Playing with Fire // Braddison

Eighteen.

~ addison pov

"25k cash. Is that enough for you to come down to Texas with us and find out everything you need to about Lilly?" I asked, putting a bag on the table with cash as Bryce had invited the private investigator he previously worked with to his house to contract him. We were going to Texas and we needed to bring an expert with us to assure we would get all of the dirt on Lilly.

He quickly nodded, taking the bag. "Good, we leave tonight." I said, telling him he had two days to find out everything there was to know about Lilly.

He picked up the bag, heading out and telling us he would meet us at the airport tonight. Bryce told him he would send a car to his house and to pack light as we were only going for the weekend. When he walked back to me, he smirked, grabbing me as he wrapped his arm around my waist. "That was so fucking hot." he said, leaving a kiss on my exposed shoulder.

I smirked as I wanted to kiss him so bad, but I'd leave that for Texas.. "That's how you get shit done, baby. Money talks." I said, winking at him before I grabbed his hand and led him to his room. "Now let's pack. Texas won't just be all business, we'll have fun too." I said, making sure he packed nice outfits. No shorts or tank tops were allowed.

Once we finished packing his outfits, we headed to my house. I packed my bag and laid on the bed as we didn't have to leave for another hour. As I did, I heard Bryce on the phone.. with Lilly actually.

"Yeah, I'm good.. just gonna have a guys night tonight." he said, later asking her how Texas was. "It's great, you know how homesick I get, so it's nice to be home with my family." she said, telling him that he absolutely had to go next time.. yeah, sure.. I wonder how many times she has said that before.

As we laid down, I got bored of having to listen to her and cuddled closer to Bryce. I played with his shirt as I kissed his jaw, slowly moving down to kiss his neck. I saw his eyes widened as I giggled softly, Lilly asking if everything was okay. "Yeah, everything is fine, I'll call you later.. bye." he said as he hung up and threw his phone before pinning me down on the bed.

"You wanna play that game?" he asked, hovering over me as he straddled me. I smirked as he kissed my neck but then began to tickle me. I began to laugh uncontrollably as Bryce laughed as well, "don't tease me, Addi!" he said before stopping and throwing himself to my side so we were both laying on our backs.

I smiled at him as I grabbed his hand, intertwining our fingers. I leaned on him, bringing myself up to him so I could kiss his cheek. "I love you.." I whispered, catching Bryce off guard. He gave me the sweetest smile though as he turned towards me, now laying on his side.

"You love me?" he asked as he caressed my cheek. "I do, I love you so much." I said, knowing that he only asked that because he wanted me to repeat it. He grinned as he wrapped his arms around me, pulling me towards him as he hugged me. "Trust me, I love you so much more.." he whispered as he kissed my temple.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him, staying like this for a while as I just wanted to keep this moment with me forever. I loved just laying with Bryce, being in his arms and telling him how much I loved him. Because I did, I loved him so much.

We laid like this for a moment longer before we had to get up. He called a car service to schedule a ride for the private investigator and ourselves. When he returned, he grabbed my hand, kissing it before he helped me up. "We have to go baby, the car will be here in five minutes." he said as he grabbed our bags.

We walked downstairs to an empty house as my parents had gone back to Louisiana this week and I had given Marissa the weekend off since we would be gone. As our car arrived, I locked everything up and we were gone.

Texas, here we come.

~ bryce pov

We landed in Houston and headed straight to the hotel we had booked, wearing sunglasses and hats so we wouldn't be recognized. We thankfully hadn't been and made it to the hotel without any photos being captured.

As we arrived, I had a short conversation with the private investigator, giving him all of the information he needed about Lilly. "I'll get everything you need, sir." He promised before heading into his hotel room.

I walked back to my own, finding Addison in a towel as she had just gotten out of the shower. She smiled innocently at me as she walked towards her bag, looking for clothes to change into. "Wear this." I said as I walked up behind her, putting one of my shirts on top of her bag. She smiled as she looked back at me and thanked me. "No need to thank me, baby." I said, leaving a kiss on her shoulder before walking into the bathroom to also shower.

I took a quick shower, wrapping a towel around my waist as I walked out into the bedroom of our suite. I saw Addison sitting on her phone as I came out. She wore my shirt, and only my shirt.. as her legs were exposed. "Hii." she said innocently, but she knew exactly what she was doing.

"Hey.." I said as I searched through my bag, grabbing shorts and a shirt. I put on my shorts under my towel and when reaching for my shirt, I noticed it was gone. "Come to bed.." Addison said as she twirled my shirt around in her hand. She smirked as she threw it, driving me absolutely insane.

I threw my bag onto the ground before I threw myself onto the bed, landing right on top of Addison. She giggled as she hugged me, wrapping her arms and legs around me. I turned us around so she was now straddling me, Addison looking as beautiful as ever.

I let my hands softly caress her thighs, all of my movements being slow so I knew she was comfortable. With everything she had gone through, the last thing I wanted to do was trigger her trauma. I wouldn't do anything unless she wanted to.. no matter how hard it was to contain myself around Addison, I would do it because I loved her.

She noticed how gentle I was being with her though, grabbing my hands and bringing them up her thighs further.. she had chosen to be daring tonight. I smirked as I let my hands slide under her shirt and onto her back so I could pull her down to me.

Her chest hit mine and our eyes matched one another's, both of us just staring at each other. Her breath lingered on mine and our lips were only inches away from one another. All I wanted to do was kiss her, it was all I had been wanting to do for weeks..

"Why don't you let me kiss you?" I asked in a soft tone as my eyes watched her lips and my thumb moved softly over them. "I want to kiss you.. but just imagine how great the kiss will feel when you're finally free from Lilly. That's all I want, for you to finally be mine and only mine."

"I am only yours.. you know that." I said, making her blush. She smiled as she pulled back and I knew it was because she was too close for comfort. If I would've moved any closer to her, she would've folded and my lips would've been on hers. "I want to officially be yours.."

"Does that mean.. hypothetically, when we find out what Lilly has been doing and I break up with her.. you will be my girlfriend?" I asked, making her smile, her cheeks being bright red. "Hypothetically, if you asked me to be your girlfriend.. I might say yes." she said as she giggled.

There was no question that I absolutely wanted her to be my girlfriend. Even with all of our history and troubles, I had no doubts that she was the person for me.. and I was tired of wasting time. I wanted to be with her already and never let her go this time.

"Hold on to that yes for me then, I want to hear it soon." I said as I kissed her temple, cuddling her towards me as I pulled the comforters over us. We turned off the lights as we were both ready for bed.. both of us falling asleep with smiles on our faces. When you were able to sleep with the love of your life in your arms, you just couldn't help but smile about that and feel like the luckiest person in the world.

..Waking up next to your soulmate felt just as nice, but not when you woke up to your phone ringing continuously. I groaned as I pulled away from Addi and grabbed my phone that rested on the bedside counter. I looked at the time that read 11am.. we never slept in, but damn did it feel so good to do so.

When I saw my phone though, I saw that the call was from our Private Investigator, Bill. I quickly answered, wondering why he was calling. "Mr.Hall, I have found something.. something that I think you are looking for."

** we in Texas y'all, let's fuck over Lilly.. about time, right?  🤠🤗