shock. "Why Lauren Lewis! I can't believe my ears."

"Oh really? And what if it were me in that shirt?"

Her lips twitched before forming a frown. "The world would burn. You're not going out in that. That view would be for my eyes only."

"Exactly. So now that we've established our boundaries on saving the planet, do you want to stay in again today or venture out?"

"I suppose we could go out. Any place you had in mind?"

"Why don't we head to L.A.? I haven't been there in years."

Bo groaned.

I know it was probably the last place she wanted to go, but I was hoping to get there at some point. Plus, it would be good for her. "We don't have to. There's plenty of other places to go."

"No, its fine. I just know the paparazzi are always out in force there and if we stop anywhere you can pretty much bet we'll be busted."

"I see. Well, its bound to happen at some point right?"

"Yeah, I just like being a normal person with you."

"We will keep it low key, okay?"

She nodded.

"If you want, we can get some wigs and go undercover." I chuckled and nudged her in jest.

"Ummm...no. That's okay." She laughed. "If we were made that would be far to embarrassing to explain. Tel you what, I can take you to my first hotel. I haven't stopped there in quite a while. It would probably be good to stop in anyway, but I'm serious, there will be photographers."

"I'm fine with it Bo. I'm proud to be with you and if any of them get pushy, I will take care of it?"

"Oh, I love protective Lauren."

"I gotta take care of my woman."

"And you certainly do that baby. Come on, lets shower and then we'll face the insane city."

"Really Bo, we don't have to go."

"No, like you said, sooner or later...you'll be with me so it'll be fine. I should be showing you off anyway."

"Oh boy."

"Now you're wishing you hadn't brought it up, right?"

"Maybe."

"Maybe we'll get lucky and there will be plenty of other things to draw their attention."

Bo let her shirt fall to the floor. My heart jumped into my throat. Some things never got old.

"Then I hope you'll be wearing more than that, because you've certainly got my full attention."

"That was kinda the plan." She winked over her shoulder just before she turned the corner to our room.

As if she ever needed a plan for me. Didn't mean I didn't appreciate the effort. Now it was time for her reward.

XXX

There it is, another chapter down. There will probably be 1-2 more vacation chapters before we get home and start getting to the gala. There may be a few small bumps along the way coming up. We'll see. But if you love the story, by all means leave a review and let me know what you're fav part has been or what you'd like to see. I am trying to get in as many suggestions as possible for you guys :D