Second Chance Rival

The future was ours to conquer together.

I found my soul mate when I was sixteen-years-old. And for the next two decades, it waited until my soul was complete again.

Mine forever more.

Chapter 29

—Belle—

We ended up staying in Tahiti for another week before we flew home to business as usual. For the last two weeks since we’d been home, I was still riding the high that was Tristian Hawkins. There was no escaping the emotions that captivated me from the moment I first met him. Things were good.

Great actually.

I walked into the elevator, finding him standing there. All handsome in his black three-piece suit.

“Well, fancy running into you here, Mr. Hawkins.”

He looked me up and down. “This is what you’re wearing in the office?”

I glanced down at my blue pencil dress. “What? It’s professional.”

“What part of professional involves your tits out, kitten?”

“Okay, so it’s not just me?” I pointed to them. “They look bigger, right?”

He didn’t hesitate in hitting the panic button on the elevator, making it jolt to a complete stop.

“Oh my God! What are you doing?”

Wrapping his arm around my lower back, he tugged me toward him. Coaxing, “I need to get a better look.”

We spent the next thirty minutes christening the elevator. Pulling my skirt down, the elevator started moving again.

“You better hope my grandfather doesn’t see the video footage.”

“I’ll make sure to have my assistant go pull it from the security cameras.”

I smiled. “Good call.”

“What time is your appointment today?”

“Three. My gyno was able to squeeze me in.”

“Don’t forget to ask about prenatal vitamins.”

I shook my head, looking at him dumbfounded. “The amount of knowledge you know about pregnancy is truly alarming. They’re going to check my blood too. I feel like I may be anemic right now. I’m so tired all the time.”

He grinned. “I do keep you up at night.”

“That you do. It’s actually your specialty.”

The door opened, and we stepped off.

“Have a great day, kitten.”

I smirked. “You just made sure of it.”

He winked at me before we went our separate ways. I spent the entire morning on phone calls about our merger and how it would affect the future of our businesses. By noon I was beyond exhausted, yawning as my grandfather walked into my office.