|24| bad boys bring heaven to you

There is no moon,

Like you.

~k.tolnoe

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*turn the song on when it says to!*

The following day turns into a blur, and that day turns into a week, until two busy weeks have flown by of doctors appointments, and work, I've had to make sure both Aaron and Henry have been healing well, my insomnia is just getting worse because of my constant worrying,

Aaron was officially granted the all-clear to return to work, they took his stitching out last week, and told him it would leave a slight scar but he's able to return to normal life now,

We still need to be cautious with henry, even with him healing wonderfully he's unable to pick up heavy items because we don't want to strain his heart, with his older age it's better to not risk it.

I turn to my side and smile when I see Aaron peacefully sleeping, I see the clock and decide it's time to wake him up so we can go to work,

I start peppering Aarons's face with soft kisses on his cheeks, nose, chin, and forehead, "good morning" I whisper as I peck his lips quickly, not wanting to linger on his lips since morning breath is just not my cup of tea,

I stare at his beautifully sculpted face that I've had the pleasure of waking up to every morning these past few weeks, but its come to an end, he's returning to his place since his doctor gave him the all-clear,

A selfish part of me wants him in my bed every morning, keeping me warm and kissing my neck to wake me up rather than an obnoxious alarm, guilt Punctures me deep within my stomach at my foolishness,

I don't want him in any pain or discomfort, his all clear from the doctor was also the end of his pain meds, which means no more near panic attacks while he tries to take them or bad memories he has to relive every day through the pills,

This isn't goodbye I'll still see him every day at work, I just won't get to wake up or go to bed next to him.

"Good morning" his husky, deep voice sends chills to bind its way through my bones, tattooing itself there for eternity,

"Are you ready to finally get back to work?" I gently whisper as my body melts into his body, fitting with his like a puzzle piece as I move closer to his touch

He hums in response, he moves his head to my neck, his warm breath washes over my skin, lighting my neck on fire, and somehow all those marks he put on my neck weeks ago seem very lovely at the moment

"We should probably get ready for work" I mumble against his ear, a deep noise rumbles out of his throat

"I'm going back to my place today, let me sleep for two more minutes in your pretty little neck" he rasps as he kisses my neck gently

"Well at least I'm not the only one who will miss waking up together" I grin staring up at the ceiling, basking in the warmth and sheer completeness I feel when I'm in his proximity

He pinches my side earning a weird squeak-type yelp to escape my throat,

"What was that for?" I frown but a smile covers my face a second later

"Shhh," he says quietly

My hands go up to his hair on their own accord, gently massaging until his breathing evens into a peaceful sleep, I wait about five more minutes until I'm able to quietly slip out of his grasp and go take a shower, and get ready

After contemplating for a few minutes I decide on a black strapless corset with a dark gray blazer and matching pants, I accessorize with my everyday simplistic gold rings, and a dainty necklace, after putting on some perfume and doing some quick makeup I make my way back into my room,

Aaron is fully awake now, sitting up against my headboard with his arms crossed over his chest, a heated gaze covers his features as he watches me, studying every inch of me up and down, then up again, a smirk lifts at the corner of his mouth as he gestures me over to him,

I take slow calculated steps towards him, my smirk grows as his eyes grow dark when they dilate,

"You know for a man who's been whining these past few weeks about wanting to work you don't seem that excited to get ready" I speak softly, but my smirk is apparent as I speak and take the final step towards him

His hands immediately connect with mine, and he pulls me on his lap, his gaze never strays nor does it falter as he focuses his stare on me, never breaking eye contact as his deep and still slightly raspy voice speaks "you look-"

"Like what?" I slightly smile as I lean into his body, his uncovered chest is like a heater, even with my clothing on

"Like everything, I could ever possibly want and need" his voice is clear and certain, complete confidence flows through his words as he touches a fly-away piece of hair that escaped my bun,

I feel my cheeks immediately heat at his words "what a way you have with words Mr. Huxley, now get ready for work" I press a light feather-like kiss on his cheek

