Alivia awoke the next morning alone in bed. Looking over at the empty space where James was last night stung a little bit but what did she expect, to ride her boss into the sunset? She chuckled at the thought and got out of bed.
Stepping into her shower, she let the warm water run over her body and wake her up.
She took a quick shower and got dressed in a white crotchet dress and white sandals. Today she would be spending most of the afternoon at the beach with the boys.
Walking past the kitchen on the way out she noticed a big bouquet of flowers and a card.
She smiled to herself, maybe last night did mean something.
The card read: "Last night was only the beginning, I can't wait to see you again."
She bit her lip and fanned herself with the card as she thought back on how James had felt inside her.
Shaking off her daydream, she headed out of the room.
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Arriving at the boy's suite, she took a deep breath to calm herself, plastered on her customary smile and opened the door.
Her smile quickly turned to surprise as she walked in to two boys, two of her three boys, dressed and quietly eating breakfast at the table.
"Allllliiivvviaaa!" Grayson said running from the table and running over to embrace Alivia.
"Grayson, hands!" Britton warned as he also came over to give Alivia a hug.
"I'm sorry." Grayson said holding his hands far away as to not touch Alivia's outfit.
"That's ok." She said pulling wet wipes out of her purse. "How's my little big man this morning?"
She punctuated with a kiss on each of his cheeks and he repeated the same as was their customary greeting.
"I'm excited!!" He said jumping up and down and then began talking a mile a minute. "And I slept the whole night, and I wasn't scared at all. And this morning dad came, and he told us about the surprise and then he ordered pancakes, and you came."
"Surprise?" Alivia said, raising her eyebrows.
"Grayson!" Britton warned.
"I'm not going to tell." He said in a loud whisper to his brother. To Alivia he wagged his index and finger and said, "Dad said it's a secret and I'm a big boy so I'm good at keeping secrets."
"Oh, are you now?!?" She said tickling him and they both let out a chuckle. "What happened to my little big man last night?" she teased.
"I'm grown up." Grayson said jumping up and down and puffing his chest out. He then ran back to the table to continue to eat his pancakes.
"Good morning, Britton." Alivia said still chuckling.
"Good morning Vi." Britton said and squeezed her in a tight hug. He then stared at her very seriously, causing Alivia to quirk an eyebrow once again.
"We really appreciate you Vi." He said, squeezing her again and then going back to eat with his brother.
As she stood in the center of the room shocked, in walked Caelin.
"Viiiiii, you're finally here!" He said and pulled her into a tight hug as well.
"We can't wait to spend the day with you." He said and then joined his brothers at the table to eat.
When she continued to stand, bewildered, they turned to stare at her. Her boys were well behaved, but this was too well behaved.
Maybe they broke something in one of the rooms and were trying to be on their best behavior to make up for it? That had to be it.
"Dad ordered enough for you. He even got you fresh fruit like you like, are you going to eat with us?" Grayson said smacking his lips as he continued to eat his pancakes.
Her stomach had been reminding her since she had gotten up that she could eat so she walked over to the table still eyeing them suspiciously.
She added two pancakes to her plate and dished out a small amount of the fresh fruit. As she began eating, she asked, "Ok boys, what's gotten into you?"
Caelin and Britton shared a look before shrugging and saying, "Nothing."
Oblivious to it all, her partner in crime, little Grayson said, "Dad said we are to be on our best behavior."
"Grayson!" Britton and Caelin said, and Grayson carelessly sipped his juice.
"I'm not going to tell." He said rolling his eyes.
As they continued eating their meals, the boys chattered about their excitement to spend time at the beach and other resort activities today as well as taking the time to shower Alivia with compliments.
She was suspicious, but she decided she would not pry and ruin the surprise.
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One of the hardest things for James to do that morning was to leave his woman in bed to wake up alone, but it could not be helped.
After his amazing night with Alivia, he had woken up and decided to put a few plans in motion. His original plan when they arrived yesterday had been to finish signing his contracts with the owner of the resorts and spend the rest of the week, vacationing with Alivia and the kids.
Cole fucking Fields had ruined those plans. Before leaving the states, he had advised his accounting team to freeze all of the accounts where all of the stolen money was being funneled through.
As he made plans and arrangements to finish the contracts and spend time with his family today, he had received word from the concierge that his VP had called ahead and would be arriving later today.
Just fucking great! He fumed.
If he needed further proof that Cole was behind the missing money, this was it. He was more than likely coming to save face and pretend to be valuable in this new business venture.
James had other plans.
He had reached out to the resort owner this morning to schedule a 9am meeting with both sides to wrap up the contract signings.
He had happily sweetened the deal with accommodations for the owner and his wife at one of his resorts in Bali.
His private jet was leaving with them at 11am and the scumbag embezzler was due to arrive at 2pm.
