EXPOSE (The Billionaire's Rules, Book 6) (5 page)

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They pretended that everything was fine,
and if there was an undercurrent of sadness, of desperate longing for what
might have been, they both hid it well.

Ivy thought it ironic how amazing this
last day together felt, considering how difficult it had been to get this close
to him in the first place.

And now that they’d finally broken down
some of his highest walls, fate had decided to have the last laugh and play the
cruelest trick yet.

Cullen cooked her a lovely late afternoon
lunch, consisting of broiled fish that was absolutely delectable, and some rice
pilaf and mixed vegetables.

They sat together and ate, and drank
wine, and Cullen regaled her with humorous tales from his med school days.

Afterwards, they made slow love in his
master bedroom.
 
Her body was like
an instrument he played to perfection.
 
Lying naked in each other’s arms, Cullen’s hardness inside her,
enveloping her, she had the most beautiful and painful orgasm.

It hurt because it was final, and it was
sad and lovely and Cullen kissed her at the same time, as if trying to drink
her in.

Later on, they went back downstairs and
cuddled on the couch, and watched a silly movie starring Seth Rogan and ate ice
cream and made jokes.

It was so normal and yet so amazing, it
made her stomach ache from the wanting of it to just last a little longer.

Deeper into the night, her eyes started
to close as she lay with her head on Cullen’s chest, hearing his heart slowly
beating, while the TV played softly, its images flickering in the now darkened
room.

When she woke up again, Cullen was
carrying her in his strong arms like he’d done that first night when she’d been
drunk.
 
Only now, he was carrying
her upstairs to the master bedroom.

“I can walk,” she said.

“Let me carry you, beautiful,” he said
softly.

And then they were in his big bed
together.
 
She slid down, kissing
his chest and then his stomach, and finally she took his hardness into her
mouth, sucking him slowly, enjoying his taste, enjoying his everything.

Cullen lay back and allowed her to go
down on him, and soon she was stroking him fast with her hand and he said that he
was going to finish.

Ivy put her mouth over his wet, thick
cock and sucked as fast as she could, while continuing to stroke him.

He groaned, and his cock sent bursts of
hot semen into her mouth, and Ivy was surprised to find that she liked it.
 
Actually, she loved it.

She was practically climaxing herself, as
Cullen finished in her mouth, and her tongue slid over and over, circling his cock
head, sliding down his shaft as he gushed into her throat.

When it was over, Cullen was lying with
one arm across his forehead, breathing heavily, seemingly relaxed.

Ivy laid her head on his chest and
snuggled up to his warm body.
 
“This
is so nice,” she murmured.

“It is,” he agreed.

“Then why does it have to end?” she
asked.
 
“Why?”

“You know why,” he said.
 
“I can’t let you be hurt by all of
this.”

“I don’t care.
 
I want to be with you.
 
I’ll do anything.”

He laughed.
 
“I appreciate the sentiment, but it’s
not as if…” he trailed off.

“Not as if what?” she said.

Cullen didn’t answer her and she turned
her gaze up to him.
 
He was staring
into the darkness.
 
“There might be
a way,” he said, his voice hesitant, but somewhat hopeful.

Ivy sat bolt upright in the bed.
 
“Are you serious?
 
Don’t tease me, Cullen.”

He sat up too, running his hand through
his hair.
 
“If we do what I’m
thinking, though, it’s going to make your life much more complicated.”

“I don’t see how that’s even possible,”
she said.

His eyes stared into hers.
 
“It would be a sacrifice, but it would
allow me to come clean with you about all of it.
 
Everything
.”

She swallowed, feeling nervous now.
 
“What can we do to make this work
between us?”

He grabbed her hand and held it
tightly.
 
“We get married,” he said
simply.

“Married,” she repeated, the word
sounding somehow jumbled as she said it.

“You and I get married,” Cullen
repeated.
 
“It’s the only way we can
go on together, Ivy.
 
You and I must
be linked together in every way.
 
Legally.”

He looked at her, waiting to see what she
thought.

She owed him a real answer.

It was so obvious, but somehow her voice
wouldn’t speak.

But then she replied, and she knew her
life would never be the same.

THE
END OF EXPOSE (THE BILLIONAIRE’S RULES, BOOK 6)

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