He cracks a tiny smile at my words and the heat covering my face "I'm the boss you don't tell me what to do sunshine" he teases

"You keep telling yourself that, but we both know who the real boss is" I smile tilting my head to the side

He sighs shaking his head with a smirk "you drive me insane Vanessa"

"Good now come on, I got a call that the rooftop is complete so we have to leave" I beam, excitement fills my body at the anticipation of seeing all the hard work that has been put into it,

He smiles watching my excitement "well I want to see it too, so I guess I'll have to get up" he dramatically sighs

I roll my eyes and kiss him on the cheek before getting up to make us some breakfast while he gets ready

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"Welcome back Mr. Huxley," the receptionist greets us as we walk into the building

All Aaron does is give a nod in acknowledgment, not sparing a glance her way, many try talking to him as we make our way to the level our offices are on, but all he does is nod or answer with around two words and ignore them,

With how busy I've been with taking care of him after the procedure it nearly escaped my mind that he is quite rude to everyone but a few people, and those people were his parents, Henry, and me.

I'm so excited to see the rooftop that I let his rude demeanor towards his employees slide, when we enter the elevator I'm practically bouncing on my feet from anticipation, as the doors close I feel hands on my shoulders, steadying me until they slip to my waist, a hot breath dancing on my neck, I lean back into the big body that fills my body with desire,

"We should go to the library after work," I say quietly filling the silence

"Alright," he says after barely a second as he starts trailing kisses up my neck to my jaw

I turn my head slightly connecting our lips, what I thought would be a quick kiss turns into a slow sweet kiss, quickly escalating too fast and messy, disconnecting our lips minutes later as I pant for air I whisper "we should probably stop before the elevator doors open"

He smirks against my lips, presses the emergency button, and goes straight back to his attack on my lips

I don't have time to think or care the second his lips touch mine, he lifts me and I put my legs around his waist while my arms are hooked behind his neck, I'm then pushed against the elevator wall right above a bar,

I don't think he would take things too far in the elevator so I don't worry about having to tell him about wanting to wait for sex, and everything I went through with my ex.

His lips trail down my neck, surly creating his marking on my skin just before his lips meet mine again, what could've been half an hour or five minutes, I pull away when the alarm on the elevator stops, "okay that's enough for now" I speak breathlessly against his lips

He gives me one final peck on my lips before he brings me back down to the floor, the elevator doors then open after a moment and we arrive on the rooftop,

My jaw is hanging wide open as I'm met with the sight in front of me, it looks even better than what I envisioned, it's breathtaking, the Vision doesn't compare to the reality of what's in front of me,

The bar is sleek and alluring, there are vines on the black grated type wall that creates texture to the bar area, there are trees with hidden lights beneath the wooden type built pots,

Moving to the other side of the rooftop I see warm colored vanilla couches, sleek wooden little tables sitting by the couches, the place is covered with assortments of plants, flowers, and different lights make the place look comforting and without a doubt romantic and warm at night,

"Aaron look how perfect it looks" I squeal in excitement, jumping in place

"yeah it looks pretty amazing, you did good sunshine," he says from behind me

"I didn't do much, it was the workers who built everything," I say turning to face him

"Yeah, and who had this whole idea in their pretty little head? The workers just did what you told them to do and how you wanted it" he says sternly tilting my chin up to meet his gaze

I hook my hands behind his neck and bring him closer to me "alright I am pretty amazing, it looks perfect up here, I guarantee that you will have so many new clients because of this" I grin up at him

He smiles looking down at me "when do you think we should have the first meeting up here?"

