The Life Of Quinn Black | ✔️

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Her eyes fluttered open to see the morning light shining into the room.

The first thing she noticed was that Alexander was not in bed with her, but she knew where he was judging by the refreshing scent of breakfast that wafted through the air.

The next thing she realized was that she was unusually sore down below.

She lifted the covers off her legs, but opted to wrap up into them when she saw that she wasn't wearing anything. She was about to slip out of bed when Alexander walked into the room and frowned.

"Hey, hey, get back into bed angel." He held a tray in his hands as he climbed into the bed and settled beside her. "Good morning," He pressed a kiss to her lips. He then set the tray up on each side of her thighs without spilling anything.

"Morning," She spoke softly.

"How are you feeling?" He inquired.

"I'm a little sore, but I think I'm supposed to be, you know?" Quinn winced slightly.

"Yeah," He nodded. "I wasn't sure when you would ever wake up." He chuckled. "I just kept those in the oven until I heard you in here." He motioned to the pancakes.

Quinn cut them and after drowning them in syrup, shoved a forkful in her mouth. She hummed appreciatively. "They're good."

Alexander nodded. He began to reach for his hair and rub at the nape of his neck.

"Alexander, what's bothering you-?"

"I forgot the condom."

They spoke at the same time.

Quinn turned to look at him clearly now. "Alexander," She didn't continue until he met her eyes. "Don't worry over that, okay?"

"But Quinn-"

"Trust me, everything is fine." She ate some more of her pancakes. 

The worry on his face was replaced with slight suspicion. "Quinn," He spoke to her as if trying to get an answer out of a guilty child.

"Alexander," Quinn answered in the same tone.

After a moment, he sighed. His hands ran down his face and he shook his head. "But you're okay, right?" He asked. "No severe pain or anything?"

"I'm fine, Alexander. Everything's fine." Quinn gave his hand one last squeeze before going back to her breakfast.

~

If Quinn had a choice, she would have stayed back in Italy. Away from the business and all the stress, but as she and Alexander walked back into the office that Monday morning, she couldn't help but smile slightly.

It was still good to be back.

Alexander had instructed Quinn not to do any work during this trip, but later that week, she found out that he had been working every day. Making phone calls, sending emails- all sorts of things to, quote on quote, make sure no one was slipping.

She walked into his office and took a seat in one of the chairs before his desk.

Funny how she never used to have this kind of time on her hands. Alexander was working though, on getting all of her things organized before being brought to her.

"Don't sit there Quinn. Come over here." Alexander nodded at his desk, his eyes never leaving his computer screen.

"I'm fine right here; there isn't any space over there anyway." Quinn crossed her legs and leaned back into the comfortably cushioned chair.