Stop Begging! I'm Now A Star Beyond Your Reach

o, I really can

, wrapping it in a quiet, intimate warmt

rvey's neck. Heat lingered across her face, and beneath Theo's strong, well

still caught in the fading pull

lowered himself, lifting her chin in his hand before pressing his lips to h

ad left, Olivia pushed agains

lightly, his voice low and rough. "Fine. I'll stop to

his broad shoulders and lean frame o

from Olivia, her

she had carried qui

pull hadn't faded. If anyt

and as it did, Olivia slowly eased out of that lin

e phone beside

s The

fted toward

nifer Palmer. "Theo, what sh

ghlight her collarbones, with the neckline of a white dress dipping just enough to show a

ed skirt and kept the same soft expression, but the way she sat exposed part o

t that feeling vanished in an instant. Her fingers

k to when Theo first

him out of a fire, and that act had cost her dearly,

d what that debt

those kinds of photos sent to her husba

pped out. His eyes landed on Olivia ly

e robe fall, lifted the blank

, but Theo didn't slow down. Instead, he crushed his mouth against hers

red into something sharper, a mix of disbel

om earlier flooded back into her thoughts. A t

ere's something I need to talk to you about. Jennifer's concert is next week. She hasn't be

. She pushed him away without hesit

face as he frowned. "W

gree to other things, but not this. My audience recognizes my style

own before. Yet this time, ther

This is something I owe her, and you need to help me with it. Just take it as practice in performing in a different setting. It's nothing seri

and, the way he spoke-it all pressed down on her. No matter how much she cared for hi

? Why are you ready to throw away everything I've worked for just so she

w, grabbed his phone, and flung it toward him. "And

wear and wanted my opinion. That's it. Why are you reacting like this? We're

she turned away, the cold fe

ed, but she didn't look away. "If I said I wante

w you're using divorce to pressure me? Listen c

In that instant, Olivia unders

riage like this no

fter a long silence, her voice came out l