I think for a bit before answering "I think you need a grand opening type party first so people can get drunk and have fun, then maybe in a week or two you have an actual business meeting up there with clients you met at the grand opening, I mean I need to figure out what type of food I would want to make, and how many people you would invite, so I'm still not sure"

"You know we could just get a caterer right?" he says against my lips

"Maybe but I would rather do it myself the first couple of times," I shrug with a smile

"Your choice sunshine, but id gladly help you" he chuckles making me blush

"Let's get back to work" he gestures to the elevators

*TURN SONG ON NOW*

I shake my head and go to the speakers I had people installed and turn on a song called 'heaven by Julia Michaels'

I then walk over to Aaron and grab his hands pulling him more towards the open part of the rooftop

"What are you doing sunshine?" Aaron asks trying to keep a smile contained

"Let's dance" I grin

"We have to work," he says against my lips when I hook my arms around his neck to bring him closer

"It's just a couple of minutes, please" I bat my eyelashes looking up at him

He smiles looking at me than the view of New York before looking back down at me "fine" he mumbles

' They say all good boys go to heaven' i sing quietly

'But bad boys bring heaven to you' Aaron murmurs against my ear

I blush and press the side of my face to his chest as we continue to sway to the music, my body warms at this moment, it is the simplicity of something like dancing with a loved one that will engrave itself into your brain

He turns me around and I lay my head on his chest as his hands go around me holding me close from behind me as we sway to the music,

"Can we do this again, another time?" I ask quietly as the song begins to end

"Anytime sunshine" he mutters against the top of my head

I grin looking at the view in front of us,

"Come on let's get to work" he whispers in my ear

I give him a quick kiss on the cheek and go turn off the speakers

If someone were to tell me a couple of years ago that I would be dancing with my assistant I would say you were insane,

Not only would I never have danced with someone before, but I also wouldn't think it would be with someone who works for me

But life is unexpected.

And I unexpectedly fell in love with the beautiful ray of sunshine that is my assistant

I would do anything for her, and I realize I do things for her that I never would think I would be doing in my life, but I am completely okay with that because she makes me unbelievably happy and I missed that feeling,

I close my computer and close my office door at the end of the day and go to Vanessa's office,

I knock on her door and hear her angelic voice saying 'come in'

"You ready to go to the library?" I ask

The minute I say that her whole face lights up and she closes her computer so fast and walks over to me before I can even take my next breath,

She pecks my lips "yes, let's go"

My heart does some stupid weird shit anytime she kisses me, or anytime she's around,

We walk to the elevators but before we get there I hear a voice whisper "are they together?"

I turn around to see two women whispering back and forth and looking at us, they catch me staring and immediately look away, they should be leaving home, not gossiping

"Is there a question you need to ask?" I ask sternly, feeling annoyance crawling up my back,

I feel Vanessa bringing my hand closer to her body, I can tell she doesn't like Confrontation but I hate when people gossip and shit it gets on my nerves, especially in my damn building,

I raise a brow looking at the two girls, I'm losing my patience but trying to stay calm for Vanessa,

"We were just wondering if you were together" one of them mutters under her breath and clears her throat

It was Vanessa who responded and that surprised me,

"Yeah we are, and how is that any of your business?" She says with a kind smile

I stare at her in admiration, she could do anything and I would love her, I'm sure if she beat someone half to death I'd give her a round of applause for her work,

One of the women clears her throat, clearly uncomfortable

"That's cool...so he's like not single anymore? are you seriously committed?" One of them asks

I scoff

Vanessa laughs "he's certainly not single"

"You heard her now get the hell on with your days unless you want to be fired" I spit out

They immediately run off,

I turn to Vanessa to see her already looking at me, I lean down and place and kiss on her lips because she is addictive "let's go to your library" I mutter against her pretty, plump, soft lips

She hums in response and places a long kiss on my lips, to which I save no time responding to

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We arrive at the library and the way Vanessa's eyes light up is adorable, she walks around the library and I just follow her around like a lost puppy

She starts laughing out of nowhere

"What's so funny sunshine?" I ask

"Why is the romance section look like this?" She grins looking around the romance section covered in lights, blankets, and pillows

"I'm not sure" I shrug

She sees a worker walking by and stops her "excuse me why is this section have so many decorations in it"

The worker laughs slightly and stops when her eyes land on me, I see her eyes go up and down my body, I move closer to Vanessa wrapping my arms around her showing I'm a taken man,

The woman clears her throat "it all decorated because Enzo Moretti and his wife got engaged here, it's been like almost four years but people love sitting here and reading so we kept it up" she shrugs

"That's so sweet" Vanessa grins

"Yeah he rented the whole library out for the night and he proposed just like how she always wanted and they danced and whatever else"

"I've heard of the Moretti's, he's a big businessman in New York" I nod

"Well that was cute of him to do" Vanessa smiles looking at the decor

"We should sit over there and read or something" Vanessa looks up at me with her eyes lighting up at her idea

"sure" I kiss her forehead

The worker awkwardly clears her throat and leaves,

Vanessa drags me to the romance section and picks up some weird book called 'All Rhodes lead here by Mariana Zapata'

"Do you want to grab a book to read?" She asks smiling up at me

"No I'm good" I shake my head

She frowns "so are you going to just be bored?" She tilts her head in a cute manor

My Beautiful girl.

"I'll just answer some emails" I shrug

We sit down by the pillows and she lays her head on my lap without even thinking about it as she starts reading her book,

I smile looking down at her, I go on my phone and begin answering emails while also stroking Vanessa's hair

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About an hour later my leg starts to feel numb but I would rather lose my leg than lose the comfort of her Laying on me,

So I just ignore the feeling in my leg and continue answering emails,

About 15 minutes later Vanessa stands up and sits down on my lap and leans her head against my chest as she continues to read, I kiss the side of her head

"What's so interesting about that book sunshine?" I ask putting my phone down next to me

She closes the book and turns to straddle my lap

"It's about this woman who moves back to her home town after like years to complete her dead mothers hiking trails list, after her life torn apart, she rents this garage complex but finds out when she gets there that the son of this hot single father rented it out without his father's permission, he tells her to leave, but she convinces him she won't be a bother and there's no place for her to stay anyways, and they fall in love, duh" she has this glow on her face as she speaks about her book,

"Wow, and what she couldn't just get a hotel or something, maybe move back to the state she moved from?" I smile slightly

She rolls her pretty eyes "that wouldn't make a very fun book now would it?"

"I guess" I shrug

She looks at her phone and knits her brows

"You okay?" I ask

She shakes her head at whatever she was thinking of "yeah, it's late we should probably go" she says quietly

"You sure you're okay?" I ask beginning to get concerned

She smiles "yeah I'm fine, I just wanted to think of some food ideas for the event, and it's already late"

"well it was your idea to sit here and read" I raise a brow

She rolls her eyes once again and stands up, her and those damn eyes

She grabs my hand and leads me out of the library "aren't you going to grab the book?" I ask

She shakes her head "no I already read it and have a copy at home" she smiles

"Okay let's get you home" I laugh kissing her cheek

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After a too short of a drive to her place I kiss her goodbye

"You never grabbed your clothing and stuff from my place," she says quietly

"Keep it there, maybe I'll spend the night here someday" I shrug

She grins at me which fills my heart with affection

"Okay, drive safe, see you tomorrow" she whispers before hugging me

"See you tomorrow," I said hugging her back.

I'm now in my bed and I look at the text Aaron just sent me

My moon: just made it home, I love you, sleep well

I grin looking down at my phone

Vanessa: I love you, and you too

I sigh when I exit his number and see the same unknown number that texted me two weeks ago and read the new text they sent me when I was at the library

They haven't sent anything since that first text so I was sure it was a scam...but I don't think scammers are this dedicated to their scams

Unknown number: Vanessa and Aaron won't last very long...so why not end it before you hurt him more

My heart drops as I read it over and over again

This person knows our names

----notes----

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the little Easter egg of the two main characters of my other book called "a piece of cake"

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What did y'all do so far this summer? I went to lavender fields yesterday! Here's a pic🧍🏼‍♀️

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